# graalvm/graalvm-ce-builds

GraalVM CE binaires built by the GraalVM community

Repository: https://github.com/graalvm/graalvm-ce-builds
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/graalvm-ce-builds
Homepage: https://www.graalvm.org/
License Family: other
Topics: graalvm, builds
Last push: 2026-08-25T15:15:02+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2478, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 8, "gap_med": 55, "n_releases_24m": 12}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1748, forks 123 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:30.883912+00:00)

## What it is
GraalVM CE builds is the official distribution repository of GraalVM Community Edition binaries built on OpenJDK. GraalVM is a high-performance JDK with an ahead-of-time Native Image compiler that turns Java applications into fast-starting, low-footprint native executables and supports additional language runtimes like Python, Ruby, and JavaScript.

## Use cases
- compile java applications to native executables
- download graalvm community edition binaries
- build fast-starting low-memory microservices
- run java in minimal container images
- reduce jvm startup time and warmup
- embed polyglot language runtimes in java apps
- build cloud-native spring boot or quarkus apps

## When to choose
- you want free, GPL-with-Classpath-exception GraalVM binaries without Oracle licensing
- you need native image compilation for fast startup and small containers
- you deploy Java services to serverless or cloud environments where memory and cold-start matter
- you want community-built OpenJDK-based GraalVM distributions

## When to avoid
- you need Oracle-supported GraalVM with commercial support and GFTC licensing
- your workload depends on long-running JIT warmup rather than startup time
- you need non-JVM language runtimes, which ship as separate standalone distributions
- you require a license file in the repository itself, as this repo hosts release binaries only

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: compiler, interpreter, developer-tools, build-tool
- domain: programming-languages, compilers, developer-tools, performance, cloud-computing
- platform: windows, cross-platform, jvm
- tags: graalvm, java, openjdk, native-image, aot-compilation, community-edition, binaries, truffle, polyglot-runtime, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- graalvm/graalvm-ce-builds (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:30.883912+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 2026-08-30T03:28:52.130577+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/graalvm/graalvm-ce-builds (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:30.883912+00:00, sha 6586f743bba8)
  - homepage: https://www.graalvm.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:07:11.781523+00:00, sha 5e2d9e260f63)
  - site_page: https://www.graalvm.org/latest/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T11:07:11.790597+00:00, sha 0f6c5394f312)
  - site_page: https://www.graalvm.org/docs/getting-started (fetched 2026-08-29T11:07:11.792660+00:00, sha 60fc1ea7a97c)
  - site_page: https://www.graalvm.org/latest/docs/getting-started (fetched 2026-08-29T11:07:11.794468+00:00, sha 14a8a424f542)
  - site_page: https://www.graalvm.org/faq (fetched 2026-08-29T11:07:11.796151+00:00, sha 8b65ca215018)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.