Santulator v1.3.0 Released
New Santulator Release
Santulator is an Open Source application for running Secret Santa draws for your friends or work colleagues. Get your free copy of v1.3.0 from the Santulator download page.
The main improvements in this new version include:
- The installable bundle is now built with the “jpackage” tool that comes with Java 16. All of these installable bundles are available on the download page. If you’d like to try out building the bundles yourself, you can find instructions here in the project repository.
- Important libraries such as ControlsFX and OpenPDF were updated. My thanks to the developers of these Open Source libraries and to those of the many others that Santulator uses.
If you are interested in the technology behind Santulator, have a look at the article I wrote on the subject, Open Source & Secret Santa with Santulator.
Santulator is available for free and is Open Source software. All of the source code can be found on GitHub. Santulator is written in Java using JDK 16 and has a JavaFX (OpenJFX) user interface. Santulator uses the version of JDK 16 provided by AdoptOpenJDK.
Installable Java Apps with jpackage
There is no need to install Java if you want to use Santulator. Everything you need is contained in the installable bundles you’ll find on the download page. If you’d like to know how this is achieved, have a look at the article Installable Java Apps with jpackage.