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