To create executable jar file with maven all you need to do is to add the corresponding plugin description to your pom.xml file. Shade plugin is what we need!
<plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.0</version> <executions> <execution> <phase>package</phase> <goals> <goal>shade</goal> </goals> <configuration> <transformers> <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven. plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer"> <mainClass>com.vbashur.trying.threads.App</mainClass> </transformer> </transformers> </configuration> </execution> </executions> </plugin>