macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install openjdklocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew
Install openjdk with Homebrew, chocolatey, Nix, winget, dnf, zypper
Development kit for the Java programming language. Version 26.0.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-25.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#openjdknixpkgs package indexes · openjdk · source: raw.githubusercontent.com
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install java-25-openjdkFedora Rawhide package metadata · java-25-openjdk · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install java-11-openj9openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · java-11-openj9 · source: download.opensuse.org
Windows
Chocolateyverified · 92%
choco install openjdkChocolatey community package catalog · openjdk · source: community.chocolatey.org
Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id Microsoft.OpenJDK.17 -eWindows Package Manager source index · Microsoft.OpenJDK.17 · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com
overview
Package summary
Development kit for the Java programming language
Project links
Commands and aliases
- jar
- jarsigner
- java
- javac
- javadoc
- javap
- jcmd
- jconsole
- jdb
- jdeprscan
- jdeps
- jfr
- jhsdb
- jimage
- jinfo
- jlink
- jmap
- jmod
- jnativescan
- jpackage
- jps
- jshell
- jstack
- jstat
- jstatd
- jwebserver
- keytool
- rmiregistry
- serialver
history
Project history and usage
OpenJDK is the open-source implementation community for the Java Platform, Standard Edition, and the upstream source base from which many Java Development Kit distributions are built. The Homebrew openjdk formula packages the general JDK toolchain: java, javac, jar, javadoc, jshell, jlink, jpackage, jcmd, jfr, keytool, and many diagnostic utilities.
Project history
OpenJDK began from Sun Microsystems' 2006 initiative to open source Java and the core Java platform. Red Hat's historical account says the major platform components were released over the next few years as free and open-source software under the GPL.
After Sun's acquisition by Oracle, OpenJDK continued as the central upstream for Java SE implementation work. The OpenJDK homepage describes it as the place to collaborate on an open-source implementation of Java SE and related projects, while the JDK Project describes its goal as producing a series of open-source reference implementations of the Java SE Platform.
Adoption history
OpenJDK became the shared upstream for a multi-vendor Java ecosystem. Oracle, Red Hat, IBM, Microsoft, Amazon, Azul, SAP, and other vendors build or support JDK distributions derived from the OpenJDK code base, while the OpenJDK Community develops language, VM, library, tooling, and platform features through projects and JEPs.
The release model changed after JDK 9. OpenJDK's JDK Project documents a six-month feature-release cadence, and JEP 14 describes the tip-and-tail model: frequent feature releases at the tip, quarterly update releases in tail trains, and vendor-designated long-term support lines such as JDK 8, 11, 17, and 21.
How it is used
Developers install OpenJDK when they need the Java compiler, runtime, standard libraries, build tools, documentation tools, packaging tools, and diagnostics needed to build and run Java software. Operators often install it indirectly because build systems, language servers, CI jobs, application servers, Android-adjacent tooling, and JVM languages all expect a JDK on PATH or discoverable through platform Java wrappers.
On macOS, Homebrew marks openjdk as keg-only and documents the symlink needed for /usr/libexec/java_home and other system Java wrappers to find the JDK bundle. That detail is a classic Java-packaging issue: package managers can install many JDKs, but tools need a policy for which one wins.
Why package nerds care
OpenJDK is one of the most consequential packages in a package manager because it is both a developer-facing SDK and a build-time dependency for other packages. It also carries a distinctive license shape, GPLv2 with the Classpath Exception, which lets the JDK remain copyleft while supporting broad Java application distribution.
Timeline
- 2006: Sun Microsystems announced the initiative that led to OpenJDK.
- 2007: Red Hat signed Sun's OpenJDK contributor and TCK agreements, becoming a major outside participant in the project.
- 2018: the OpenJDK Community adopted the six-month tip-and-tail release model beginning with JDK 10.
- The JDK Project release list records JDK 11 general availability on 25 September 2018 and subsequent feature releases on a six-month cadence.
Related projects
- OpenJDK is related to HotSpot, javac, Project Amber, Project Loom, Project Panama, Project Valhalla, OpenJDK update projects, Eclipse OpenJ9, and downstream distributions such as Oracle OpenJDK builds, Red Hat OpenJDK builds, Microsoft Build of OpenJDK, Amazon Corretto, Azul Zulu, SAP SapMachine, and Eclipse Temurin.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: yellow
Java runtime and development kit.
