Why Alibaba’s Dragonwell JDK Is the Go‑To Choice for Enterprise Java
Alibaba Dragonwell is a free, production‑ready OpenJDK distribution offering long‑term support, performance boosts, and security fixes, fully compatible with Java SE and widely used across Alibaba’s e‑commerce, finance, and logistics services on Linux, Windows, and macOS.
Introduction
Alibaba Dragonwell is a free, production‑ready OpenJDK distribution that offers long‑term support, performance enhancements, and security fixes. Backed by Alibaba’s massive Java workloads in e‑commerce, finance, logistics and more, it serves as a core runtime for the Alibaba ecosystem and is fully compatible with the Java SE standard on Linux, Windows and macOS.
Features
Security and Stability
Dragonwell works closely with the OpenJDK community, tracks upstream changes, and selectively back‑ports important features from newer Java versions that have already been deployed at scale within Alibaba.
Standard Compatibility
The distribution follows the Java SE specification and passes the JCK compatibility tests.
Outstanding Performance
As the foundation of Alibaba’s Java services, Dragonwell benefits from extensive real‑world practice and innovations derived from large‑scale business scenarios.
Purpose‑Built Functions
Long‑Term Support (LTS) releases are provided for Java 8 and Java 11.
Long‑Term Support
Alibaba delivers quarterly updates; Java 8 support continues at least until June 2023 and Java 11 until June 2024.
Free
Dragonwell is bundled with Alibaba Cloud VM images and can be downloaded directly for free.
Use Cases
Basic Java Runtime
Can serve as a lightweight replacement for many other Java SE distributions.
High‑Performance JDK
Provides a proven, high‑performance runtime for enterprise Java applications worldwide.
Project Repository
GitHub: https://github.com/alibaba/dragonwell8
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