HotSpot (virtual machine)

HotSpot, released as Java HotSpot Performance Engine, is a Java virtual machine for desktop and server computers, developed by Sun Microsystems and now maintained and distributed by Oracle Corporation. Its features improved performance via methods such as just-in-time compilation and adaptive optimization. It is the de facto Java Virtual Machine, serving as the reference implementation of the Java programming language.

This article is about Oracle's Java virtual machine. For other uses, see Hotspot.
Java HotSpot Virtual Machine
Original author(s)Sun Microsystems
Developer(s)Oracle Corporation
Initial releaseApril 27, 1999 (1999-04-27)
Stable release
23.25-b01 / January 1, 2016 (2016-01-01)
Repositorygithub.com/openjdk/jdk/tree/master/src/hotspot
Written inC++, Assembly
Operating systemCross-platform
TypeJava virtual machine
LicenseProprietary (early versions), GNU General Public License (current)
Websiteopenjdk.org/groups/hotspot/
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