# Install openliberty-jakartaee8 with Homebrew Lightweight open framework for Java (Jakarta EE 8). Version 26.0.0.5 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-18. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:openliberty-jakartaee8 ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install openliberty-jakartaee8 ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:openliberty-jakartaee8 - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 26.0.0.5 - **Source summary:** Lightweight open framework for Java (Jakarta EE 8) - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** EPL-1.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-05-18T22:02:32Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - openliberty-jakartaee8 (cli) - openliberty-jakartaee8 (alias) ## Dependencies - openjdk ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Caveats: The home of Open Liberty Jakarta EE 8 is: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/openliberty-jakartaee8/libexec - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 26.0.0.5 - Package-manager updated: 2026-05-18 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://openliberty.io - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage openliberty-jakartaee8 is the Homebrew-packaged Open Liberty runtime variant for Jakarta EE 8 applications. Open Liberty is IBM's open source Liberty runtime: a lightweight, modular Java application server aimed at cloud-native applications and microservices, with Jakarta EE and Eclipse MicroProfile support. ### Project history Liberty began inside IBM in 2012 as a smaller-footprint, extensible, and easy-to-configure Java runtime for both cloud and data-center deployment. IBM published the Liberty source code on GitHub in 2017 as the Open Liberty project, making the runtime's development model visible while keeping WebSphere Liberty built from the same open source codebase. The Jakarta EE 8 Open Liberty feature represents the first Jakarta-branded continuation of the Java EE 8 platform after Java EE moved from the Java Community Process to the Eclipse Foundation. Open Liberty documents `jakartaee-8.0` as combining the Liberty features that support the Jakarta EE 8.0 Platform and as functionally equivalent to the older `javaee-8.0` feature. ### Adoption history Open Liberty's adoption story is tied to enterprise Java teams that wanted standards compatibility without the older heavyweight application-server footprint. IBM positions the project as an open source implementation of Jakarta EE and MicroProfile and as the foundation of WebSphere Liberty, giving it a bridge role between community Java standards and IBM-supported production deployments. The Jakarta EE 8 package matters because Jakarta EE 8 was the compatibility-preserving handoff from Java EE 8 into the Eclipse Foundation namespace. It let applications keep the Java EE 8 programming model while consuming a Jakarta-labeled platform feature from Open Liberty. ### How it is used Developers use this package when they want a local Open Liberty installation with the Jakarta EE 8 platform feature set available. In a Liberty server configuration, the corresponding feature is enabled with `jakartaee-8.0` inside `server.xml`, pulling in the Web Profile plus the additional full-platform APIs such as messaging, connectors, mail, batch, and web services. Open Liberty projects are also commonly driven through Maven, Gradle, Docker images, and Liberty Tools, but the Homebrew formula gives package-manager users a predictable CLI-style install rooted under Homebrew's prefix. ### Why package nerds care For package nerds, openliberty-jakartaee8 is interesting because it is not just one binary called `openliberty`; it is a standards-profile-specific distribution. The formula name encodes a compatibility target, which is useful when comparing how package managers expose Java runtimes by API platform rather than by only upstream project name. It also marks the transitional Java EE to Jakarta EE era: the feature remains functionally equivalent to Java EE 8 while living in the Jakarta naming line, so dependency scanners and package catalogs need to preserve that nuance. ### Timeline - 2012: Liberty originated as IBM's lightweight, modular Java runtime. - 2017: IBM opened the Liberty source code on GitHub as Open Liberty. - 2019: Jakarta EE 8 established the Eclipse Foundation continuation of Java EE 8. - Open Liberty documentation defines `jakartaee-8.0` as the Jakarta EE 8.0 Platform convenience feature and notes its functional equivalence to `javaee-8.0`. ### Related projects - Related packages and technologies include WebSphere Liberty, the Open Liberty Maven and Gradle plugins, Open Liberty container images, Jakarta EE 8, Java EE 8, and the Open Liberty Web Profile 8 package. ### Sources - - - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for openliberty-jakartaee8. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: ${wlp.user.dir}/servers/${wlp.server.name}/server.xml, ${wlp.user.dir}/servers/${wlp.server.name}/bootstrap.properties, ${wlp.user.dir}/servers/${wlp.server.name}/server.env, ${wlp.user.dir}/servers/${wlp.server.name}/jvm.options ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** openliberty-jakartaee8 - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Related links - [Cloud CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [openjdk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openjdk/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [openliberty-jakartaee9](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openliberty-jakartaee9/) - Package name indicates the same formula family. - [openliberty-microprofile4](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openliberty-microprofile4/) - Shares the same upstream homepage. - [openliberty-webprofile8](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openliberty-webprofile8/) - Shares the same upstream homepage. - [openliberty-webprofile9](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openliberty-webprofile9/) - Shares the same upstream homepage. - [roadrunner](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/roadrunner/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: application-server, cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [passenger](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/passenger/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: application-server, cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [tomcat](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/tomcat/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: application-server, cli, cloud-infrastructure, java. - [tomee-plume](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/tomee-plume/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: application-server, cli, cloud-infrastructure, java. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/openliberty-jakartaee8.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/openliberty-jakartaee8.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph