KiVM Kiva's Java Virtual Machine. Features JNI Support JAR Class Loading Support (libzip needed) Full OracleJDK/OpenJDK compatibility Copying Garbage Collector Build Requirements Linux, macOS, or Windows(untested) . JDK (OpenJDK or OracleJDK) (>= 8) CMake (>= 3.2) libzip (>= 1.5.1) (to support JAR Class Loading) Build instructions Clone this repo. cd into your directory that contains KiVM source code. Type cmake . && make in your terminal app. Enjoy it! Usage Usage: java [-?] [-v] [-cp <path>] [-classpath <path>] <class-name> [<args>]... Options: -?, -help show help -v, -version show version -cp <path> class search path -classpath <path> same as -cp <class-name> name of the class to run Credit Inspired by wind_jvm Modified version of libzippp Command line options parsing using clipp Acknowledge We would like to thank JetBrains for sharing free open-source licences of amazing tools such as CLion . See Also HiVM The Java Virtual Machine Specification Java SE 8 Edition HotSpot Virtual Machine Garbage Collection Tuning Guide