{"id":62160,"date":"2023-01-17T12:45:05","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T12:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foojay.io\/?page_id=62160"},"modified":"2026-07-03T09:27:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T09:27:25","slug":"find-another-java-version","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/foojay.io\/java-quick-start\/install-java\/find-another-java-version\/","title":{"rendered":"Find Another Java Version"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"yoast-breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/foojay.io\/\">Home<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span><a href=\"https:\/\/foojay.io\/java-quick-start\/\">Java Quick Start<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span><a href=\"https:\/\/foojay.io\/java-quick-start\/install-java\/\">Install Java<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span class=\"breadcrumb_last\" aria-current=\"page\">Find Another Java Version<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The OpenJDK project is the \"mother of all Java's\". It's a project <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/openjdk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">you can find on GitHub<\/a> and contains all the sources of Java. But the OpenJDK project doesn't produce the runtime you need to get Java on your computer. Many community projects and commercial companies produce the runtime you can download.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few of them:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/corretto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amazon Corretto<\/a>: No-cost, multiplatform, production-ready distribution of OpenJDK.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azul.com\/downloads\/#zulu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Azul Zulu<\/a>: The world\u2019s best supported builds of OpenJDK. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/adoptium.net\/temurin\/releases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eclipse Temurin<\/a>: Open source Java SE build based upon OpenJDK.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.redhat.com\/products\/openjdk\/download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Red Hat<\/a>: Free and open source implementation of the Java Platform, Standard Edition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And there are many more, as you discover thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/foojay.io\/today\/disco-api-helping-you-to-find-any-openjdk-distribution\/\">Foojay's Disco API<\/a> with more information about the various distributions and versions, and in this video by <a href=\"https:\/\/foojay.io\/today\/author\/gerrit-grunwald\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gerrit Grunwald<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GeeCON 2023: Gerrit Grunwald - Welcome to the Jungle - A safari through the JVM landscape\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m5V7JXeVc2s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The OpenJDK project is the &#8220;mother of all Java&#8217;s&#8221;. 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