## Alternatives

There are quite a few Java class file shrinkers, optimizers, obfuscators, and preverifiers out there. Users of ProGuard tell me it easily compares with the best of them. However, you may want to check that out yourself.

This is a list of the programs of which I'm aware. Obviously, I've never personally tested all of them. Many programs, even commercial ones, have been abandoned. Please drop me a note if you know of any other shrinkers, optimizers, obfuscators, or preverifiers, or if some information provided below is incorrect.

Author/Company | Program | Shrink. | Optim. | Obfusc. | Preverif. | License
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Eric Lafortune | ProGuard |  |  |  |  | Free (GPL)
Jochen Hoenicke | Jode |  |  |  |  | Free (GPL)
NQ4 | Joga |  |  |  |  | Free (no source)
Nate Nystrom | Bloat |  |  |  |  | Free
Hidetoshi Ohuchi | Jarg |  |  |  |  | Free (BSD)
Alexander Shvets | CafeBabe |  |  |  |  | Free
yWorks | yGuard |  |  |  |  | Free (no source)
Christian Grothoff | Jamit |  |  |  |  | Free (GPL)
Mojo | Minijar |  |  |  |  | Free (Apache)
RiggsHill Software | GenJar |  |  |  |  | Free (Apache)
Apache | Ant Classfileset |  |  |  |  | Free (Apache)
Romain Guy | Harvester |  |  |  |  | Free (BSD)
Emeric Vernat | DCD |  |  |  |  | Free (LGPL)
Cristiano Sadun | Pack |  |  |  |  | Free (LGPL)
Brian Alliet | Gcclass |  |  |  |  | Free (LGPL)
Sable | Soot |  |  |  |  | Free (LGPL)
Konstantin Knizhnik | JavaGO |  |  |  |  | Free
Haruaki Tamada | DonQuixote |  |  |  |  | Free
Thorsten Heit | JavaGuard |  |  |  |  | Free (LGPL)
Patrick Mueller | Mwobfu |  |  |  |  | Free (GPL)
Elegant Software | JMangle |  |  |  |  | Free
BebboSoft | Bb_mug |  |  |  |  | Free (no source)
Dr. Java | Marvin Obfuscator |  |  |  |  | Free (no source)
IBM | WSDD |  |  |  |  | Commercial
PreEmptive | DashOPro |  |  |  |  | Commercial
Zelix | KlassMaster |  |  |  |  | Commercial
S5 Systems | jPresto |  |  |  |  | Commercial
Sophia Cradle | SophiaCompress |  |  |  |  | Commercial
RetroLogic | RetroGuard |  |  |  |  | Commercial
CodingArt | CodeShield |  |  |  |  | Commercial
Eastridge Technology | Jshrink |  |  |  |  | Commercial
Helseth | JObfuscator |  |  |  |  | Commercial
LeeSoftware | Smokescreen Obfuscator |  |  |  |  | Commercial
Vega Technologies | JZipper |  |  |  |  | Commercial
Innaworks | mBooster |  |  |  |  | Commercial
Sergey Sverdlov | J.Class Optimizer |  |  |  |  | Commercial
Smardec | Allatori |  |  |  |  | Commercial
U. of Arizona | SandMark |  |  |  |  | Commercial
Force 5 | JCloak |  |  |  |  | Commercial
Semantic Designs | Obfuscator |  |  |  |  | Commercial
Duckware | Jobfuscate |  |  |  |  | Commercial
JProof | JProof |  |  |  |  | Commercial
GITS | Blurfuscator |  |  |  |  | Commercial
ChainKey | Java Code Protector |  |  |  |  | Commercial
Alain Moran | flmObf |  |  |  |  | Free (BSD)
Vasile Calmatui | VasObfuLite |  |  |  |  | Free
IBM AlphaWorks | JAX |  |  |  |  | (discontinued)
Markus Jansen | Jopt |  |  |  |  | (disappeared?)
Eron Jokipii | Jobe |  |  |  |  | (disappeared?)
JRC | DeCaf |  |  |  |  | (disappeared?)
Bajie | JCMP |  |  |  |  | (disappeared?)
Plumb Design | Condensity |  |  |  |  | Commercial (discontinued)
4th Pass | SourceGuard |  |  |  |  | Commercial (discontinued?)
Software4j | Obfuscate4j |  |  |  |  | Commercial (discontinued?)
JAMM Consulting | ObfuscatePro |  |  |  |  | Commercial (discontinued?)
JDevelop | JSCO |  |  |  |  | Commercial (discontinued?)
4Fang | JMix |  |  |  |  | Commercial (discontinued?)
2LKit | 2LKit Obfuscator |  |  |  |  | Commercial (disappeared?)
WingSoft | WingGuard |  |  |  |  | Commercial (disappeared?)
HashJava | HashJava |  |  |  |  | Commercial (disappeared?)

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