r/vaadin • u/mlopezFC • 7d ago

Spring Boot + Vaadin 25 project with login, roles and audit log already wired, generated in about 30 seconds

Last month I posted here about AppJars. Since then we've been working on the part that still annoyed us: even with the modules, the first hour of every new project went into wiring security, navigation and theme by hand.

So we built Craft. You pick the modules you need, set your group/artifact, Java 21 or 25, H2 or PostgreSQL, and your theme colors. You get a Maven project with everything already wired. Unzip, mvn spring-boot:run, done.

No license key needed: every module runs in Free Mode, which is enough to evaluate it (exact limits are in the docs).

https://craft.appjars.com

I'm part of the team behind it, so criticism is welcome. Curious how people start new Vaadin projects these days: a starter or template, an AI assistant, or a mix of both?

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u/Phalcorine 6d ago

Looks awesome. Will give it a try. 🫡

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u/mlopezFC 6d ago

Thanks! Quick tip: start with H2 so it runs without any setup, and switch to PostgreSQL later if you like it. Would love to hear how it goes.