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April 26, 2026
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How to Download AEM as a Cloud Service SDK (JAR) for Local Setup?

  • April 26, 2026
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Is there any way to download or access the AEM SDK (JAR) for learning purposes using a personal email ID, or is it restricted to organization accounts only?

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Gokul_Agiwal
Community Advisor
Community Advisor
April 26, 2026

HI ​@deepikapatel  

Yes  - You can login with personal Adobe ID however the AEM SDK is only possible if this Adobe ID is linked to an organization that has been provisioned for AEM as Cloud service. 
 

https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/experience-manager-learn/cloud-service/local-development-environment-set-up/aem-runtime#download-the-aem-as-a-cloud-service-sdk 


What you can do is - Ask your organization adobe admin - to add your adobe ID to the correct Adobe Organization account and the assign access to AEM Cloud 

 

PGURUKRISHNA
Level 5
April 27, 2026

Hey ​@deepikapatel , The AEM as a Cloud Service SDK is restricted to organization/enterprise accounts — you cannot download it with a personal email. Here's what you need to know:

Downloading the AEM SDK

  1. Go to the Software Distribution portal

  2. Sign in with an Adobe ID that is linked to an AEM as a Cloud Service provisioned organization

  3. Navigate to AEM as a Cloud Service > AEM SDK and download the latest 

    aem-sdk-<version>.zip
  4. Extract the ZIP — inside you'll find the Quickstart JAR (

    aem-sdk-quickstart-<version>.jar
    )

    https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/experience-manager-learn/cloud-service/local-development-environment-set-up/aem-runtime#download-the-aem-as-a-cloud-service-sdk 

    Requires Java 21 and Maven 3.9.4+ as noted in the project's system requirements.
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