GraalVM is a high-performance, embeddable, polyglot Virtual Machine for running applications written in JavaScript, Python, Ruby, R, JVM-based languages like Java, Scala, Kotlin, and LLVM-based languages such as C and C++.

Additionally, GraalVM allows efficient interoperability between programming languages and compiling Java applications ahead-of-time into native executables for faster startup time and lower memory overhead.

This download includes:

• JVM
• JavaScript Engine & Node.js Runtime
• LLVM Engine
• Developer Tools, including technology preview of VSCode extensions.
• The Native Image, Ruby, R, Python, and llvm-toolchain plugins are optionally available using the GraalVM gu utility.

The release notes can be found on the graalvm.org website.

This is a major release and it includes new features, compatibility improvements, and bug fixes compared to the 19.1 line.