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A FAT JAR is a type of Java application distribution where a single JAR contains all other dependencies, so no additional file is required to run the JAR besides the Java Virtual Machine. For any Java maven based application, creating a FAR JAR could be solved by using Maven Shade Plugin . However, creating FAT Jars using JavaFX may be a challenge because JavaFX uses modules. Fortunately this subject was intensely discussed in the WEB, and a good explanation and a solution was provided by Jose Pereda in this StackOverflow response. In this post I want to briefly share the steps to make a FAT JAR and post an example on my github so I can point others to check the example. How to create a FAT JAR for a JavaFX application? 1- Create a main class that will run your application. This class must have the main method and call your actual application static launch method; 2- Add the Shade Plugin to your project. For those using Gradle notice that Jose Pereda also provided an answer about it i...