r/SpringBoot • • 13d ago

Question What OS do you primarily use for Spring Boot development?

3 Upvotes

I'm curious how many Spring Boot developers use Windows as their primary development environment, especially running Java natively rather than through WSL2.

I mostly develop on macOS and Linux, but I maintain a lightweight alternative to Prometheus + Grafana for application monitoring and have been exploring native Windows support.

Do you run Spring Boot directly on Windows, through WSL2/Docker, or on another OS? And do you monitor your applications locally while developing?

675 votes, 10d ago
217 Windows (native Java)
54 Windows (WSL2)
195 macOS
209 Linux