# Java OpenAL

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JOAL (Java OpenAL) Developer JogAmp Community Stable release 2.6.0 / August 31, 2025; 9 months ago (2025-08-31) Preview release n/a / tbd Operating system Cross-platform Type API License BSD license Website jogamp.org/joal

**Java OpenAL** (**JOAL**) is one of several wrapper [libraries](/source/Library_(computing)) that allows Java programmers to access [OpenAL](/source/OpenAL). This allows [Java](/source/Java_(programming_language)) programmers to use [3D sound](/source/3D_sound) in applications. JOAL is one of the libraries developed by the [Sun Microsystems](/source/Sun_Microsystems) Game Technology Group. JOAL is released under a BSD license, and is available for [Microsoft Windows](/source/Microsoft_Windows), [Mac OS X](/source/Mac_OS_X), and [Linux](/source/Linux). Like its graphical counterpart, [Java OpenGL](/source/Java_OpenGL) (JOGL), JOAL was developed using the [GlueGen](/source/GlueGen) utility, a program that generates Java bindings from [C](/source/C_(programming_language)) header files. The official site on java.net was deleted in March 2011. The JOAL project, however, is still alive in [Jogamp.org JOAL](http://jogamp.org/joal).

## External links

- [Official website](http://jogamp.org/joal)

- [Download Link (2.0.2)](http://jogamp.org/deployment/archive/rc/v2.0.2/archive/)

- [JNAL - An alternative, JNA-based Java wrapper for OpenAL](http://urish.org/openal/)

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