Java Web Start
![Early versions of Java Web Start came with an application manager where, e.g., Sun's demo applications could be launched](/Images/godic/202501/21/Java_WebStartApplicationMan5228.png")
In computing, Java Web Start (also known as JavaWS, javaws or JAWS) is a framework developed by Sun Microsystems (now Oracle) that allows users to start application software for the Java Platform directly from the Internet using a web browser. Some key benefits of this technology include seamless version updating for globally distributed applications and greater control of memory allocation to the Java virtual machine.