Risk classifier
yellow risk · high confidence · runtime
Why
- Java runtime and development kit
Signals
- override:openjdk
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Installs with 6 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 2 build dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
jar | cli | global executable | |
jarsigner | cli | global executable | |
java | cli | global executable | |
javac | cli | global executable | |
javadoc | cli | global executable | |
javap | cli | global executable | |
jcmd | cli | global executable | |
jconsole | cli | global executable | |
jdb | cli | global executable | |
jdeprscan | cli | global executable | |
jdeps | cli | global executable | |
jfr | cli | global executable | |
jhsdb | cli | global executable | |
jimage | cli | global executable | |
jinfo | cli | global executable | |
jlink | cli | global executable | |
jmap | cli | global executable | |
jmod | cli | global executable | |
jnativescan | cli | global executable | |
jpackage | cli | global executable | |
jps | cli | global executable | |
jshell | cli | global executable | |
jstack | cli | global executable | |
jstat | cli | global executable | |
jstatd | cli | global executable | |
jwebserver | cli | global executable | |
keytool | cli | global executable | |
rmiregistry | cli | global executable | |
serialver | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-08
manager version26.0.1
manager updated2026-06-25
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/openjdk/jdk26u
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/openjdk/jdk26unone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:openjdk |
|---|---|
| Version | 26.0.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/openjdk |
| Homepage | https://openjdk.org/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/openjdk/jdk26u |
| Upstream docs | https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase |
| License | GPL-2.0-only WITH Classpath-exception-2.0 |
| Source archive | https://github.com/openjdk/jdk26u/archive/refs/tags/jdk-26.0.1-ga.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-06-25T13:37:59+02:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | freetype, giflib, harfbuzz, jpeg-turbo, libpng, little-cms2 |
| Build dependencies | autoconf, pkgconf |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
| Caveats | For the system Java wrappers to find this JDK, symlink it with sudo ln -sfn $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/openjdk/libexec/openjdk.jdk /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/openjdk.jdk |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | openjdk |
| Aliases |
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| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Requirements |
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| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | yes |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Nix95%
openjdk
nix profile install nixpkgs#openjdk- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Openjdk
Chocolatey95%
openjdk
choco install openjdk- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Openjdk
winget95%
Microsoft.OpenJDK.17
winget install --id Microsoft.OpenJDK.17 -e- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Openjdk
winget95%
ojdkbuild.ojdkbuild
winget install --id ojdkbuild.ojdkbuild -e- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Openjdk
dnf92%
java-25-openjdk 25.0.3.0.9-2.fc45
OpenJDK 25 Runtime Environment
sudo dnf install java-25-openjdk- License: Apache-1.1 AND Apache-2.0 AND LicenseRef-Callaway-BSD AND LicenseRef-Callaway-BSD-with-advertising AND GPL-1.0-or-later AND GPL-2.0-only AND
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: java-25-openjdk
- 14 dependencies
- 10 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Java
zypper92%
java-11-openj9 11.0.31.0-4.1
OpenJDK 11 Runtime Environment with Eclipse OpenJ9 virtual machine
sudo zypper install java-11-openj9- License: Apache-1.1 AND Apache-2.0 AND EPL-2.0 AND GPL-1.0-or-later AND GPL-2.0-only AND GPL-2.0-only WITH Classpath-exception-2.0 AND LGPL-2.0-only AND MPL-1.0 AND
- Category: Development/Languages/Java
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: java-11-openj9
- 16 dependencies
- 32 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Java
zypper92%
java-11-openjdk 11.0.31.0-3.1
OpenJDK 11 Runtime Environment
sudo zypper install java-11-openjdk- License: Apache-1.1 AND Apache-2.0 AND GPL-1.0-or-later AND GPL-2.0-only AND GPL-2.0-only WITH Classpath-exception-2.0 AND LGPL-2.0-only AND MPL-1.0 AND MPL-1.1 AND
