It's a bit confusing, but the Apache NetBeans project now produces a single ZIP file distribution that is official and voted on, and then encourages other organizations to develop "community installers" that provide a more streamlined installation experience. The community installers can include all the various dependencies, which aren't always possible to bundle with official Apache binaries, for GPLv2 dependencies in particular.
In particular, the community installers can bundle the Java platform (OpenJDK), which is needed to run NetBeans. You can safely use the community installer! -- Eirik From: "Baker, Josh" <josh.ba...@taylor.com.INVALID> Date: Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at 9:17 AM To: Mehmet Fatih ÇİN <mfatih...@outlook.com.tr>, NetBeans Mailing List <users@netbeans.apache.org> Subject: RE: No Windows Installation Version. Neil Smith explained this yesterday in a reply: Yes, there are no longer installers available directly from ASF. See also the discussion at https://lists.apache.org/thread/w02bvdnzdorlsco2cpfyhvnkzbscydcz This has happened for a variety of reasons. Among them is that the old Windows NBI infrastructure had some serious unfixed (potentially unfixable) issues. [Taylor Healthcare]<https://www.taylor.com/healthcare> Josh Baker | QA Analyst II Taylor Healthcare taylor.com/healthcare<https://www.taylor.com/healthcare> josh.ba...@taylor.com<mailto:josh.ba...@taylor.com> | Teams: josh.baker<https://teams.microsoft.com/l/chat/0/0?users=josh.ba...@taylor.com> o: 937.221.2215 | c: 303.489.0238 1725 Roe Crest Drive, North Mankato, MN 56003 [iMedHealth is Here | Learn More]<http://www.imedhealth.com/> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: Email may contain privileged and/or confidential information intended only for the use of the named recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient, please: (1) notify us; and (2) permanently delete this message. View our full Confidentiality Notice<https://www.taylor.com/confidentiality-notice> From: Mehmet Fatih ÇİN <mfatih...@outlook.com.tr> Sent: Tuesday, 17 June, 2025 09:10 To: Baker, Josh <josh.ba...@taylor.com.INVALID>; NetBeans Mailing List <users@netbeans.apache.org> Subject: Re: No Windows Installation Version. [EXTERNAL EMAIL] There is a warning that this is not an official version provided by NetBeans. Will NetBeans not do this anymore? Or has it not released official platform packages? Mehmet Fatih ÇİN e-Mail: mfatih...@outlook.com.tr<mailto:mfatih...@outlook.com.tr> ________________________________ Gönderen: Baker, Josh <josh.ba...@taylor.com.INVALID<mailto:josh.ba...@taylor.com.INVALID>> Gönderildi: Monday, June 16, 2025 7:37:33 PM Kime: Mehmet Fatih ÇİN <mfatih...@outlook.com.tr<mailto:mfatih...@outlook.com.tr>>; NetBeans Mailing List <users@netbeans.apache.org<mailto:users@netbeans.apache.org>> Konu: RE: No Windows Installation Version. Friends of Apache NetBeans offer Windows, macOS and Linux installers with bundled JDK: https://installers.friendsofapachenetbeans.org/ [Taylor Healthcare]<https://www.taylor.com/healthcare> Josh Baker | QA Analyst II Taylor Healthcare taylor.com/healthcare<https://www.taylor.com/healthcare> josh.ba...@taylor.com<mailto:josh.ba...@taylor.com> o: 937.221.2215 1725 Roe Crest Drive, North Mankato, MN 56003 [iMedHealth is Here | Learn More]<http://www.imedhealth.com/> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: Email may contain privileged and/or confidential information intended only for the use of the named recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient, please: (1) notify us; and (2) permanently delete this message. View our full Confidentiality Notice<https://www.taylor.com/confidentiality-notice> From: Mehmet Fatih ÇİN <mfatih...@outlook.com.tr<mailto:mfatih...@outlook.com.tr>> Sent: Monday, 16 June, 2025 12:12 To: NetBeans Mailing List <users@netbeans.apache.org<mailto:users@netbeans.apache.org>> Subject: No Windows Installation Version. [EXTERNAL EMAIL] Is there no officially released Windows installer version of NetBeans IDE 26? I couldn't find an official version to download for Windows. Can you help? Mehmet Fatih ÇİN e-Mail : mfatih...@outlook.com.tr<mailto:mfatih...@outlook.com.tr>
