To bypass the HTML wall and get the file using wget or curl , you must pass the cookie header.

If you are maintaining a legacy data warehouse, supporting an Oracle 11g or 12c database, or simply need to replicate an older development environment, you might find yourself searching for .

Once downloaded, store a copy on your internal network share. Oracle does occasionally purge old otn paths, and finding 17.3 next year will be even harder. Have a different legacy version you need? (12.1, 4.0, 3.2)? Leave a comment below or check the Oracle Support Doc ID 2076107.1 for older release matrices.

Published: April 17, 2026 | Category: Database Tools | Reading Time: 4 minutes

https://download.oracle.com/otn/java/sqldeveloper/sqldeveloper-17.3.0.271.2352-no-jre.zip Note: The build number is critical. For 17.3, the full build is 17.3.0.271.2352 . https://download.oracle.com/otn/java/sqldeveloper/sqldeveloper-17.3.0.271.2352-x64.zip

Released in late 2017, version 17.3 was a stable workhorse known for its PL/SQL debugging, REST data services, and DBA panel. But finding this specific old build on Oracle’s cluttered website is notoriously difficult.

If you paste the link directly into a browser, you will likely get an HTML page saying "You must accept the OTN License Agreement."

https://download.oracle.com/otn/java/sqldeveloper/sqldeveloper-17.3.0.271.2352-macosx.dmg