diff --git a/clients/client-standalone/README.MD b/clients/client-standalone/README.MD
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@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+How to run
+----------
+
+1. Build the project. </br>
+For Windows
+```
+set JAVA_HOME=<jdk8 home path>
+mvn clean install
+```
+For MacOS and Linux
+```
+export JAVA_HOME=<jdk8 home path>
+mvn clean install
+```
+2. Start server
+For Windows
+```
+set JAVA_HOME=<jdk17 home path>
+start-server.bat
+```
+For MacOS and Linux
+```
+export JAVA_HOME=<jdk17 home path>
+./start-server.sh
+```
+3. Start client
+
+For Windows
+```
+set JAVA_HOME=<jdk8 home path>
+start-client.bat
+```
+For MacOS and Linux
+```
+export JAVA_HOME=<jdk8 home path>
+./start-client.sh
+```
diff --git a/clients/client-standalone/lib/hazelcast-enterprise-java-client-5.5.0-SNAPSHOT.jar b/clients/client-standalone/lib/hazelcast-enterprise-java-client-5.5.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
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diff --git a/clients/client-standalone/pom.xml b/clients/client-standalone/pom.xml
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+<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+    <artifactId>client-standalone</artifactId>
+    <name>Clients - stanalone java client</name>
+    <groupId>book.hazelcast.client.stanalone</groupId>
+    <description>
+        Basic Stanalone Client
+    </description>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>book.hazelcast.client</groupId>
+        <artifactId>clients</artifactId>
+        <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <properties>
+        <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
+        <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+        <jdk.version>8</jdk.version>
+        <maven.compiler.release>8</maven.compiler.release>
+    </properties>
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.7.1</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>copy</id>
+                        <phase>compile</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>copy</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <artifactItems>
+                                <artifactItem>
+                                    <groupId>com.hazelcast</groupId>
+                                    <artifactId>hazelcast-enterprise</artifactId>
+                                    <version>${hazelcast.version}</version>
+                                    <type>jar</type>
+                                    <overWrite>false</overWrite>
+                                    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/server-lib</outputDirectory>
+                                    <destFileName>hazelcast-enterprise.jar</destFileName>
+                                </artifactItem>
+                            </artifactItems>
+                            <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-artifacts</outputDirectory>
+                            <overWriteReleases>false</overWriteReleases>
+                            <overWriteSnapshots>false</overWriteSnapshots>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.13.0</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <release>8</release>
+                    <source>8</source>
+                    <target>8</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+    <dependencyManagement>
+        <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>com.hazelcast</groupId>
+                <artifactId>hazelcast</artifactId>
+                <version>${hazelcast.version}</version>
+                <scope>import</scope>
+                <type>pom</type>
+                <exclusions>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>com.hazelcast</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>hazelcast</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                </exclusions>
+            </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+    </dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.hazelcast</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hazelcast-enterprise-java-client</artifactId>
+            <version>5.5.0</version>
+            <scope>system</scope>
+            <systemPath>${project.basedir}/lib/hazelcast-enterprise-java-client-5.5.0-SNAPSHOT.jar</systemPath>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+    <repositories>
+        <repository>
+            <id>hazelcast-private-repository</id>
+            <name>Hazelcast Private Repository</name>
+            <url>https://repository.hazelcast.com/release/</url>
+            <releases>
+                <enabled>true</enabled>
+            </releases>
+            <snapshots>
+                <enabled>false</enabled>
+            </snapshots>
+        </repository>
+    </repositories>
+</project>
diff --git a/clients/client-standalone/src/main/java/Client.java b/clients/client-standalone/src/main/java/Client.java
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+++ b/clients/client-standalone/src/main/java/Client.java
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+import com.hazelcast.client.HazelcastClient;
+import com.hazelcast.core.HazelcastInstance;
+import com.hazelcast.map.IMap;
+
+public class Client {
+
+    private Client() {
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
+        HazelcastInstance hazelcastClient = HazelcastClient.newHazelcastClient();
+        IMap<Integer, String> test = hazelcastClient.getMap("test");
+        for (int i=0; i < 1000000; i++) {
+            test.put(i, "item" + i);
+            System.out.println(test.get(i));
+            Thread.sleep(1000);
+        }
+        hazelcastClient.shutdown();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/clients/client-standalone/start-client.bat b/clients/client-standalone/start-client.bat
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+++ b/clients/client-standalone/start-client.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java -cp lib\*;target\classes Client
diff --git a/clients/client-standalone/start-client.sh b/clients/client-standalone/start-client.sh
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index 000000000..3c40e8ce3
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+++ b/clients/client-standalone/start-client.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+$JAVA_HOME/bin/java -cp /lib/*:target/classes Client
diff --git a/clients/client-standalone/start-server.bat b/clients/client-standalone/start-server.bat
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index 000000000..11a6e5381
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+++ b/clients/client-standalone/start-server.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+%JAVA_HOME%/binjava -cp target\server-lib\hazelcast-enterprise.jar com.hazelcast.core.server.HazelcastMemberStarter
diff --git a/clients/client-standalone/start-server.sh b/clients/client-standalone/start-server.sh
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index 000000000..ebee23f47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clients/client-standalone/start-server.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+$JAVA_HOME/bin/java -cp target\server-lib\hazelcast-enterprise.jar com.hazelcast.core.server.HazelcastMemberStarter
diff --git a/clients/pom.xml b/clients/pom.xml
index 9d8edcdbd..9324e1c2e 100644
--- a/clients/pom.xml
+++ b/clients/pom.xml
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@
         <module>client-near-cache</module>
         <module>client-rest</module>
         <module>client-statistics</module>
+        <module>client-standalone</module>
         <module>user-code-deployment</module>
         <module>client-labels</module>
         <module>client-connection-strategy</module>
     </modules>
-
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.hazelcast</groupId>