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Oracle OpenJDK (stable and development builds) - zip packages only (no installer).Zulu OpenJDK ( recommended) (stable and development builds).All production of further builds has been moved to ) AdoptOpenJDK (stable and development builds)(From July 2021 no new JDKs will be produced.Adoptium OpenJDK (Continuation of AdoptOpenJDK)(stable builds only, check /adoptium for development builds).
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If you make money from streaming Minecraft or running a Minecraft server (even non-profit), you MUST use OpenJDK unless you want to figure out how to pay.
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For the purpose of Minecraft they are essentially the same, but Oracle's "OTN" version (Oracle JDK uses "Oracle No-Fee Terms and Conditions" as of Java 17 LTS) requires a PAID license for commercial and production purposes. You can get Java either from Oracle or from someone who builds OpenJDK. See also: Wikipedia:OpenJDK § OpenJDK builds See Tutorials/Setting up a server for more information.
Since Java Edition 1.18( 1.18 Pre-release 2), Minecraft requires Java 17 or newer.
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Installing the latest Java update ensures that Minecraft continues to run safely and efficiently. The latest versions of Java contain important enhancements to help improve performance, stability and security of the Java applications that run on your machine. If you use a custom JVM, you should notice that the official launcher only allow the custom JVM with the same primary Java version as the minimum required Java version to launch the game. Minecraft is written in Java, and uses it for game logic, rendering, and networking.Īs of May 7, 2022, the latest stable Java versions are 1.8.0_333 (Oracle JDK) / 1.8.0_332 (OpenJDK) (Long-Term Support or LTS), 11.0.15 (LTS), 17.0.3 (LTS) and 18.0.1 (Short-Term Support or STS), while the latest development build is version 19 early-access build 21. Unlike many other languages, Java does not run directly on the hardware, but in a virtual machine, called the JVM (Java Virtual Machine). Java is a programming language and computing platform.