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.

JDK 21 is the latest Long-Term Support (LTS) release of the Java SE Platform. Earlier JDK versions are available below. Java SE Development Kit 2025 Free Download Latest Version. It is full offline ...

The Java SE Development Kit consists of the Java compiler, tools for creating and managing JAR (Java Archive) files, and tools for managing and monitoring the JVM.