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Overview
Guava is Google's set of core Java libraries, covering immutable collections, multimaps and multisets, graphs, concurrency, I/O, hashing, primitives, strings, and related utilities.
Features and best fit
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Key features
Add collections and utilities beyond the Java standard library
The README lists new collection types, immutable collections, graph support, concurrency, I/O, hashing, primitive, string, and other utilities.
Sources: [2]
Choose JRE or Android flavors for the target platform
Guava publishes separate JRE and Android flavors selected through the Maven version suffix.
Sources: [2]
Best fit
Fits Java backends standardizing common collection and utility behavior
It is useful when teams want mature shared implementations for immutable structures, hashing, I/O, concurrency, and related helpers instead of recreating them across services.
Sources: [2]
Before adoption
Treat @Beta APIs and serialized forms as compatibility boundaries
The README warns that @Beta APIs can change or disappear and that serialized forms are not stable unless documented. Version 33.7.2 also changes deserialization behavior to avoid eager memory allocation from payload sizes.
Official sources
- [1]google/guava — GitHub repository(2026-10-06)
- [2]Guava — README(2026-10-06)
- [3]Guava 33.7.2 release(2026-10-06)
Supplemental curator note
Guava is a strong extension to the Java standard library, but exposing Guava types from public APIs increases dependency coupling. Treat @Beta APIs and serialized forms according to the project's compatibility warnings.
Try it in 3 steps
- 1
Get the source
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/google/guava.git - 2
Enter the repository
cd guava - 3
Check the official steps
Continue with the commands in the README Installation, Quick Start, or Getting Started section.
find . -maxdepth 1 -iname 'README*' -exec sed -n '1,220p' {} \; -quit
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- guava
- java
- Stars
- 51,920
- Forks
- 11,209
- Watchers
- 51,920
- Open issues
- 753
- Contributors
- 333
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- Organization
- Primary language
- Java
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Repository last updated
- Oct 6, 2026
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