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Download Java 8 LTS

Free Java 8 JDK downloads for Windows, macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel) and Linux, from every trusted OpenJDK vendor. Released March 2014. All downloads go to the official vendor page.

📅 March 2014 🏷 Legacy LTS 🆓 Free OpenJDK 🖥 Windows · Mac · Linux

Key features introduced in Java 8: Lambdas, Stream API, java.time, default methods, Optional. Still the most-deployed Java in production.

Java 8 — Eclipse Temurin

🪟 Windows
x64 .msi
🍎 macOS
x64 .pkg
Intel Mac — no native Apple Silicon build for Java 8
🐧 Linux
x64 .tar.gz

Java 8 — Amazon Corretto

🪟 Windows
x64 .msi

Java 8 — Azul Zulu

🪟 Windows
x64 .msi

Java 8 — Oracle

⚠ Oracle JDK requires a paid subscription for commercial production use. For free production use, pick Eclipse Temurin, Microsoft, Amazon Corretto or Azul Zulu above.

🪟 Windows
x64 .exe
Oracle JDK 8 — legacy, requires Oracle account + subscription for commercial use.

After you download Java 8

  1. Run the installer (.msi on Windows, .pkg on macOS) or extract the tarball (.tar.gz on Linux).
  2. On Windows, make sure "Add to PATH" and "Set JAVA_HOME" are checked during install.
  3. Open a new terminal (the old one won't see the updated PATH).
  4. Verify: 
    java -version
# expected: openjdk version "8.x.x"

Detailed per-OS install guides:

Should I pick Java 8?

Only if you are maintaining legacy systems that genuinely cannot move forward. Java 8 misses a decade of language and JVM improvements. For new code, always pick Java 17 or 21.

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