openjdk@8 (deprecated)

Disable date: 2030-12-31

Install command: 
brew install openjdk@8

Development kit for the Java programming language

https://openjdk.org/

License: GPL-2.0-only

Development: Pull requests

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/openjdk@8.json

Formula code: openjdk@8.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

macOS on
Intel		 sonoma ✅
Linux ARM64 ✅
x86_64 ✅

Current versions:

stable ✅ 1.8.0-502

Other versions:

openjdk@25 25.0.4 Development kit for the Java programming language
openjdk@21 21.0.12 Development kit for the Java programming language
openjdk@17 17.0.20 Development kit for the Java programming language
openjdk@11 11.0.32 Development kit for the Java programming language

Keg-only

Depends on:

freetype 2.14.3 Software library to render fonts
giflib 6.1.3 Library and utilities for processing GIFs

Depends on when building from source:

autoconf 2.73 Automatic configure script builder
pkgconf 3.0.5 Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit
gawk 5.4.1 GNU awk utility

Requires: x86_64 architecture

For the system Java wrappers to find this JDK, symlink it with
    sudo ln -sfn $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/openjdk@8/libexec/openjdk.jdk /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/openjdk-8.jdk

Analytics:

Installs (30 days)
openjdk@8 1,297
openjdk@8 --HEAD 2
Installs on Request (30 days)
openjdk@8 1,250
openjdk@8 --HEAD 2
Build Errors (30 days)
openjdk@8 54
Installs (90 days)
openjdk@8 3,857
openjdk@8 --HEAD 2
Installs on Request (90 days)
openjdk@8 3,605
openjdk@8 --HEAD 2
Installs (365 days)
openjdk@8 19,547
openjdk@8 --HEAD 3
Installs on Request (365 days)
openjdk@8 17,922
openjdk@8 --HEAD 3