Something has been in the works since Azul completed its acquisition of Payara in December 2025, and today we’re ready to share it: the community edition of Payara has a new name and logo – but not so very different from the one you already know!
Payara Platform Community is now Azul Payara Community, made up of two distributions you already know and love - Azul Payara Server Community and Azul Payara Micro Community - plus the tooling and connectors that go with them.
It’s a small change in letters but an important one. The new name reflects where we are: fully part of the Azul family, with all the backing that brings, while staying true to what this project has always been - an open-source runtime built by and for the Java and Jakarta EE community.
The iconic Payara fish has also had a bit of a refresh. The Azul Payara commercial logos were updated back in December, and now the community edition gets the same treatment - same fish character the Payara community knows well, just updated to match its new home at Azul.
What the acquisition means for the Community
We believe the open-source community is the heart of the Payara ecosystem. The contributors, committers and developers using Azul Payara Community for testing, education, side projects or apps that haven’t gone commercial yet all matter to us. Growing that community, listening to it and investing in it is central to how we think about Azul Payara’s future.
The rebrand is part of bringing Azul Payara Community properly into the Azul portfolio alongside Azul Zulu (OpenJDK), Azul Prime, Intelligence Cloud and Azul Payara’s commercial offering. It’s the same open-source project with a new home in the broader Azul ecosystem.
What’s changing (and when)
Over the coming weeks and months, you can expect to see updates to Payara documentation, resource names, technical content and the blog. Downloads are still available at payara.fish for now, but will be moving to Azul website before long - we’ll announce that when the time comes.
One thing we’re particularly excited about: we’ll be increasing our presence here on Foojay sharing everything that is relevant for the Friends of OpenJDK community - educational content, tutorials, community updates and more.
For social media, we’re consolidating onto Foojay and Azul’s official channels. Make sure you’re following us there, so you don’t miss a thing.
Getting out and meeting you
Together with the Azul DevRel, Product and Engineering Teams, we’re planning to visit a lot of Java User Groups over the coming months, and we’re really looking forward to meeting community members face to face. If your JUG would like a visit or a talk on Azul Payara Community, OpenJDK or Jakarta EE - let us know.
We’ll also be at a number of Java conferences this year. More details to come, but if you spot us - come and say hello.