The Java JDK (Java Development Kit) is a software development environment that creates Java applications.

Sun announced at JavaOne that the development kit for its Java Platform Standard Edition platform will be available to developers on an open-source basis with GPLv2 licensing.

The Java Development Kit, with all the tools needed to compile and run Java applications, is distributed by the open source OpenJDK project. Developers can download and install JDK 24 for Java SE from ...

Oracle’s Java SE download page does not yet offer access to JDK 10. But there are still additional phases for the development of JDK 10 before the final release.