Build project mvn clean install If build failed with following error [ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.3:compile (default-compile) on project g-code-editor: Fatal error compiling: invalid target release: 1.8 -> [Help 1] Then update your maven java version to java8 Check maven java version jingerbread:~ jingerbread$ mvn -version Apache Maven 3.2.1 (ea8b2b07643dbb1b84b6d16e1f08391b666bc1e9; 2014-02-14T21:37:52+04:00) Maven home: /usr/local/Cellar/maven/3.2.1/libexec Java version: 1.7.0_51, vendor: Oracle Corporation Start java -jar target/g-code-editor.jar