Provides a standalone version of the JShell REPL. Anything needed to run JShell independently is contained, so there is no need to install the full JDK. A minimal Java runtime is embedded and compressed using the jlink tool.
Provides a standalone version of the JShell REPL. Anything needed to run JShell independently is contained, so there is no need to install the full JDK. A minimal Java runtime is embedded and compressed using the jlink tool.
This minimal version consists only of the modules necessary to run JShell: “java.base”, “jdk.zipfs” and “jdk.jshell”.
However the user can manually provide any JDK or custom module on startup with --add-module
.
Note that the startup time of JShell 10 was significantly improved.
Caveat: The default JShell editor is not available. An editor can be set in JShell e.g. with /set editor C:/Program Files (x86)/Notepad++/notepad++.exe
Note that the mostly “General Availability” JDK (x64) releases are used and not always the newest patch releases.
OS | Size | JDK | Download |
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Windows | 32.2 MB | OpenJDK | JShell_jdk21.0.1.12_windows.zip |
Linux | 34.1 MB | OpenJDK | JShell_jdk21.0.1.12_linux.zip |
OS | Size | JDK | Download |
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Windows | 29.3 MB | OpenJDK | JShell_jdk20.36_windows.zip |
Linux | 30.9 MB | OpenJDK | JShell_jdk20.36_linux.zip |
OS | Size | JDK | Download |
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Windows | 29.0 MB | OpenJDK | JShell_jdk19.0.1.10_windows.zip |
Linux | 30.6 MB | OpenJDK | JShell_jdk19.0.1.10_linux.zip |
OS | Size | JDK | Download |
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Windows | 27.8 MB | OpenJDK | JShell_jdk18.0.2.9_windows.zip |
Linux | 29.3 MB | OpenJDK | JShell_jdk18.0.2.9_linux.zip |
OS | Size | JDK | Download |
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Windows | 27.2 MB | OpenJDK | JShell_jdk17.0.1.12_windows.zip |
Linux | 28.7 MB | OpenJDK | JShell_jdk17.0.1.12_linux.zip |
OS | Size | JDK | Download |
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Windows | 26.5 MB | OpenJDK | JShell_jdk16.0.1.9_windows.zip |
Linux | 28.1 MB | OpenJDK | JShell_jdk16.0.1.9_linux.zip |
OS | Size | JDK | Download |
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Windows | 26.1 MB | OpenJDK | JShell_jdk15.36_windows.zip |
Linux | 28.0 MB | OpenJDK | JShell_jdk15.36_linux.zip |
OS | Size | JDK | Download |
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Windows | 29.5 MB | AdoptOpenJDK | JShell_jdk14.0.1.7_windows.zip |
Linux | 27.6 MB | AdoptOpenJDK | JShell_jdk14.0.1.7_linux.zip |
OS | Size | JDK | Download |
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Windows | 25.7 MB | AdoptOpenJDK | JShell_jdk13.0.1.9_windows.zip |
Linux | 27.5 MB | AdoptOpenJDK | JShell_jdk13.0.1.9_linux.zip |
OS | Size | JDK | Download |
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Windows | 25.6 MB | OpenJDK | JShell_jdk12.33_windows.zip |
Linux | 28.0 MB | OpenJDK | JShell_jdk12.33_linux.zip |
OS | Size | JDK | Download |
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Windows | 24.3 MB | OpenJDK | JShell_jdk11.28_windows.zip |
Linux | 26.4 MB | OpenJDK | JShell_jdk11.28_linux.zip |
OS | Size | JDK | Download |
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Windows | 23.6 MB | OracleJDK | JShell_jdk10.46_windows.zip |
Linux | 26.2 MB | OpenJDK | JShell_jdk10.46_linux.zip |
OS | Size | JDK | Download |
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Windows | 23.0 MB | OracleJDK | JShell_jdk9.180_windows.zip |
Linux | 25.4 MB | OpenJDK | JShell_jdk9.180_linux.zip |
Set environment variable %JAVA_HOME% to the Java installation directory. Replace
set JAVA_HOME = C:\PROGRA~1\java\jdk-<version>
Add %JAVA_HOME% to the %PATH%, if it is not already:
set PATH = "%PATH%;%JAVA_HOME%\bin"
java -version
Compile the project to \
javac -d ./mods/com.standalone.jshell ./src/com.standalone.jshell/module-info.java ./src/com.standalone.jshell/com/standalone/jshell/JShellStandalone.java
If successful, the compiled files can be found in \
JShellStandalone.java is only used to have something to compile.
More importantly the module-info.java contains dependencies on “jdk.zipfs” and jdk.jshell”.
Bundle the Java runtime (semicolon as path separator):
jlink --module-path "%JAVA_HOME%/jmods;./mods" --add-modules com.standalone.jshell --output ./target --compress zip-9 --strip-debug --no-header-files --no-man-pages
If successful, the binaries can be found in \
Run \
java -version
Compile the project to \
javac -d ./mods/com.standalone.jshell ./src/com.standalone.jshell/module-info.java ./src/com.standalone.jshell/com/standalone/jshell/JShellStandalone.java
If successful, the compiled files can be found in \
JShellStandalone.java is only used to have something to compile.
More importantly the module-info.java contains dependencies on “jdk.zipfs” and jdk.jshell”.
Bundle the Java runtime (colon as path separator):
jlink --module-path $JAVA_HOME/jmods:./mods --add-modules com.standalone.jshell --output ./target --compress zip-9 --strip-java-debug-attributes --no-header-files --no-man-pages
If successful, the binaries can be found in \
Run jshell in \