What are good docking frameworks for Java/Swing? [closed]
- Raven Docking Apache 2; 0.2 MB
- MyDoggy LGPL; only JARs: 0.7 MB; Dec 2010
- VLDocking LGPL; 0.4 MB
- NetBeans CDDL/GPL; 4.6 MB (platform.zip)
- Eclipse CPL or EPL ? only swt (?)
- InfoNode GPL or Commercial
- Sanaware GPL or Commercial full zip 0.3MB
- Docking Frames LGPL; 3 MB
- Jide commercial; <3MB
- FlexDock MIT; 0.4 MB; Nov 2011
Inactive projects
- SwingDocking seems to me fully functional and fast; Apache license 2; Oct 2007
- XUI will be further developed here?; MPL; 1.6 MB (XUI-jdk15.zip); Feb 2008
- JDocking CDDL; 1.3 MB (v0.8.zip) the docking part of netbeans
- JRichClient GPL; derivation of flexdock; Nov 2007
I once evaluated several docking frameworks (including the already mentioned flexdock and mydoggy and jdocking.
Finaly I came to Docking Frames, which I can really recommend. It is easy to use but still feature rich + good documentation and quick support from developer via forum.
I have successfully used FlexDock in the past but it seems not well supported and it is quite hard to start with (this is a quite complex framework for docking). FlexDock is open source.
Besides, more recently, I have enjoyed using MyDoggy which is well supported and quite easy to use (very well documented with enough examples and tutorials). Its main drawback (for me) is the difficulty to adapt its look when using 3rd-party LAFs (like Substance for instance). But in general I really like it. If I remember correctly, it is quite a lightweight library. I would recommend it for any use (it is open source and free to use) for its good API.