Adobe AEM Cloud Service SDK download for local development

[RiteshY18]

Hello All, 

Is it possible to get Adobe Sandbox or AEM Cloud Service SDK download for local development, i tried following the Adobe documentation but could not download SDK as it requires an approved Adobe account.

any suggestion here?

Thank you,

Rite18

[DPrakashRaj]

• The quickstart jar and Dispatcher Tools can be downloaded as a zip file from the Software Distribution portal. Access to the SDK listings is limited to people who have environments on AEM Managed Services or AEM as a Cloud Service.
  
  
  

https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/experience-manager-cloud-service/content/implementing/dev...

[Ankur_Khare]

You need to have access to your environment or the company which you are working for will have access and you should be the member of the same then only you can download from software distribution.

[arunpatidar]

Hi @RiteshY18 
Please check https://aemlab.blogspot.com/2020/09/aemaacs-setup.html 

[kautuk_sahni]

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[RiteshY18]

No, I am aware of the current step suggested - Thank you all for your time and suggestion, my question what if a person not have an approved Adobe account or is working for an Adobe Solution partner, just a student who wants to learn AEM so how he can get the SDK for learning purpose.

Is it okay to share SDK [downloaded from Adobe approved channel/ suggested on this thread ] with a student ?

[VuongNguyen]

Hi Ritesh, 

Yes — you can absolutely set up AEM Cloud Service SDK for local development, but you’ll need an Adobe Experience Cloud account that’s linked to your organization’s program (since the SDK is only available through the official Software Distribution Portal.

Once you have access, I’ve written a step-by-step guide showing how to:

• Download the latest AEM SDK (Author + Publish + Dispatcher Tools)

• Set up both local instances on macOS/Windows

• Configure HTTPS and validate replication locally

You can follow the full tutorial here:
Setting Up AEM SDK and Local Environment

That covers everything — from SDK access to local HTTPS setup — all tested with the latest (v2025.x) AEM build.