Spring initiliser available java versions

Question

Does Spring initialiser no longer support java version 8 as when I want to create an application I only get the option for java 17 and 21 and we currently have to use java 8 at my workplace and what is the alternative to using spring initialiser so that I can choose the version of java that I want to use.

I tried using IntelliJ to create my project but it's also not giving me the option to choose java 8 but only giving me 17 and 21. I also tried using the cli to create the project but it also gives me an error that it requires java 17 to be installed and I have java 8 installed on my PC.

Answer 1

You can build your own Initializr service:

docker run -p 8080:8080 pan0x744/spring-initializr-java-8

open url at http://localhost:8080/ you will see the old version site.

hope helpful.