Java 20

Status	Feature Release
Release Date	2023-03-21
EOL Date	2023-09-15
Latest Version	20+36
Bytecode Version	64.0
API Changes	Compare to 19 - 18 - 17 - 16 - 15 - 14 - 13 - 12 - 11 - 10 - 9 - 8 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 1.4 - 1.3 - 1.2 - 1.1
Documentation	Release Notes, Language Spec, VM Spec, JavaDoc
SCM	git

Data Source

New Features

Language

Record Patterns (Second Preview) Preview (JEP 432)
Pattern Matching for switch (Fourth Preview) Preview (JEP 433)

API

Foreign Function & Memory API (Second Preview) Preview (JEP 434)
Virtual Threads (Second Preview) Preview (JEP 436)

Downloads

Vendor	Product	License	Platform Downloads
Azul Systems	Zulu Builds of OpenJDK 20	GPLv2+CE	alpine-x64 linux-x86 linux-x64 windows-x86 windows-x64 macos-x64 macos-arm64
Oracle	Oracle JDK 20	Oracle No-Fee	linux-arm64 linux-x64 macos-arm64 macos-x64 windows-x64
Oracle	Oracle OpenJDK 20	GPLv2+CE	linux-arm64 linux-x64 macos-arm64 macos-x64 windows-x64
SAP	SapMachine 20	GPLv2+CE	alpine-x64 linux-arm64 linux-ppc64le linux-x64 macos-arm64 macos-x64 windows-x64

Data Source

Sandbox

Instantly compile and run Java 20 snippets without a local Java installation.

import java.lang.reflect.ClassFileFormatVersion; public class Java20 { public static void main(String[] args) { var v = ClassFileFormatVersion.latest(); System.out.printf("Hello Java bytecode version %s!", v.major()); } }