Netty is a NIO client server framework which enables quick and easy development of network applications such as protocol servers and clients. It greatly simplifies and streamlines network programming such as TCP and UDP socket server.
| License | Apache 2.0 |
|---|---|
| Categories | Network App Frameworks |
| Tags | networksocketframeworknettyio |
| HomePage | https://netty.io/netty-all/ 🔍 Inspect URL |
| Date | Oct 14, 2025 |
| Files | pom (55 KB) jar (4 KB) View All |
| Repositories | Central |
| Ranking | #171 in MvnRepository (See Top Artifacts) #1 in Network App Frameworks |
| Used By | 3,348 artifacts |
Compile Dependencies (36)
Runtime Dependencies (38)
Licenses
| License | URL |
|---|---|
| Apache License, Version 2.0 | https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
Developers
| Name | Dev Id | Roles | Organization | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Netty Project Contributors | netty<at>googlegroups.com | netty.io | The Netty Project |
Related Books
| Computer Networks, Global Edition (2021) by Tanenbaum, Andrew, Wetherall, David, Feamster, Nick | |
| The Illustrated Network: How TCP/IP Works in a Modern Network (2017) by Goralski, Walter | |
| Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach (2016) by Kurose, James, Ross, Keith | |
| Netty in Action (2015) by Maurer, Norman, Marvin Allen Wolfthal | |
| Learning Network Programming with Java (2015) by Reese, Richard M | |
| Java I/O, NIO and NIO.2 (2015) by FRIESEN, JEFF | |
| Pro Java 7 NIO.2 (Expert's Voice in Java) (2012) by Leonard, Anghel | |
| Practical TCP/IP: Designing, Using & Troubleshooting TCP/IP Networks on Linux and Windows (2011) by Mansfield, Niall | |
| Java I/O: Tips and Techniques for Putting I/O to Work (2006) by Harold, Elliotte Rusty | |
| Java Nio (2002) by Hitchens, Ron | |
| TCP/IP Network Administration (3rd Edition; O'Reilly Networking) (2002) by Hunt, Craig |