sdkman/sdkman-cli

Features

• Shell Environment Managers - Provides a shell-based utility to maintain separate development environments by toggling active SDK versions for the current session.
• Path-Based Version Switchers - Manages active software versions by dynamically modifying the system PATH environment variable.
• Runtime Version Switching - Toggles between installed versions of a software development kit to change the active environment for the current shell session.
• Version Managers - Provides capabilities for installing, removing, and listing multiple versions of software development kits on Unix systems.
• Manifest-Driven Installations - Fetches version metadata and installation URLs from remote JSON-like configuration manifests to update available packages.
• Java Environments - Configures the necessary build tools and runtimes for Java projects through a single command line interface.
• Version Managers - Installs and switches between different Java Development Kit versions to support projects with varying runtime requirements.
• Symlink-Based Version Switching - Updates a single pointer link to a specific version folder to change the active SDK for the current user.
• Installation Automation Tools - Automates the downloading and configuration of development kits and tools on Linux and macOS.
• Local SDK Versioning - Stores downloaded SDKs in a hidden home directory hierarchy separated by candidate name and version number.
• Toolchain Lifecycle Management - Manages the installation and lifecycle of various development kits and tools across different shell sessions.
• Shells & Scripting - Executes all logic via a Bourne-compatible shell script to ensure compatibility across diverse Unix-like environments.
• Multi-Version Installations - Maintains multiple versions of software development kits on a single Unix system without creating version conflicts.
• Version Managers - Java version manager for UNIX-based platforms and Windows.

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