Java Development Kit

Also known as Java 2 Software Development Kit

implementation of either one of the Java Platform, Standard Edition, Java Platform, Enterprise Edition, or Java Platform, Micro Edition platforms

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Developer: Oracle Corporation
Stable release: 26.0.1 / 21 April 2026 ; 44 days ago ( 2026-04-21 )
Written in: Java, C++, C, Assembly
Operating system: Windows , macOS , Linux
Platform: AArch64 , x86-64
License: Oracle No-Fee Terms and Conditions (NFTC) with third party components
Website: oracle.com/java/technologies/

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Official website: www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase

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Stack Exchange tag: stackoverflow.com/tags/jdk9
software version identifier: 21.0.6

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The Java Development Kit (JDK) is a software development kit for development of a Java platform application.

The JDK is designed to be mainly used to communicate with the Java Runtime Environment (JRE), but it can be replaced by other JDK-based languages which can communicate with the JRE and JVM. Furthermore, Java bytecode can be compiled statically directly into native code only with a JVM but without the necessity of the Java runtime environment running dynamically.