Is Axon Initializr dead?

[Oliver_Libutzki]

Looks like Axon Initializr is not hosted anymore. Is it dead?

[Gerard (Gerard Klijs)]

Yes, it was hard to maintain, with all the things Spring has added to the initializr.

[Oliver_Libutzki]

Isn’t it possible to add Axon to Spring Initializr?

[Gerard (Gerard Klijs)]

It is, but it still needs to be maintained.

[Sara_Torrey]

Hi Oliver,
I hope all is well.
We made an announcement about it a while ago. As Gerard mentioned the maintenance and a few other reasons led us to this decision.

End-of-life for the AxonIQ Initializr

Hi all, The development team has decided to bid AxonIQ Initialzr farewell. AxonIQ Initialzr, which used to reside at start.axoniq.io, was our attempt to provide a similar platform as the Spring Initialzr. However, maintenance of the AxonIQ Initialzr proved to much effort on our end. This happened mainly through the customizations we had in place that connected the generated scaffolding with our numerous Axon Framework extensions and the automated connection with Axon Server or AxonIQ Cloud. T…

[allardbz (Allard Buijze)]

@Oliver_Libutzki

Isn’t it possible to add Axon to Spring Initializr?

It’s possible, but we weren’t able to convince them (even with the help of some Spring Developer Advocates). So don’t hesitate to drop them a note to ask for it being added