--- title: How to install Java on macOS | daily.dev description: Learn how to install Java on macOS using OpenJDK with either Homebrew or manual installation. Discover the benefits of OpenJDK, the differences between OpenJDK... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-install-java-on-macos-x7ylr7dcg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How to install Java on macOS | daily.dev og:description: Learn how to install Java on macOS using OpenJDK with either Homebrew or manual installation. Discover the benefits of OpenJDK, the differences between OpenJDK... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-install-java-on-macos-x7ylr7dcg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/X7yLR7DCG.png og:image:alt: How to install Java on macOS og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How to install Java on macOS **[Snyk](https://daily.dev/sources/snyk)** · 12 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Learn how to install Java on macOS using OpenJDK with either Homebrew or manual installation. Discover the benefits of OpenJDK, the differences between OpenJDK and Oracle's JDK, and how to switch between Java versions. Additionally, explore how to install Maven using Homebrew or the Apache source, and access resources for Java documentation and learning Java application security with Snyk. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#java](https://daily.dev/tags/java), [#mac](https://daily.dev/tags/mac), [#maven](https://daily.dev/tags/maven) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-install-java-on-macos-x7ylr7dcg) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"How to install Java on macOS","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-install-java-on-macos-x7ylr7dcg","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-install-java-on-macos-x7ylr7dcg"},"datePublished":"2024-04-17T16:21:47.855Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:43:33.910Z","description":"Learn how to install Java on macOS using OpenJDK with either Homebrew or manual installation. Discover the benefits of OpenJDK, the differences between OpenJDK...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/f96ed7c31ddc00ba39a1148dd3362cd2?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/f96ed7c31ddc00ba39a1148dd3362cd2?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Snyk","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Snyk","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/8fb2a7b471c04bac9af29fbeb3ed1cf6","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/snyk"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-install-java-on-macos-x7ylr7dcg","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"java,mac,maven","timeRequired":"PT12M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Snyk","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/snyk"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"How to install Java on macOS"}]} ```