Maven
- Category
- Developer tools
- Latest
- 3.10.0
- Released
- Oct 1, 2026
- Docs outline
- 13 sections
Official docs outline
maven.apache.org- Getting started
Maven five-minute tutorial and project layout.
- Build lifecycle
Default, clean and site lifecycles; phases and goals.
- The POM
Coordinates, packaging, properties and inheritance.
- Dependency mechanism
Transitive dependencies, scopes, exclusions, management.
- Repositories
Local, central and remote repositories.
- Plugins
Plugins and goals, binding goals to phases and configuring plugin parameters.
- Profiles
Build profiles and activation by property, JDK or OS for environment-specific builds.
- Multi-module projects
Multi-module projects with aggregation, inheritance and the reactor build order.
- Settings and mirrors
settings.xml, servers and mirrors.
- Toolchains
Toolchains that select the JDK used by plugins independent of the one running Maven.
- Deploying and releasing
Deploying artifacts to repositories and releasing, including the Central upload requirements.
- Archetypes
Archetypes that generate new projects from templates.
- Best practices
Development conventions and contribution.
Each section links to the official page. Titles and summaries by Extra Credit; the docs belong to their authors.
Versions and support
6 release lines| Line | Released | Latest | Support |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.10 | Sep 27, 2026 | 3.10.0 | Supported |
| 3.9 | Jan 31, 2023 | 3.9.16 | Supported |
| 3.8 | Mar 30, 2021 | 3.8.9 | Ended Jun 14, 2025 |
| 3.6 | Oct 24, 2018 | 3.6.3 | Ended Mar 30, 2021 |
| 3.5 | Apr 3, 2017 | 3.5.4 | Ended Oct 24, 2018 |
| 3.3 | Mar 13, 2015 | 3.3.9 | Ended Apr 3, 2017 |
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