Graal alternatives and similar libraries

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Dragonwell8

8.0 8.3 Graal VS Dragonwell8

Alibaba Dragonwell8 JDK
Adopt Open JDK

6.0 9.1 Graal VS Adopt Open JDK

Eclipse Temurin™ build scripts - common across all releases/versions

InfluxDB - Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale

Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

Promo www.influxdata.com

SAP Machine

4.6 10.0 Graal VS SAP Machine

An OpenJDK release maintained and supported by SAP
Liberica JDK

3.6 6.3 Graal VS Liberica JDK

Free and 100% open source Progressive Java Runtime for modern Java™ deployments supported by a leading OpenJDK contributor
Microsoft JDK

3.5 5.5 Graal VS Microsoft JDK

Microsoft Build of OpenJDK
RedHat Open JDK

- Graal VS RedHat Open JDK

RedHat's OpenJDK distribution.
Corretto

- Graal VS Corretto

No-cost, multiplatform, production-ready distribution of OpenJDK by Amazon.
Open JDK

- Graal VS Open JDK

Open JDK distributed by Oracle.
Zulu

- Graal VS Zulu

OpenJDK builds for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.

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README

[GraalVM](.github/assets/logo_320x64.svg)

GraalVM is a high-performance JDK distribution designed to accelerate the execution of applications written in Java and other JVM languages along with support for JavaScript, Ruby, Python, and a number of other popular languages.

The project website at https://www.graalvm.org/ describes how to get started, how to stay connected, and how to contribute.

Documentation

Please refer to the GraalVM website for documentation. You can find most of the documentation sources in the [docs/](docs/) directory in the same hierarchy as displayed on the website. Additional documentation including developer instructions for individual components can be found in corresponding docs/ sub-directories. The documentation for the Truffle framework, for example, is in [truffle/docs/](truffle/docs/). This also applies to languages, tools, and other components maintained in related repositories.

Get Support

Open a GitHub issue for bug reports, questions, or requests for enhancements.
Join the GraalVM Slack to connect with the community and the GraalVM team.
Report a security vulnerability according to the Reporting Vulnerabilities guide.

Repository Structure

This source repository is the main repository for GraalVM and includes the following components:

Directory	Description
[`.devcontainer/`](.devcontainer/)	Configuration files for GitHub dev containers.
[`.github/`](.github/)	Configuration files for GitHub issues, workflows, ….
[`compiler/`](compiler/)	Graal compiler, a modern, versatile compiler written in Java.
[`espresso/`](espresso/)	Espresso, a meta-circular Java bytecode interpreter for the GraalVM.
[`java-benchmarks/`](java-benchmarks/)	Java benchmarks.
[`regex/`](regex/)	TRegex, a regular expression engine for other GraalVM languages.
[`sdk/`](sdk/)	GraalVM SDK, long-term supported APIs of GraalVM.
[`substratevm/`](substratevm/)	Framework for ahead-of-time (AOT) compilation with Native Image.
[`sulong/`](sulong/)	Sulong, an engine for running LLVM bitcode on GraalVM.
[`tools/`](tools/)	Tools for GraalVM languages implemented with the instrumentation framework.
[`truffle/`](truffle/)	GraalVM's language implementation framework for creating languages and tools.
[`vm/`](vm/)	Components for building GraalVM distributions.
[`wasm/`](wasm/)	GraalWasm, an engine for running WebAssembly programs on GraalVM.

Related Repositories

GraalVM provides additional languages, tools, and other components developed in related repositories. These are:

Name	Description
FastR	Implementation of the R language.
GraalJS	Implementation of JavaScript and Node.js.
GraalPy	Implementation of the Python language.
GraalVM Demos	Several example applications illustrating GraalVM capabilities.
Native Build Tools	Build tool plugins for GraalVM Native Image.
SimpleLanguage	A simple example language built with the Truffle framework.
SimpleTool	A simple example tool built with the Truffle framework.
TruffleRuby	Implementation of the Ruby language.
VS Code Extensions	VS Code extensions for GraalVM.

License

GraalVM Community Edition is open source and distributed under [version 2 of the GNU General Public License with the “Classpath” Exception](LICENSE), which are the same terms as for Java. The licenses of the individual GraalVM components are generally derivative of the license of a particular language (see the table below). GraalVM Community is free to use for any purpose - no strings attached.

Component(s)	License
[Espresso](espresso/LICENSE)	GPL 2
[GraalVM Compiler](compiler/LICENSE.md), [SubstrateVM](substratevm/LICENSE), [Tools](tools/LICENSE), [VM](vm/LICENSE_GRAALVM_CE)	GPL 2 with Classpath Exception
[GraalVM SDK](sdk/LICENSE.md), [GraalWasm](wasm/LICENSE), [Truffle Framework](truffle/LICENSE.md), [TRegex](regex/LICENSE.md)	Universal Permissive License
[Sulong](sulong/LICENSE)	3-clause BSD