Equo provides a platform for modernizing legacy Java desktop applications built on SWT, Eclipse RCP, and Swing without requiring a full rewrite. Its products, including SWT Evolve and the open-source Equo Widget Toolkit (EWT), deliver GPU-accelerated, modern UIs while preserving existing Java codebases and developer skills. Equo also enables deployment to the browser from the same codebase, as demonstrated by KNIME's transformation of its analytics platform.
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Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
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Problem
Legacy Java desktop applications built on SWT, Eclipse RCP, and Swing suffer from outdated user interfaces, rising maintenance costs, and limited deployment options. Modernizing these applications typically requires a ground-up rewrite to a new technology stack, which is expensive, risky, and forces teams to abandon their existing Java skills and codebase.
Solution
Equo provides a platform for modernizing legacy Java desktop applications without rewriting them. Its SWT Evolve product is a drop-in replacement for the SWT library that requires no code changes, immediately delivering GPU-accelerated rendering and a contemporary visual standard, with the ability to run the same application in a browser. For new development, Equo offers the Equo Widget Toolkit (EWT), an open-source UI library for the JVM built on Flutter's rendering engine, allowing Java, Kotlin, or Scala developers to build modern, fluid interfaces with smooth animations and a rich component catalog. Equo also offers professional services to help enterprise teams modernize SWT, Eclipse RCP, and Swing applications, enabling cross-platform deployment and web delivery.
Target Audience
Primary customers are enterprise development teams and organizations running mission-critical Java desktop applications built on SWT, Eclipse RCP, or Swing that need to modernize their user interfaces and deploy to the web without undertaking a full rewrite.
Features
- SWT Evolve: drop-in SWT library replacement requiring no code changes, modernizing UI with GPU-accelerated rendering and enabling browser deployment from the same codebase
- EWT: open-source JVM UI library built on Flutter's rendering engine, providing Material, Cupertino, and Flutter foundational widgets with native animations
- Equo Chromium: embeddable, cross-platform browser component that replaces unstable native browsers and supports modern JavaScript features
- Equo Chromium Headless: enables automated image generation and HTML-to-PDF conversion for reporting without a graphical interface
- Comm API and Equo Middleware: enable secure, serverless communication between Java backend and web-based frontend, and serve frontend resources from their original locations
- Professional services for custom modernization of SWT, Eclipse RCP, and Swing applications