<s>
IKVM.NET	B-Language
is	O
an	O
implementation	O
of	O
Java	B-Device
for	O
Mono	B-Application
and	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
.NET	I-Application
Framework	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
IKVM	B-Language
is	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
distributed	O
under	O
the	O
zlib	B-License
permissive	B-License
free	I-License
software	I-License
license	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
developer	O
,	O
Jeroen	O
Frijters	O
,	O
discontinued	O
work	O
on	O
IKVM	B-Language
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
Windward	O
Studios	O
forked	O
IKVM.NET	B-Language
to	O
continue	O
development	O
on	O
the	O
open-sourced	O
IKVM	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2022	O
Jerome	O
Haltom	O
and	O
others	O
picked	O
up	O
the	O
work	O
on	O
a	O
new	O
GitHub	B-Application
organization	O
and	O
finished	O
.NET	B-Application
Core	I-Application
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IKVM.NET	B-Language
includes	O
the	O
following	O
components	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
tool	O
that	O
translates	O
Java	B-Language
bytecode	I-Language
(	O
JAR	B-Language
files	I-Language
)	O
to	O
.NET	B-Application
IL	O
(	O
DLLs	O
or	O
EXE	O
files	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IKVM.NET	B-Language
can	O
run	O
compiled	B-Language
Java	B-Language
code	I-Language
(	O
bytecode	O
)	O
directly	O
on	O
Microsoft	O
.NET	B-Application
or	O
Mono	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
contrast	O
J#	B-Language
is	O
a	O
Java	B-Device
syntax	O
on	O
the	O
.NET	B-Application
framework	I-Application
,	O
whereas	O
IKVM.NET	B-Language
is	O
effectively	O
a	O
Java	B-Device
framework	O
running	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
.NET	B-Application
framework	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jeroen	O
Frijters	O
was	O
the	O
main	O
contributor	O
to	O
IKVM.NET	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
IKVM	B-Language
"	O
portion	O
of	O
the	O
name	O
is	O
a	O
play	O
on	O
"	O
JVM	B-Language
"	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
author	O
"	O
just	O
took	O
the	O
two	O
letters	O
adjacent	O
to	O
the	O
J	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
the	O
machine	O
supported	O
Java	B-Device
1.6	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IKVM	B-Language
uses	O
OpenJDK	B-Language
as	O
its	O
class	O
library	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
IKVM	B-Language
has	O
limited	O
support	O
for	O
Abstract	B-Language
Window	I-Language
Toolkit	I-Language
(	O
AWT	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
this	O
reason	O
,	O
it	O
cannot	O
run	O
ImageJ	B-Language
and	O
other	O
apps	O
that	O
depend	O
on	O
AWT	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Implementing	O
AWT	O
in	O
IKVM.NET	B-Language
is	O
a	O
low	O
priority	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IKVM	B-Language
8	O
implements	O
Java	B-Device
8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IKVM	B-Language
organization	O
also	O
maintains	O
IKVM.Maven.Sdk	O
,	O
an	O
extension	O
to	O
the	O
.NET	B-Application
PackageReference	O
system	O
that	O
allows	O
direct	O
references	O
to	O
and	O
transpiling	O
of	O
Maven	O
artifacts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IKVM.Maven.Sdk	O
is	O
also	O
available	O
on	O
NuGet.org	O
.	O
</s>
