corretto/corretto-8
Amazon Corretto 8 is a no-cost, multi-platform, production-ready distribution of OpenJDK 8 observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
95/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 86
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 79.0
- age_days: 2856
- days_rel: 15
- days_push: 9
- n_releases_24m: 11
Adoption not part of the score
2124 stars · 227 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Amazon Corretto 8 is a no-cost, production-ready distribution of OpenJDK 8 maintained by Amazon and used internally for production services. It provides multiplatform JDK 8 binaries with long-term free support for Linux, Windows, and macOS.
Use cases
- run java 8 applications in production for free
- download a production-ready openjdk 8 build
- develop java applications on linux windows and macos
- get long-term supported jdk 8 with security patches
- replace oracle jdk 8 with a no-cost distribution
When to choose
- you need a free, supported OpenJDK 8 distribution with regular security updates
- you run Java 8 workloads across Linux, Windows, and macOS
- you want a JDK backed by Amazon and proven in production at scale
When to avoid
- you need Java 17 or newer language features
- you require commercial Oracle JDK support contracts
- you need a JDK other than version 8
Facets
application · maturity stable
programming-language developer-tools programming-languages developer-tools cross-platform windows jvm cross-platform openjdk java-8 jdk-distribution amazon-corretto long-term-support linux macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/corretto/corretto-8 · fetched 2026-08-28 · eb4ba050040f
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| corretto/corretto-8 | main | 95 |
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