# Ignition 8 and embedded Java **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition80\ **Created:** [June 8, 2018, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-and-embedded-java/18361 "2018-06-08T16:15:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![eaolson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@eaolson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/eaolson)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-and-embedded-java/18361/1 "2018-06-08T16:15:16Z")
I see from Carl and Colby’s [latest blog article](https://inductiveautomation.com/blog/the-real-deal-about-java-and-the-future-ignition?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIsdTn87jE2wIViobACh1vdgJ-EAAYASAAEgJAdvD_BwEhttps://inductiveautomation.com/blog/the-real-deal-about-java-and-the-future-ignition?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIsdTn87jE2wIViobACh1vdgJ-EAAYASAAEgJAdvD_BwE), that Ignition 8 will have Java embedded, rather than having to be installed separately on each client machine. I’m curious about how this might work. Will launching a client on a machine without Java first download a JRE installer and run that, though I imagine it’s nothing that crude. This will be a very useful feature if it meant not having to install and maintain Java on umpteen client machines. ---
**Author:** ![brandon1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@brandon1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brandon1)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-and-embedded-java/18361/2 "2018-06-08T16:53:14Z")
We had a discussion with IA about this. From what I remember the clients will have an embedded version of Java that only includes the libraries that will be utilized by the client. IA will leverage [jlink](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/tools/jlink.htm#JSWOR-GUID-CECAC52B-CFEE-46CB-8166-F17A8E9280E9) to do this. I’m sure someone from IA can elaborate more on this.