Amazon Corretto
A no-cost OpenJDK distribution from Amazon with long-term support and quarterly security updates.
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About Amazon Corretto
Amazon Corretto is a distribution of the Open Java Development Kit for developing and running Java applications on Linux, Windows and macOS, with Docker images also available. It is certified as compatible with the Java SE standard and can replace many other Java SE distributions.
Amazon provides long-term support at no cost, with quarterly updates containing performance improvements and security fixes, and uses Corretto on its own production services. Versions 8, 11, 17, 21, 25 and 27 are available.
Strengths
- Free long-term support from Amazon
- Certified Java SE compatible
- Quarterly security and performance updates
- Several Java versions from 8 to 27
Limitations
- A JDK only; IDEs and build tools are separate
- Direction is set by Amazon rather than a community foundation
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree, including long-term support.
- License
- GPL-2.0-with-classpath-exception
- Developer
- Amazon
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Java developers and servers that need a supported, free JDK
- Categories
- Developer tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
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Eclipse Temurin is also a free, certified OpenJDK build under the same GPL-2.0 classpath license, but comes from the Eclipse Adoptium project rather than Amazon.
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