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# ⚡ FastJava — Native Java Performance Ecosystem [ALPHA]
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> **5-50× faster than standard Java** — JNI-native libraries for automation, screen capture, graphics, math, JSON, and more.
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[![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
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[![Java](https://img.shields.io/badge/Java-17+-blue.svg)](https://www.java.com)
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[![JitPack](https://img.shields.io/badge/JitPack-ready-green.svg)](https://jitpack.io/#andrestubbe)
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---
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## 🗺️ The Ecosystem Map
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A unified directory of all FastJava modules. Categorized by functional domain, including real-world performance benchmarks.
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### 1. Input
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| Module | Speed vs Java | Key Metrics | Tech | Status |
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|--------|---------------|-------------|------|--------|
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| **[FastHotkey](https://github.com/andrestubbe/fasthotkey)** | **❌ Java can't** | Global hotkeys — no Java API | Win32 hooks | Alpha |
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| **[FastKeyboard](https://github.com/andrestubbe/FastKeyboard)** | **16×** | RawInput vs standard AWT KeyListener | RawInput API | Alpha |
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| **[FastTouch](https://github.com/andrestubbe/fasttouch)** | **❌ Java can't** | Multi-touch pressure — no Java API | Win32 touch | Alpha |
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| **[FastStylus](https://github.com/andrestubbe/faststylus)** | **❌ Java can't** | Pen tilt/eraser — no Java API exists | WM_POINTER | Alpha |
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| FastMouse | — | Raw mouse reading | RawInput API | TODO |
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| FastGamepad | — | Controller support | XInput | TODO |
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### 2. Output
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| Module | Speed vs Java | Key Metrics | Tech | Status |
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|--------|---------------|-------------|------|--------|
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| **[FastDisplay](https://github.com/andrestubbe/FastDisplay)** | **Instant** | Native DPI/resolution/refresh-rate | Win32, DWM | Beta |
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| FastDWM | — | VSync & timing | DWM API | TODO |
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### 3. Automation
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| Module | Speed vs Java | Key Metrics | Tech | Status |
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|--------|---------------|-------------|------|--------|
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| **[FastRobot](https://github.com/andrestubbe/fastrobot)** | **10-17×** | DirectX capture vs AWT Robot | DirectX | Alpha |
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| **[FastUIA](https://github.com/andrestubbe/fastuia)** | **❌ Java can't** | Native UIA vs slow polling | Native UIA | Alpha |
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| **[FastWindow](https://github.com/andrestubbe/FastWindow)** | **8×** | Flicker-free resize vs standard JFrame | Win32 API | Alpha |
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| FastProcess | — | Process management | Win32 API | TODO |
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| FastScheduler | — | Task scheduler | Priority queue | TODO |
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### 4. Graphics
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| Module | Speed vs Java | Key Metrics | Tech | Status |
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|--------|---------------|-------------|------|--------|
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| **[FastGraphics](https://github.com/andrestubbe/fastgraphics)** | **600%** | GPU DirectX vs Java2D software | DirectX, GPU | Beta |
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| **[FastImage](https://github.com/andrestubbe/fastimage)** | **10-50×** | SIMD resize/blur vs BufferedImage | SIMD, AVX2 | Beta |
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| **[FastImageView](https://github.com/andrestubbe/fastimageview)** | **10×** | 200ms startup vs 2s Swing | DirectX | Beta |
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| **[FastPreview](https://github.com/andrestubbe/fastpreview)** | **❌ Java can't** | Native rasterization vs slow Swing | PDFium, WV2 | Alpha |
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| **[FastScreen](https://github.com/andrestubbe/fastscreen)** | **500-2000 FPS** | DXGI zero-copy vs 60 FPS Robot | DXGI, DX | Stable |
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| **[FastGhostMouse](https://github.com/andrestubbe/FastGhostMouse)** | **120Hz GPU** | Secondary mouse overlay | DComposition | Beta |
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| FastOverlay | — | Game overlays | DirectX | TODO |
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### 5. Audio
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| Module | Speed vs Java | Key Metrics | Tech | Status |
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|--------|---------------|-------------|------|--------|
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| **[FastAudioCapture](https://github.com/andrestubbe/FastAudioCapture)** | **❌ No WASAPI** | Real-time capture vs Java Sound | WASAPI | Alpha |
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| **[FastAudioPlayer](https://github.com/andrestubbe/FastAudioPlayer)** | **❌ No WASAPI** | Low-latency playback vs Java Sound | WASAPI | Alpha |
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| FastTTS | — | Text-to-speech | Piper/Cloud | TODO |
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| FastSTT | — | Speech-to-text | Whisper | TODO |
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### 6. Parsing
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| Module | Speed vs Java | Key Metrics | Tech | Status |
