The Byte Buddy agent offers convenience for attaching an agent to the local or a remote VM.
| License | Apache 2.0 |
|---|---|
| Categories | Bytecode Libraries |
| Tags | jvmagentasmbytecode |
| Date | Nov 12, 2025 |
| Files | pom (14 KB) jar (357 KB) View All |
| Repositories | Central |
| Ranking | #653 in MvnRepository (See Top Artifacts) #10 in Bytecode Libraries |
| Used By | 965 artifacts |
Compile Dependencies (0)
| Category/License | Group / Artifact | Version | Updates |
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Provided Dependencies (2)
| Category/License | Group / Artifact | Version | Updates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Native Access Apache 2.0LGPL 2.1 |  | net.java.dev.jna » jna | 5.12.1 | 5.18.1 |
| Native Access Apache 2.0LGPL 2.1 | | net.java.dev.jna » jna-platform | 5.12.1 | 5.18.1 |
Test Dependencies (3)
| Category/License | Group / Artifact | Version | Updates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Testing EPL 2.0 |  | junit » junit | 4.13.2 | 6.0.1 |
| Bytecode Apache 2.0 | | net.bytebuddy » byte-buddy | 1.18.0 | 1.18.1 |
| Mocking MIT |  | org.mockito » mockito-core | 2.28.2 | 5.20.0 |
Licenses
| License | URL |
|---|---|
| Apache License, Version 2.0 | https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt |
Developers
| Name | Dev Id | Roles | Organization | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rafael Winterhalter | rafael.wth<at>gmail.com | raphw | developer |
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