Is JDK 11 Long Term Support?

Oracle JDK 11 will continue to include installers , branding, and JRE packaging, whereas OpenJDK builds are currently available as zip and tar. gz files. The javac –release command behaves differently for the Java 9 and Java 10 targets due to the presence of some additional modules in Oracle’s release.

Oracle intends to support the Java LTS releases as follows: Java 7 through 2022. Java 8 through at least 2030. Java 11 through 2026 .

JDK 11 is the open-source reference implementation of version 11 of the Java SE Platform as specified by by JSR 384 in the Java Community Process. JDK 11 reached General Availability on 25 September 2018.

Head to Java SE Development Kit 11 Downloads page and choose the download file appropriate to your operating system . Oracle JDK 11 comes with installers for Linux (rpm and deb), macOS (dmg), Windows (exe) and archive files (tar. gz and zip). For Windows, I recommend to download the file jdk-11.0.

Since the java 8 update at April 16, 2019 8u221, all versions and updates for (java 8,9,10,11,14) has no cost just for personal use and development purposes . Any other use, needs a Commercial License.

Go to the Oracle Java Archive page. The JDK is a development environment for building applications using the Java programming language . The JDK includes tools useful for developing and testing programs written in the Java programming language and running on the JavaTM platform.

Open JDK version of Java that is available under the GNU General Public license with classpath exception (GPLv2+ CE).