The best replacement for javafx is swing.

The best alternatives to javafx are rated as following:
★★★★★  swing
★★★★  flex
★★★  wpf
★★  silverlight
★★  jsf
★★  qt
★  swt
★  applet
★  java swing
★  lwjgl
★  java se
  fxml
  adobe air
  adf
  eclipse rcp

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Speaking about javafx, one probably shouldn't forget about netbeans.

Other search terms related to javafx and their ratings are:
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