Eclipse Adoptium
PredecessorAdoptOpenJDK
FormationMarch 23, 2021 (2021-03-23)[1]
PurposeTo produce high-quality runtimes and associated technology for use within the Java ecosystem
Parent organization
Eclipse Foundation
Websiteadoptium.net

The Eclipse Adoptium (/əˈdɒptiəm/) Working Group is the successor of AdoptOpenJDK.[2][3]

The main goal of Adoptium is to promote and support free and open-source high-quality runtimes and associated technology for use across the Java ecosystem.[4] To do so the Adoptium Working Group (WG) builds and provides OpenJDK based binaries under the Eclipse Temurin project.[5] In addition to Temurin the WG creates an open test suite for OpenJDK based binaries as part of the Eclipse AQAvit project.[6]

The Adoptium Working Group was launched by Alibaba Cloud, Huawei, IBM, iJUG, Karakun AG, Microsoft, New Relic, and Red Hat in March 2021.[1]

In May 2022, the Adoptium project announced the formation of the Adoptium Marketplace.[7]

Projects

Eclipse Temurin

The Eclipse Temurin project produces Temurin (/ˈtɛmjərɪn/), a certified binary build of OpenJDK. The initial release in October 2021[8] supported Java LTS 8, 11, 17, and 21. The name for the project, Temurin, is an anagram of the word runtime.[9] Since 2023 the Adoptium Working Group members Azul Systems, IBM, Open Elements and Red Hat offer commercial support for Temurin.[10]

History

Eclipse Adoptium originally started as AdoptOpenJDK. AdoptOpenJDK was founded in 2017 and provided enterprises with free and open-source Java runtimes.

In 2020, AdoptOpenJDK moved to the Eclipse Foundation project under the name Eclipse Adoptium. The working group produces binaries via the Eclipse Temurin project.

Members

As of July 2023, there are 12 members:[11]

References

  1. ^ a b "Eclipse Foundation Launches the Adoptium Working Group for Multi-Vendor Delivery of Java Runtimes for Enterprises". Eclipse News, Eclipse in the News, Eclipse Announcement. 2021-03-23. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
  2. ^ Blewitt, Alex (19 June 2020). "AdoptOpenJDK to Become Eclipse Adoptium". InfoQ. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  3. ^ Taft, Darryl K (25 March 2021). "AdoptOpenJDK moves to Eclipse Foundation as Adoptium". TheServerSide. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  4. ^ Anderson, Tim (2021-03-23). "Total Eclipse team's new start: New Adoptium working group will promote free open source Java runtimes". The Register. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  5. ^ Redlich, Michael (26 March 2021). "Eclipse Adoptium Working Group Formally Established". InfoQ. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  6. ^ hendrik (2020-02-21). "How AdoptOpenJDK provides enterprise ready OpenJDK builds". GuiGarage. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
  7. ^ Nichols, Jay. "OSS Leader the Eclipse Foundation and the Adoptium Working Group Launch the Adoptium Marketplace". Yahoo Finance. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  8. ^ Janssen, Johan. "Eclipse Foundation's Adoptium Releases First Temurin JDK Builds". InfoQ.
  9. ^ "Eclipse Adoptium Projects Ready for Community Review". AdoptOpenJDK Blog. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  10. ^ "Commercial Support Options for Eclipse Temurin™". Adoptium. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  11. ^ "Working Group Members". adoptium.net.

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