Scala 3.5+OpenJDK 8

Why?

Why is Scala 3.5 compatible with OpenJDK 8?

Requirement

OpenJDK >=8.0.0

Selected version

OpenJDK 8

Evaluation

8u504 satisfies >=8.0.0

Conclusion

COMPATIBLE

Evidence

CompatHub reports compatibility from upstream sources rather than making unsupported claims of its own.

• Scala JDK Compatibility

  Confidence: HIGH

  https://docs.scala-lang.org/overviews/jdk-compatibility/overview.html

  Retrieved 2 September 2026

  Requirement: >=8.0.0

OpenJDK versions

Compatibility is derived from the project's declared OpenJDK requirement (>=8.0.0); it does not mean every version combination has been independently tested.

• 8✓
• 9✓
• 10✓
• 11✓
• 12✓
• 13✓
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• 25✓
• 26✓

Other OpenJDK versions satisfying this requirement

Scala 3.5 — compatible OpenJDK lines tracked in CompatHub

• ✓OpenJDK 8version linesupported
• ✓OpenJDK 9version lineEOL
• ✓OpenJDK 10version lineEOL
• ✓OpenJDK 11version linesupported
• ✓OpenJDK 12version lineEOL
• ✓OpenJDK 13version lineEOL
• ✓OpenJDK 14version lineEOL
• ✓OpenJDK 15version lineEOL
• ✓OpenJDK 16version lineEOL
• ✓OpenJDK 17version linesupported
• ✓OpenJDK 18version lineEOL
• ✓OpenJDK 19version lineEOL
• ✓OpenJDK 20version lineEOL
• ✓OpenJDK 21version linesupported
• ✓OpenJDK 22version lineEOL
• ✓OpenJDK 23version lineEOL
• ✓OpenJDK 24version lineEOL
• ✓OpenJDK 25version linesupported
• ✓OpenJDK 26version linesupported

Other Scala versions

Only lines with relevant compatibility evidence are listed.

• Scala 3.9
• Scala 3.8
• Scala 3.7
• Scala 3.6
• Scala 3.5
• Scala 3.4
• Scala 3.3
• Scala 2.13
• Scala 2.12

Lifecycle context

Lifecycle status is separate from compatibility. An EOL component can still satisfy a documented version requirement.

Supported alternatives

OpenJDK lines that satisfy this requirement and are still supported.

• OpenJDK 8supported
• OpenJDK 11supported
• OpenJDK 17supported
• OpenJDK 21supported
• OpenJDK 25supported
• OpenJDK 26supported