# How Chainguard Libraries for Java Secures Dependencies at Maven Central Scale

DevFeed: [How Chainguard Libraries for Java Secures Dependencies at Maven Central Scale](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/this-shit-is-hard-java-archeology-at-a-massive-scale-13285.md>)

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Published: 2025-06-25T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Chainguard: Unchained](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/chainguard-unchained.md>)

Topics: [chainguard libraries](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chainguard-libraries.md>), [Java](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/java.md>), [Reverse Dependencies](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/reverse-dependencies.md>), [Maven](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/maven.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>)

Tags: [central](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/central.md>), [chainguard-libraries](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-libraries.md>), [chainguard-libraries-for-java](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-libraries-for-java.md>), [dependencies](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dependencies.md>), [graph](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graph.md>), [java](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/java.md>), [java-libraries](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/java-libraries.md>), [java-packages](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/java-packages.md>), [libraries](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/libraries.md>), [maven-central](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/maven-central.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [supply-chain](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/supply-chain.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains how Chainguard is building Chainguard Libraries for Java to secure open-source JVM dependencies from Maven Central. It describes the repository's scale and the initial selection strategy, which uses dependency-graph data to identify popular libraries and prioritizes newer projects.

## Source excerpt

Chainguard Libraries for Java is Chainguard's repository of malware-resistant Java dependencies. Learn how we are building and maintaining over 50,000 projects.