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|--------|---------------|-------------|------|--------|
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| **[FastBytes](https://github.com/andrestubbe/fastbytes)** | **2-50×** | AVX2 bulk ops vs standard Java | SIMD, AVX2 | Stable |
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| **[FastJSON](https://github.com/andrestubbe/fastjson)** | **50×** | 50× faster than Jackson/Gson | SIMD, Zero-GC| Stable |
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| **[FastString](https://github.com/andrestubbe/faststring)** | **10-100×** | UTF-8 ops vs Java String | SIMD, UTF-8 | Stable |
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| **[FastTokenizer](https://github.com/andrestubbe/fasttokenizer)** | **10-25×** | O(n) SIMD scanner vs slow Regex | Deterministic| Alpha |
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| FastHTML | — | HTML parser | SIMD | TODO |
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| FastRegex | — | SIMD regex engine | AVX2 | TODO |
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### 7. Math
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| Module | Speed vs Java | Key Metrics | Tech | Status |
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|--------|---------------|-------------|------|--------|
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| **[FastFloat](https://github.com/andrestubbe/fastfloat)** | **5-12×** | SIMD parsing vs Float.parseFloat() | SIMD, AVX2 | Stable |
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| **[FastMath](https://github.com/andrestubbe/fastmath)** | **3-8×** | JNI SIMD + OpenCL GPU vs java.lang.Math| OpenCL, SIMD | Beta |
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| FastSIMD | — | SIMD operations framework | AVX2/512 | TODO |
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### 8. Filesystem
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| Module | Speed vs Java | Key Metrics | Tech | Status |
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|--------|---------------|-------------|------|--------|
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| **[FastFileIndex](https://github.com/andrestubbe/FastFileIndex)** | **8×** | Native mmap scan vs Files.walk() | mmap, scan | Beta |
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| **[FastFileSearch](https://github.com/andrestubbe/FastFileSearch)** | **100-1000×** | Indexed trie vs linear search | Prefix trie | Alpha |
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| **[FastFileSystem](https://github.com/andrestubbe/FastFileSystem)** | **Unified** | Index + Search + Watch in one API | Unified API | Alpha |
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| **[FastFileWatch](https://github.com/andrestubbe/FastFileWatch)** | **10-100×** | USN Journal vs WatchService | USN Journal | Alpha |
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### 9. System
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| Module | Speed vs Java | Key Metrics | Tech | Status |
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|--------|---------------|-------------|------|--------|
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| **[FastClipboard](https://github.com/andrestubbe/fastclipboard)** | **2-3×** | Native vs AWT, zero bugs | Win32 API | Stable |
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| **[FastIO](https://github.com/andrestubbe/fastio)** | **2.5-11×** | AVX2 Search, DMA Copy, mmap | AVX2, DMA | Stable |
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| **[FastCore](https://github.com/andrestubbe/fastcore)** | **—** | Cross-platform DLL loader | JNI Loader | Stable |
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| FastPointer | — | Native pointer operations | JNI | TODO |
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| FastMemory | — | System/RAM access | Unsafe | TODO |
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| FastHardware | — | Global hardware telemetry | PDH/WMI | TODO |
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### 10. Network
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| Module | Speed vs Java | Key Metrics | Tech | Status |
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|--------|---------------|-------------|------|--------|
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| FastNet | — | Network operations | Zero-copy | TODO |
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| FastDNS | — | DNS resolver | Async | TODO |
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| FastTLS | — | TLS/HTTPS | OpenSSL | TODO |
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### 11. Security
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| Module | Speed vs Java | Key Metrics | Tech | Status |
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| FastCrypto | — | Encryption | AES/SIMD | TODO |
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| FastSecureRandom | — | Secure RNG | Hardware | TODO |
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| FastKeychain | — | Credential store | Windows | TODO |
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### 12. AI
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| Module | Speed vs Java | Key Metrics | Tech | Status |
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| FastAIService | — | Router/Orchestrator | API | TODO |
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| FastModel | — | Model-Runtime | ONNX | TODO |
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| FastRAG | — | Retrieval-Augmented Generation | Pipeline | TODO |
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| FastMCP | — | Model Context Protocol Adapter | MCP | TODO |
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### 13. Vision
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| Module | Speed vs Java | Key Metrics | Tech | Status |
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| **[FastOCR](https://github.com/andrestubbe/FastOCR)** | **10× faster** | WinRT OCR vs Tesseract4J | WinRT OCR | Alpha |
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| FastVision | — | Vision-Modelle / GPU-Kernels | GPU shaders | TODO |
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### 14. Animation
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| **[FastAnimation](https://github.com/andrestubbe/fastanimation)** | **Zero overhead** | No built-in timelines — pure Java | Timeline | Stable |
