--- title: JavaFX Links of October 2026 | daily.dev description: This roundup collects JavaFX community news from October 2026. Johan Vos announced CPU releases JavaFX 17.0.21, 21.0.13, 25.0.5 and 27.0.1, calling the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/javafx-links-of-october-2026-c83gnorfb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: JavaFX Links of October 2026 | daily.dev og:description: This roundup collects JavaFX community news from October 2026. 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New tools include Klunk, a JavaFX log viewer handling millions of rows via SQLite, Vitra, a new UI library with Gantt and Kanban views, and Sheetmusic4J 0.0.5 adding LilyPond import. One developer shared saving 3.5 GB of RAM by migrating WhatsApp, Slack and terminal clients to JavaFX. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What JavaFX versions were released with the October 2026 CPU update? Johan Vos announced JavaFX CPU releases 17.0.21, 21.0.13, 25.0.5 and 27.0.1. All builds are free to use, with commercial support available from Gluon. Vos described this release as packed with security fixes he inspected line by line, calling it the hardest release he has worked on. _Track JavaFX release notes like these on daily.dev before upgrading a desktop Java app._ ### Is there a way to run JavaFX natively on Wayland instead of XWayland? A community contributor shared a working proof of concept demonstrating native Wayland support for JavaFX on the openjfx-dev mailing list, addressing a long-requested capability for Linux desktops. It was posted as an early demonstration rather than a finished, merged feature. _Linux desktop developers eyeing JavaFX follow progress like this on daily.dev._ ### How can I switch JavaFX application themes at runtime without restarting the app? Replace the stylesheet on the scene using scene.getStylesheets().setAll(...), which lets themes live in CSS files a designer can tweak without a restart or loss of state. For Swing apps, FlatLaf offers equivalent runtime theme switching via FlatDarkLaf.setup() and FlatLaf.updateUI(). _Developers building themeable Java desktop UIs bookmark tips like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [JavaFX Links of September 2026 · webtechie.be](https://daily.dev/posts/javafx-links-of-september-2026-webtechie-be-fivhnj9lf) · WebTechie · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [JavaFX Links of January 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/javafx-links-of-january-2026-z4hlmgjzn) · Foojay.io · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [JavaFX Links of November 2025](https://daily.dev/posts/javafx-links-of-november-2025-0v4k7ks06) · Foojay.io · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [JavaFX Links of July 2026 · webtechie.be](https://daily.dev/posts/javafx-links-of-july-2026-webtechie-be-qu2zyzjjt) · WebTechie · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#java](https://daily.dev/tags/java) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/javafx-links-of-october-2026-c83gnorfb) ```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":"JavaFX Links of October 2026","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/javafx-links-of-october-2026-c83gnorfb","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/javafx-links-of-october-2026-c83gnorfb"},"datePublished":"2026-10-30T07:26:53.480Z","dateModified":"2026-10-30T07:27:29.087Z","description":"This roundup collects JavaFX community news from October 2026. 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