# What is the best way to create an AppImage out of a jar file and Azul jre?

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**Category:** Creating AppImages\
**Created:** [July 28, 2019, 7:22am UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-create-an-appimage-out-of-a-jar-file-and-azul-jre/1351 "2019-07-28T07:22:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Talz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Talz](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/Talz)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2019, 7:22am UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-create-an-appimage-out-of-a-jar-file-and-azul-jre/1351/1 "2019-07-28T07:22:50Z")

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Hi,  
I’m new to Java and Linux so please try to be clear as much as you can 🙂 .

I created a small command-line tool using Java Azul, IntelliJ IDE and Gradle.  
I have one Jar file and I want to create an AppImage out of it so I could publish it to all the common linux distributions without require Java or other prerequisites from my clients/customers.

What is the best way to do it? I tried to read [this wiki page: Bundling-Java-apps](https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/wiki/Bundling-Java-apps), but it’s really confusing.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![probono](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/discourse.appimage.org/probono/32/81_2.png) [@probono](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/probono)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2019, 4:05pm UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-create-an-appimage-out-of-a-jar-file-and-azul-jre/1351/2 "2019-08-04T16:05:25Z")

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Please post a link to your application and the download location for your jar file. Preferably on GitHub or GitLab.