OpenJDK Life Cycle

2019/08/31 |

Programming/ Java

| Java

OpenJDK Life Cycle

• https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/jdk8u
• https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/JDKUpdates/JDK11u

Oracle Java SE

• https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/java-se-support-roadmap.html
• Java 8, March 2014 to December 2030
• Java 11, September 2018 to September 2026
• Java 17, September 2021 to September 2029
• Java 21, September 2023 to September 2031

Azul Zulu

• https://www.azul.com/products/azul-support-roadmap/
• https://www.azul.com/products/zulu-community/
• https://www.azul.com/products/zulu-community/free-jdk-comparison-matrix/
• https://www.azul.com/downloads/zulu-community/
• Java 8, Dec 2030
• Java 11, Sep 2026
• Java 17, Sep 2029
• Java 21, Sep 2031

podman run --rm --pull always docker.io/azul/zulu-openjdk:8 java -version
podman run --rm --pull always docker.io/azul/zulu-openjdk:11 java -version

podman run --rm --pull always docker.io/azul/zulu-openjdk:17-jre java -version
podman run --rm --pull always docker.io/azul/zulu-openjdk:17 java -version

RedHat

• https://access.redhat.com/articles/1299013
• https://developers.redhat.com/products/openjdk/download/
• OpenJDK 8, May 2026
• OpenJDK 11, October 2024
• OpenJDK 17, October 2027

Eclipse Temurin (Adoptium’s JDKs)

• https://adoptium.net/support/
• https://adoptium.net/supported-platforms/
• https://adoptium.net/temurin/releases/
• https://adoptium.net/jmc/
• https://adoptium.net/temurin/archive/
• https://hub.docker.com/_/eclipse-temurin?tab=tags
• OpenJDK 8, At Least May 2026
• OpenJDK 11, At Least Oct 2024
• OpenJDK 17, At Least Oct 2027

podman run --rm --pull always docker.io/library/eclipse-temurin:11-jre java -version
podman run --rm --pull always docker.io/library/eclipse-temurin:11-jdk java -version

podman run --rm --pull always docker.io/library/eclipse-temurin:17-jre java -version
podman run --rm --pull always docker.io/library/eclipse-temurin:17-jdk java -version

docker run --rm --pull always eclipse-temurin:11-jre-nanoserver java -version
docker run --rm --pull always eclipse-temurin:11-jdk-nanoserver java -version

docker run --rm --pull always eclipse-temurin:17-jre-nanoserver java -version
docker run --rm --pull always eclipse-temurin:17-jdk-nanoserver java -version

Amazon Corretto

• https://aws.amazon.com/corretto/faqs/#support
• https://github.com/corretto/corretto-8
• https://github.com/corretto/corretto-11
• https://github.com/corretto/corretto-17
• Java 8, at least April 2026
• Java 11, at least July 2027
• Java 17, at least July 2029

Microsoft Build of OpenJDK

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/java/openjdk/support
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/java/openjdk/download
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/java/openjdk/download-major-urls
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/java/openjdk/containers
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/java/openjdk/java-jlink-runtimes
• OpenJDK 11 LTS, September, 2024
• OpenJDK 17 LTS, September, 2027

Tencent Kona

• https://github.com/Tencent/TencentKona-8/
• https://github.com/Tencent/TencentKona-11/
• https://github.com/Tencent/TencentKona-17/
• https://github.com/Tencent/TencentKona-8/releases/tag/Fiber-8.0.8-GA
• https://github.com/Tencent/TencentKona-11/releases/tag/kona11.0.13-fiber
• https://github.com/Tencent/TencentKona-11/releases/tag/kona11.0.8-vector-api

podman run --rm --pull always docker.io/konajdk/konajdk:8 java -version
podman run --rm --pull always docker.io/konajdk/konajdk:11 java -version