- Category: Development/Languages/Java
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: java-11-openjdk
- 15 dependencies
- 27 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Java
zypper92%
java-17-openj9 17.0.19.0-4.1
OpenJDK 17 Runtime Environment with Eclipse OpenJ9 virtual machine
sudo zypper install java-17-openj9- License: Apache-1.1 AND Apache-2.0 AND EPL-2.0 AND GPL-1.0-or-later AND GPL-2.0-only AND GPL-2.0-only WITH Classpath-exception-2.0 AND LGPL-2.0-only AND MPL-1.0 AND
- Category: Development/Languages/Java
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: java-17-openj9
- 16 dependencies
- 32 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Java
zypper92%
java-17-openjdk 17.0.19.0-4.1
OpenJDK 17 Runtime Environment
sudo zypper install java-17-openjdk- License: Apache-1.1 AND Apache-2.0 AND GPL-1.0-or-later AND GPL-2.0-only AND GPL-2.0-only WITH Classpath-exception-2.0 AND LGPL-2.0-only AND MPL-1.0 AND MPL-1.1 AND
- Category: Development/Languages/Java
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: java-17-openjdk
- 15 dependencies
- 27 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Java
zypper92%
java-1_8_0-openj9 1.8.0.492-4.1
OpenJDK 8 Runtime Environment with Eclipse OpenJ9 virtual machine
https://www.eclipse.org/openj9/
sudo zypper install java-1_8_0-openj9- License: Apache-1.1 AND Apache-2.0 AND EPL-2.0 AND GPL-1.0-or-later AND GPL-2.0-only AND GPL-2.0-only WITH Classpath-exception-2.0 AND LGPL-2.0-only AND MPL-1.0 AND
- Category: Development/Languages/Java
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: java-1_8_0-openj9
- 19 dependencies
- 31 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Java
zypper92%
java-1_8_0-openjdk 1.8.0.492-3.1
OpenJDK 8 Runtime Environment
sudo zypper install java-1_8_0-openjdk- License: Apache-1.1 AND Apache-2.0 AND GPL-1.0-or-later AND GPL-2.0-only AND GPL-2.0-only WITH Classpath-exception-2.0 AND LGPL-2.0-only AND MPL-1.0 AND MPL-1.1 AND
- Category: Development/Languages/Java
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: java-1_8_0-openjdk
- 19 dependencies
- 26 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Java
zypper92%
java-21-openj9 21.0.11.0-4.1
OpenJDK 21 Runtime Environment with Eclipse OpenJ9 virtual machine
sudo zypper install java-21-openj9- License: Apache-1.1 AND Apache-2.0 AND EPL-2.0 AND GPL-1.0-or-later AND GPL-2.0-only AND GPL-2.0-only WITH Classpath-exception-2.0 AND LGPL-2.0-only AND MPL-1.0 AND
- Category: Development/Languages/Java
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: java-21-openj9
- 16 dependencies
- 32 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Java
zypper92%
java-21-openjdk 21.0.11.0-3.1
OpenJDK 21 Runtime Environment
sudo zypper install java-21-openjdk- License: Apache-1.1 AND Apache-2.0 AND GPL-1.0-or-later AND GPL-2.0-only AND GPL-2.0-only WITH Classpath-exception-2.0 AND LGPL-2.0-only AND MPL-1.0 AND MPL-1.1 AND
- Category: Development/Languages/Java
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: java-21-openjdk
- 15 dependencies
- 27 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Java
zypper92%
java-25-openj9 25.0.3.0-4.1
OpenJDK 25 Runtime Environment with Eclipse OpenJ9 virtual machine
sudo zypper install java-25-openj9- License: Apache-1.1 AND Apache-2.0 AND EPL-2.0 AND GPL-1.0-or-later AND GPL-2.0-only AND GPL-2.0-only WITH Classpath-exception-2.0 AND LGPL-2.0-only AND MPL-1.0 AND
- Category: Development/Languages/Java
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: java-25-openj9
- 17 dependencies
- 32 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Java
zypper92%
java-25-openjdk 25.0.3.0-3.1
OpenJDK 25 Runtime Environment
sudo zypper install java-25-openjdk- License: Apache-1.1 AND Apache-2.0 AND GPL-1.0-or-later AND GPL-2.0-only AND GPL-2.0-only WITH Classpath-exception-2.0 AND LGPL-2.0-only AND MPL-1.0 AND MPL-1.1 AND
- Category: Development/Languages/Java
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: java-25-openjdk
- 16 dependencies
- 27 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Java
zypper92%
java-26-openjdk 26.0.1.0-2.1
OpenJDK 26 Runtime Environment
sudo zypper install java-26-openjdk- License: Apache-1.1 AND Apache-2.0 AND GPL-1.0-or-later AND GPL-2.0-only AND GPL-2.0-only WITH Classpath-exception-2.0 AND LGPL-2.0-only AND MPL-1.0 AND MPL-1.1 AND
- Category: Development/Languages/Java
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: java-26-openjdk
- 16 dependencies
- 27 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Java
source trail
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Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment