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Free Software

Sun offers all its software for free: a leading-edge integrated development environment (IDE), the hottest in mobility, an open-source award-winning operating system, and much more. Don't miss the opportunity to start developing with the latest technologies.


Java technology

  The foundation of Java technologies, Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) lets you develop and deploy applications on desktops and servers, as well as on today's demanding embedded and real-time environments.

Sun SPOT

  The Sun Small Programmable Object Technology (Sun SPOT) system from Sun Labs will help transform the potential of wireless sensors into real-world products. Let your imagination be your guide.

JavaFX technologies: JavaFX Script and JavaFX Mobile

  With JavaFX Script technology, a productive scripting language, you can speed development of rich Internet applications. JavaFX Mobile lets you streamline mobile ecosystems with a complete middleware and application stack, built around Java and Linux open-source technologies.

GlassFish application server

  Learn about the open-source enterprise-quality GlassFish application server, which complies with the Java EE 5 platform and offers advanced clustering, centralized administration, and best-in-class performance.

NetBeans IDE

  This integrated development environment (IDE) runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and the Solaris Operating Environment. The free and open-source NetBeans IDE has lots of plug-ins and tutorials to get you started.

OpenSolaris

  Cutting-edge OpenSolaris source code needs the innovation and involvement of developers like you.

Sun Studio compiler and tools

  Sun Studio software delivers high-performance, optimizing C, C++, and Fortran compilers for the Solaris OS on SPARC, and both Solaris OS and Linux on x86/x64 platforms, including the latest multicore systems.

JRuby

  JRuby is a 100 percent pure-Java technology implementation of the Ruby programming language. With JRuby, you get all of the advantages of Ruby, including Ruby on Rails, plus interoperability with Java platform applications and access to the full range of Java platform functionality.

Gaming: Darkstar

  Sun's Project Darkstar radically simplifies online game development and enables games to scale to thousands of players without a glitch. Project Darkstar's core technologies are freely available for download under open-source licensing.

OpenOffice.org software

  OpenOffice.org software is the most widely distributed open-source multiplatform and multilingual productivity suite: word processor, presentation program, spreadsheet, database, and vector drawing tools.