Hey folks, is JBR still de-facto required for the ...

# compose-desktop

[rnett]

Hey folks, is JBR still de-facto required for the best compose desktop experience? And if so, is there any possibility of getting the JBR releases to track closer to the latest JDK versions (i.e. 24)?

[Alexander Maryanovsky]

Not required.

[Sebastian Sellmair [JB]]

Hey folks, is JBR still de-facto required for the best compose desktop experience?

I think there are arguments that support a confident 'yes'.

[Alexander Maryanovsky]

Can you list them? I’m only familiar with a few edge cases where JBR works better than, say, Corretto.

[Sebastian Sellmair [JB]]

I would like to point to the README.md of the JetBrains Runtime:

JetBrains Runtime is a fork of OpenJDK available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. It supports enhanced class redefinition (DCEVM), features optional JCEF, a framework for embedding Chromium-based browsers, includes a number of improvements in font rendering, keyboards support, windowing/focus subsystems, HiDPI, accessibility, and performance, provides better desktop integration and bugfixes not yet present in OpenJDK.

https://github.com/JetBrains/JetBrainsRuntime

[Sebastian Sellmair [JB]]

Where I value DCEVM + hot reload.
Font Rendering, keyboards support, ...: All those fixes and changes make it clear that this JVM is tailored and designed to run UI apps.

[Alexander Maryanovsky]

font rendering is irrelevant for Compose

[Alexander Maryanovsky]

hot reload is nice, but not mandatory, obviously

[Alexander Maryanovsky]

If you need JCEF, then yes, you need JBR