To run iDrop from the command line & after a Maven build, run the following cd idrop-swing mvn clean install mvn exec:java -Dexec.mainClass=org.irods.jargon.idrop.desktop.systraygui.IDROPDesktop To skip tests when building: cd idrop-swing mvn clean install -Dmaven.test.skip=true mvn exec:java -Dexec.mainClass=org.irods.jargon.idrop.desktop.systraygui.IDROPDesktop To generate a single distributable jar of the iDROP swing binaries: cd idrop-swing mvn assembly:assembly -Dmaven.test.skip=true