Chapter 2. Eclipse Temurin overview
Eclipse Temurin is a free and open source implementation of the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) from the Eclipse Adoptium Working Group. Eclipse Temurin is based on the upstream OpenJDK 8u, OpenJDK 11u, OpenJDK 17u, OpenJDK 21u, and OpenJDK 25u projects; and it includes the Shenandoah Garbage Collector from version 11 onward.
Eclipse Temurin does not vary structurally from the upstream distribution of OpenJDK. Eclipse Temurin shares the following similar capabilities as OpenJDK:
Multi-platform
Red Hat offers support for Eclipse Temurin on Microsoft Windows, RHEL and macOS, so that you can standardize on a single Java platform in numerous environments, such as desktop, data center, and hybrid cloud.
Frequent releases
Eclipse Temurin delivers quarterly updates of JRE and JDK for the OpenJDK 8, OpenJDK 11, OpenJDK 17, OpenJDK 21, and OpenJDK 25 distributions. These updates are available as RPM packages, MSI installers, archive files, and containers.
Long-term support (LTS)
Red Hat supports the recently released Eclipse Temurin versions 8, 11, 17, 21, and 25. For more information about the support lifecycle, see Eclipse Temurin Life Cycle and Support Policy.