FlatLaf - Flat Look and Feel

FlatLaf is a modern open-source cross-platform Look and Feel for Java Swing desktop applications.

It looks almost flat (no shadows or gradients), clean, simple and elegant. FlatLaf comes with Light, Dark, IntelliJ and Darcula themes, scales on HiDPI displays and runs on Java 8 or newer.

The look is heavily inspired by Darcula and IntelliJ themes from IntelliJ IDEA 2019.2+ and uses almost the same colors and icons.

  • FlatLaf Light
    FlatLaf Light
  • FlatLaf Dark
    FlatLaf Dark
  • FlatLaf Light
    FlatLaf Light
  • FlatLaf Dark
    FlatLaf Dark
  • FlatLaf Light
    FlatLaf Light
  • FlatLaf Dark
    FlatLaf Dark
  • FlatLaf IntelliJ
    FlatLaf IntelliJ
  • FlatLaf Darcula
    FlatLaf Darcula
  • FlatLaf macOS Light
    FlatLaf macOS Light
  • FlatLaf macOS Dark
    FlatLaf macOS Dark

Features

  • Light, Dark, IntelliJ and Darcula themes
  • macOS light and dark themes v3
  • can use 3rd party themes developed for IntelliJ Platform
  • custom window decorations with embedded menu bar (Window 10/11 and Linux only)
  • highly customizable
  • typography (predefined header and body fonts)
  • scales on HiDPI displays
  • cross-platform
  • high quality
  • lightweight (about 800 KB; no dependencies)
  • minimalistic, elegant and modern
  • scalable vector icons
  • discreet hover effects
  • outer or inner focused border
  • runs on Java 8 or newer
  • Java 9 module (module name is com.formdev.flatlaf)
  • macOS platform specific key bindings
  • GUI builder friendly
  • MigLayout compatible

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Demo

Download Demo

Run demo with java -jar flatlaf-demo-<version>.jar (or double-click it). Requires Java 8 or newer.

Download

FlatLaf binaries are available on Maven Central.

If you use Maven or Gradle, add a dependency with following coordinates to your build script:

groupId:     com.formdev
artifactId:  flatlaf
version:     (see button below)

Otherwise download flatlaf-<version>.jar here:

Maven Central

See also Native Libraries distribution for instructions on how to redistribute FlatLaf native libraries with your application.

Getting started

To enable FlatLaf, add following code to your main method before you create any Swing component:

FlatLightLaf.setup();

// create UI here...

or

try {
    UIManager.setLookAndFeel( new FlatLightLaf() );
} catch( Exception ex ) {
    System.err.println( "Failed to initialize LaF" );
}

// create UI here...

Customizing

See Customizing page.

Themes

See Themes page.

Theme Editor

See Theme Editor page.

Theme Editor

License

FlatLaf is open source licensed under the Apache 2.0 License

FlatLaf documentation on this website is Copyright © 2019-2023 FormDev Software GmbH. All rights reserved. Any other use or reproduction requires written consent of FormDev Software GmbH.

Source code

The FlatLaf source code is hosted on GitHub:
github.com/JFormDesigner/FlatLaf

Issues

Please report issues on GitHub:
github.com/JFormDesigner/FlatLaf/issues