--- title: Abandoned project linking Java, JavaScript makes a comeback description: The Detroit project, originally designed to bridge Java and JavaScript by enabling JavaScript as an extension language for Java applications, is being revived... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/abandoned-project-linking-java-javascript-makes-a-comeback-sg2ahgmxy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Abandoned project linking Java, JavaScript makes a comeback | daily.dev og:description: The Detroit project, originally designed to bridge Java and JavaScript by enabling JavaScript as an extension language for Java applications, is being revived... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/abandoned-project-linking-java-javascript-makes-a-comeback-sg2ahgmxy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/SG2ahGmXY.png og:image:alt: Abandoned project linking Java, JavaScript makes a comeback og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Abandoned project linking Java, JavaScript makes a comeback **[InfoWorld](https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld)** · 2 min read · 3 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary The Detroit project, originally designed to bridge Java and JavaScript by enabling JavaScript as an extension language for Java applications, is being revived after going dormant around 2018. A new proposal on the OpenJDK mailing list, led by Sundararajan Athijegannathan, aims to formalize it as an OpenJDK project. The revival includes a prototype using Chrome V8 for JavaScript and CPython for Python, rather than reimplementing the languages from scratch. The project also plans to leverage and push the Foreign Function & Memory (FFM) API, potentially influencing Project Panama. Votes from OpenJDK members are due by March 11. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@markm** · 0 upvotes > Except there's already GraalVM for that which includes GraalJS, GraalPy, and GraalWasm. > > [https://www.graalvm.org/](https://www.graalvm.org/) ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Episode 61 “Scripting JS and Python with Project Detroit” \[AtA\]](https://daily.dev/posts/episode-61-scripting-js-and-python-with-project-detroit-ata--1lm6yzthn) · Inside Java · 2 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#python](https://daily.dev/tags/python), [#java](https://daily.dev/tags/java) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/abandoned-project-linking-java-javascript-makes-a-comeback-sg2ahgmxy) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Abandoned project linking Java, JavaScript makes a comeback","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/abandoned-project-linking-java-javascript-makes-a-comeback-sg2ahgmxy","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/abandoned-project-linking-java-javascript-makes-a-comeback-sg2ahgmxy"},"datePublished":"2026-02-26T01:02:19.940Z","dateModified":"2026-02-26T01:02:46.850Z","description":"The Detroit project, originally designed to bridge Java and JavaScript by enabling JavaScript as an extension language for Java applications, is being revived...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/735c848fcd3cd528fcec4ee0cbca18d0?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/735c848fcd3cd528fcec4ee0cbca18d0?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"InfoWorld","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"InfoWorld","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/bf6d68a999064029b0bb09aa6268f1f3","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld"},"commentCount":1,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/abandoned-project-linking-java-javascript-makes-a-comeback-sg2ahgmxy","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":3},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"keywords":"javascript,python,java","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"InfoWorld","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Abandoned project linking Java, JavaScript makes a comeback"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/abandoned-project-linking-java-javascript-makes-a-comeback-sg2ahgmxy","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Except there’s already GraalVM for that which includes GraalJS, GraalPy, and GraalWasm.\nhttps://www.graalvm.org/","datePublished":"2026-02-26T16:16:16.082Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/SG2ahGmXY#c-XI3ZEOdyH","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Mark","url":"https://daily.dev/markm","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--O0TOmw4y--/f_auto/v1715772965/public/noProfile"}}]} ```