JD-GUI successor - Suggestion to redirect users to JD-GUI-DUO

README.md

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-# JD-GUI
-
-JD-GUI, a standalone graphical utility that displays Java sources from CLASS files.
-
-![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/java-decompiler/jd-gui/master/src/website/img/jd-gui.png)
-
-- Java Decompiler projects home page: [http://java-decompiler.github.io](http://java-decompiler.github.io)
-- JD-GUI source code: [https://github.com/java-decompiler/jd-gui](https://github.com/java-decompiler/jd-gui)
-
-## Description
-JD-GUI is a standalone graphical utility that displays Java source codes of 
-".class" files. You can browse the reconstructed source code with the JD-GUI
-for instant access to methods and fields.
-
-## How to build JD-GUI ?
-```
-> git clone https://github.com/java-decompiler/jd-gui.git
-> cd jd-gui
-> ./gradlew build 
-```
-generate :
-- _"build/libs/jd-gui-x.y.z.jar"_
-- _"build/libs/jd-gui-x.y.z-min.jar"_
-- _"build/distributions/jd-gui-windows-x.y.z.zip"_
-- _"build/distributions/jd-gui-osx-x.y.z.tar"_
-- _"build/distributions/jd-gui-x.y.z.deb"_
-- _"build/distributions/jd-gui-x.y.z.rpm"_
-
-## How to launch JD-GUI ?
-- Double-click on _"jd-gui-x.y.z.jar"_
-- Double-click on _"jd-gui.exe"_ application from Windows
-- Double-click on _"JD-GUI"_ application from Mac OSX
-- Execute _"java -jar jd-gui-x.y.z.jar"_ or _"java -classpath jd-gui-x.y.z.jar org.jd.gui.App"_
-
-## How to use JD-GUI ?
-- Open a file with menu "File > Open File..."
-- Open recent files with menu "File > Recent Files"
-- Drag and drop files from your file explorer
-
-## How to extend JD-GUI ?
-```
-> ./gradlew idea 
-```
-generate Idea Intellij project
-```
-> ./gradlew eclipse
-```
-generate Eclipse project
-```
-> java -classpath jd-gui-x.y.z.jar;myextension1.jar;myextension2.jar org.jd.gui.App
-```
-launch JD-GUI with your extensions
-
-## How to uninstall JD-GUI ?
-- Java: Delete "jd-gui-x.y.z.jar" and "jd-gui.cfg".
-- Mac OSX: Drag and drop "JD-GUI" application into the trash.
-- Windows: Delete "jd-gui.exe" and "jd-gui.cfg".
-
-## License
-Released under the [GNU GPL v3](LICENSE).
-
-## Donations
-Did JD-GUI help you to solve a critical situation? Do you use JD-Eclipse daily? What about making a donation?
-
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+This project is unmaintained; for an actively maintained successor, see [JD-GUI-DUO](https://github.com/nbauma109/jd-gui-duo).
+
+Many changes have been made, making the project unlikely to be merged into the original one:
+* [ANTLR](https://www.antlr.org/) and the outdated JDK7 grammar [Java.g4](services/src/main/antlr/Java.g4) are dropped and replaced by [Eclipse JDT Core](https://github.com/eclipse-jdt/eclipse.jdt.core) to take advantage of nice features such as type bindings, compiler errors/warnings, and a more convenient AST
+* [ProGuard](https://github.com/Guardsquare/proguard) is dropped as it made the project harder to maintain, the build really slow, and the errors harder to diagnose
+* JRE is now generated by [jre-builder](https://github.com/nbauma109/jre-builder) for the needs of the project in version 25 to take advantage of the latest libraries compiled in newer versions of Java
+* Other decompilers are supported (CFR, Procyon, Fernflower, Vineflower, JADX) with the [transformer-api](https://github.com/nbauma109/transformer-api) (forked from [helios-decompiler](https://github.com/helios-decompiler/transformer-api))
+* Use of [JarComp](https://activityworkshop.net/software/jarcomp/index.html) and [NetBeans diff module](https://github.com/nbauma109/netbeans-visual-diff-standalone) to provide a comparison feature