# corretto/corretto-8

Amazon Corretto 8 is a no-cost, multi-platform, production-ready distribution of OpenJDK 8

Repository: https://github.com/corretto/corretto-8
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/corretto-8
Language: Java
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-08-24T18:56:53+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 86, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2856, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 15, "gap_med": 79.0, "n_releases_24m": 11}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2124, forks 227 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:16.787982+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: programming-language, developer-tools
- domain: programming-languages, developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: windows, jvm, cross-platform
- tags: openjdk, java-8, jdk-distribution, amazon-corretto, long-term-support, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- corretto/corretto-8 (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:16.787982+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:52:47.952565+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/corretto/corretto-8 (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:16.787982+00:00, sha eb4ba050040f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.