diff --git a/scripts/create-unix-launcher.sh b/scripts/create-unix-launcher.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# scripts/create-unix-launcher.sh
+
+cat > launcher.sh << 'EOF'
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Configuration
+APP_NAME="Stirling-PDF"
+MIN_JAVA_VERSION="17"
+PREFERRED_JAVA_VERSION="21"
+JAVA_DOWNLOAD_URL="https://download.oracle.com/java/21/latest/jdk-21_linux-x64_bin.tar.gz"
+BROWSER_OPEN="true"
+
+# Check Java version
+if type -p java > /dev/null; then
+    _java=java
+elif [[ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ]] && [[ -x "$JAVA_HOME/bin/java" ]]; then
+    _java="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
+else
+    echo "Java not found. Please install Java 21."
+    xdg-open "$JAVA_DOWNLOAD_URL"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+version=$("$_java" -version 2>&1 | awk -F '"' '/version/ {print $2}' | cut -d'.' -f1)
+if [[ "$version" -lt "$MIN_JAVA_VERSION" ]]; then
+    echo "Java version $version detected. Please install Java 21."
+    xdg-open "$JAVA_DOWNLOAD_URL"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Run application
+exec java -jar "$(dirname "$0")/Stirling-PDF.jar" "$@"
+EOF
+
+chmod +x launcher.sh