Get started with Open Liberty

Whether trying or updating Open Liberty, we've got you covered!

Create a starter application

Select the development tools that you prefer to use, then generate a package to start developing your application.
Find a bug? Need an enhancement? Raise an issue.

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Add to an existing application

Get Open Liberty using these commands for Maven, Gradle, or Docker.

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<dependency>
    <groupId>io.openliberty</groupId>
    <artifactId>openliberty-runtime</artifactId>
    <version>[19.0.0.9,)</version>
    <type>zip</type>
</dependency>

Find out how to use Maven with Open Liberty.

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dependencies {
    libertyRuntime group: 'io.openliberty', name: 'openliberty-runtime', version: '[19.0.0.9,)'
}

Find out how to use Gradle with Open Liberty.

This instruction pulls a container image with the latest release from the IBM Container Registry. Want to customize your image resources? Check out our docs.

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FROM icr.io/appcafe/open-liberty

Find out how to use Docker with Open Liberty.

Develop with Liberty Tools

Liberty Tools is a set of intuitive developer tools for the Eclipse IDE, Visual Studio Code, and IntelliJ IDEA development environments. These tools adopt a Maven/Gradle-centric approach and enable fast, iterative cloud-native Java application development through Liberty dev mode.

Liberty Tools also provides helpful, time-saving features such as code completion, hover descriptions, and configuration diagnostics for Jakarta EE APIs, MicroProfile APIs, and Liberty configuration. For more information, check out the Liberty Tools overview.

The classic Eclipse Developer Tools can be found in this repository, and you can find instructions on how to install the classic tools here.

Download package

We recommend using the latest release, but beta and development builds are also available for use. Once downloaded, you're ready for lift-off.

New releases will be announced on the Open Liberty Blog and Twitter.

In version 22.0.0.1 and later, to verify the authenticity and integrity of an Open Liberty release package, use the provided signature file (SIG) and public key (PEM). For more information, see Verifying Open Liberty release packages.

Version Package Download Verification

You can find previous releases in this archive.

Try out new features in our betas and let us know your feedback. We publish beta releases to share and obtain early feedback on what the Open Liberty team is actively developing. Beta content is subject to change and inclusion in a beta does not guarantee inclusion in a GA release. For details about what each beta release includes, check out the beta blog posts.

To verify the authenticity and integrity of an Open Liberty release package, use the provided signature file (SIG) and public key (PEM). For more information, see Verifying Open Liberty release packages.

Version Package Download Verification

Nightly builds contain in-development features, have not gone through the full release process and are potentially unstable.

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