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| **[FastTween](https://github.com/andrestubbe/fasttween)** | **Zero overhead** | No built-in tweening | Pool | Stable |
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### 15. UI
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| **[FastTheme](https://github.com/andrestubbe/fasttheme)** | **❌ Java can't** | Native Windows theming | WinRT, DWM | Beta |
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| **[FastNotification](https://github.com/andrestubbe/fastnotification)** | **❌ Broken** | SystemTray broken → native WinRT | WinRT, Toast| Alpha |
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## 🎯 Philosophy
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Java alone cannot do:
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- ❌ Global hotkeys when unfocused
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- ❌ Low-latency screen capture
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- ❌ Reliable clipboard operations
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- ❌ Hardware I/O access
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- ❌ GPU acceleration
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- ❌ Native input devices
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**FastJava fixes this.** Pure C++ accelerators. JNI bindings. Zero overhead.
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## 🌌 Origin Story
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### 🌒 WHY — The Restlessness Before the First Module
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**Junior:** "Java is slow… right? Everyone says that. Must be normal."
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**Senior:** "No. That's not a law of nature. That's just bad architecture."
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**Designer:** "I see friction. I see unnecessary layers. This feels wrong."
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A shift begins: acceptance → doubt → clarity.
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Java developers treat slowness like gravity: unavoidable, unquestioned, built into the universe. We refused that worldview. We wanted proof that "slow" wasn't a law of nature — just a habit.
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### 🌕 HOW IT STARTED — The Moment Everything Shifted
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**Junior:** "Let me try something small… maybe Clipboard?"
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**Senior:** "Do it native. No overhead. No framework weight."
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**Designer:** "If this is faster, it proves something bigger."
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FastClipboard appears. Twice as fast. Zero bugs.
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The mental state moves: experiment → proof → vision.
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### 🌖 BECAUSE — The Realization That Changed Everything
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**Junior:** "Why does everything feel heavy?"
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**Senior:** "Because Java isn't slow — only the layers above it are."
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**Designer:** "The language isn't the problem. The design of the tools is."
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The shift continues: frustration → analysis → realization.
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Java's "write once, run anywhere" became "write once, run slow everywhere." Native code isn't the enemy — unnecessary abstraction is.
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### 🌑 THEREFORE — The Reason FastJava Exists
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**Junior:** "Can't we just make this better?"
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**Senior:** "Yes. Minimal overhead. Native where it matters. Java where it makes sense."
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**Designer:** "This isn't a framework. It's a counter-design."
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The state settles: desire → decision → identity.
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Maximum performance through minimal overhead. JNI where it matters. Pure Java where it doesn't.
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## ⚡ The Truth About Speed
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I run the benchmarks myself. I don't negotiate with numbers. I don't sweet-talk performance. I don't pretend something is fast because I want it to be. Speed doesn't care about opinions — only measurements. I can't lie to myself, because the CPU won't lie back. Faster is faster. Slower is slower. Reality is binary at that level.
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This isn't about money.
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This isn't about hype.
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This isn't about selling anything.
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This is about quality — the kind you can't fake, can't market, can't decorate.
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The kind you can only prove.
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FastJava exists because truth shows up in microseconds, not in slogans.
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## 🚧 Current Status
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**[ALPHA]** — APIs may change. Not production-ready yet.
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- ✅ **29 Released** — Available now on GitHub & JitPack
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- 🚧 **14 Coming Soon** — Audio, Vision, AI, Advanced System (2026-2027)
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- 🔄 **37 Planned** — Full 78-module pipeline
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- ✅ Windows fully supported — Linux/macOS in progress
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**Keywords:** fast java, java native performance, java jni performance, fastest java libraries, java native acceleration, java windows api, java gpu acceleration, java simd acceleration, java optimization, high performance java

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