Spring AI
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Recommended for making LLM integration practical in Java, with local model support and a boring stack, though it changes a lot between versions.
Recommended for making LLM integration practical in Java, with local model support and a boring stack, though it changes a lot between versions.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 7 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 7 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Makes LLM integration viable in Java
“SpringAI has definitely made the Java ecosystem much more viable for LLM integration lately”
Comment from 20 Feb 2026 on Hacker News “SpringAI is a great library for working with LLM's and related tech”
Comment from 19 Feb 2026 on Hacker News Strong fit for Java shops
“Spring AI is fantastic for Java shops.”
Comment from 21 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: Mastra 1.0, open-source JavaScript agent framework from the Gatsby devs” “SpringAI has definitely made the Java ecosystem much more viable for LLM integration lately”
Comment from 20 Feb 2026 on Hacker News Boring, reliable stack
“Spring AI 2.x - probably most boring stack”
Comment from 26 May 2026 in “Use Boring Languages with LLMs” “Its working well for me at the moment.”
Comment from 26 Dec 2025 in “All I Want for Xmas Is Your Secrets: LangGrinch Hits LangChain (CVE-2025-68664)”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Changes a lot between versions
“the spring-ai framework which has changed massively between versions”
Comment from 27 Oct 2026 in “AI promised less work. I've never worked more”
Other web frameworks people recommend
The four most recommended other web frameworks, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruby on Rails | 337 | 145 | 70% | 12 | 14 yrs38 owners | Approved |
| Django | 277 | 97 | 74% | 12 | 15 yrs38 owners | Approved |
| Next.js | 127 | 256 | 33% | 12 | 3 yrs6 owners | — |
| Phoenix Framework | 85 | 11 | 89% | 12 | 8 yrs7 owners | Approved |
| Spring AIThis page | 8 | 0 | 100% | 7 | — | — |
What people said
All 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“the spring-ai framework which has changed massively between versions”
“What actually sold me was local model support.”
“Spring AI 2.x - probably most boring stack”
“a new use-case is very intuitive if you take time to learn its abstractions”
“SpringAI has definitely made the Java ecosystem much more viable for LLM integration lately”
“SpringAI is a great library for working with LLM's and related tech”
“Spring AI is fantastic for Java shops.”
“Its working well for me at the moment.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.