Download / Maven - Apache FreeMarker®

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The 2.3.x series is quite conservative about backward compatibility; you should be able to replace the FreeMarker binary (<code class="inline-code">freemarker.jar</code>) under your application with a newer one without breaking anything (obviously, assuming that only public FreeMarker API-s were used).</p><p><strong>Change log (version history):</strong> <a href="docs/app_versions.html">See in the Manual...</a></p><p><strong>Verifying downloads:</strong> When downloading from a mirror please check the checksum and verify the OpenPGP compatible signature specified next to the download link (MD5, SHA256 and ASC files, all must come from the <a href="https://downloads.apache.org/">downloads.apache.org</a> domain). The public keys used for signing are here: <a href="https://downloads.apache.org/freemarker/KEYS">KEYS</a> (also must come from <a href="https://downloads.apache.org/">downloads.apache.org</a>). <a href="https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi#verify">More about how to verify releases...</a> Note that such verification is only possible since 2.3.24.</p> <h2 class="content-header header-simplesect" id="autoid_4">Latest stable release: 2.3.34</h2> <p>Released on 2024-12-22. Requires Java 8 or higher.</p> <p><a href="https://freemarker.apache.org/docs/versions_2_3_34.html">See what's new...</a></p> <p>Download the latest FreeMarker® version here:</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/freemarker/engine/2.3.34/binaries/apache-freemarker-bin-2.3.34.tgz">FreeMarker® binary release (tar.gz)</a> (includes <code class="inline-code">freemarker.jar</code> with offline documentation) [<a href="https://downloads.apache.org/freemarker/engine/2.3.34/binaries/apache-freemarker-bin-2.3.34.tgz.sha512">SHA512</a>] [<a href="https://downloads.apache.org/freemarker/engine/2.3.34/binaries/apache-freemarker-bin-2.3.34.tgz.asc">ASC</a>]</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/freemarker/engine/2.3.34/source/apache-freemarker-src-2.3.34.tgz">FreeMarker® source release (tar.gz)</a> (to build the binary yourself) [<a href="https://downloads.apache.org/freemarker/engine/2.3.34/source/apache-freemarker-src-2.3.34.tgz.sha512">SHA512</a>] [<a href="https://downloads.apache.org/freemarker/engine/2.3.34/source/apache-freemarker-src-2.3.34.tgz.asc">ASC</a>]</p> </li> </ul> <p>For Maven:</p> <div class="code-block role-unspecified"> <pre class="code-block-body"><dependency> <groupId>org.freemarker</groupId> <artifactId>freemarker</artifactId> <version>2.3.34</version> </dependency></pre> </div> <div class="callout note"> <strong class="callout-label">Note:</strong> <p>Until about 2007 the Maven group name was "freemarker" instead of "org.freemarker", which breaks version conflict resolution. If you run into a dependency that still pulls in a such old FreeMarker version, you need to exclude it in its <code class="inline-code">dependency</code> element: <code class="inline-code"><exclusions><exclusion><groupId>freemarker</groupId><artifactId>freemarker</artifactId> </exclusion></exclusions></code> into it.</p> </div> <p>There's also a separate Google App Engine compatible ("gae") variation. Download: <a href="https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/freemarker/engine/2.3.34/binaries/apache-freemarker-gae-bin-2.3.34.tgz">FreeMarker® GAE binary</a> [<a href="https://downloads.apache.org/freemarker/engine/2.3.34/binaries/apache-freemarker-gae-bin-2.3.34.tgz.sha512">SHA512</a>] [<a href="https://downloads.apache.org/freemarker/engine/2.3.34/binaries/apache-freemarker-gae-bin-2.3.34.tgz.asc">ASC</a>], <a href="https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/freemarker/engine/2.3.34/source/apache-freemarker-gae-src-2.3.34.tgz">FreeMarker® GAE source</a> [<a href="https://downloads.apache.org/freemarker/engine/2.3.34/source/apache-freemarker-gae-src-2.3.34.tgz.sha512">SHA512</a>] [<a href="https://downloads.apache.org/freemarker/engine/2.3.34/source/apache-freemarker-gae-src-2.3.34.tgz.asc">ASC</a>]. Maven:</p> <div class="code-block role-unspecified"> <pre class="code-block-body"><dependency> <groupId>org.freemarker</groupId> <artifactId>freemarker-gae</artifactId> <version>2.3.34</version> </dependency></pre> </div> <h2 class="content-header header-simplesect" id="autoid_5">Old versions</h2> <p>Old 2.x versions starting from 2.3.24 RC01 (and higher) are available from the Apache archive: <a href="https://archive.apache.org/dist/incubator/freemarker/engine/">https://archive.apache.org/dist/freemarker/engine/</a>.</p> <p>Even older versions, <strong>which weren't yet coming from Apache</strong>:</p> <ul> <li> <p>2.3.x versions before 2.3.24 RC01 are available from the <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemarker/files/freemarker/">SourceForge download page</a>.</p> </li> <li> <p>2.2.8: Released on 2004-06-15. This is the latest stable release of the 2.2 series. Requires J2SE 1.2 or higher. <a href="https://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/freemarker/freemarker-2.2.8.tar.gz">Download freemarker-2.2.8.tar.gz</a> (1.4 MB)</p> </li> <li> <p>2.1.5: Released on 2003-02-08. This is the latest stable release of the 2.1 series. Requires J2SE 1.3 or higher. <a href="https://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/freemarker/freemarker-2.1.5.tar.gz">Download freemarker-2.1.5.tar.gz</a> (909 KB)</p> </li> <li> <p>2.0.3 (aka. 2.03): Released on 2002-06-12. The latest stable release of the 2.0 series. Requires J2SE 1.2 or higher. <a href="https://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/freemarker/freemarker2_03.tar.gz">Download freemarker2_03.tar.gz</a> (617 KB)</p> </li> <li> <p>1.x: The FreeMarker 1.x branch continues as separate project, called FreeMarker Classic. See releases on the <a href="http://fm-classic.sourceforge.net/">FreeMarker Classic homepage</a>!</p> </li> </ul> </div></div> </div> </div> <div class="site-footer"><div class="site-width"><div class="footer-top"><div class="col-left sitemap"><div class="column"><h3 class="column-header">Overview</h3><ul><li><a href="index.html">What is FreeMarker?</a></li><li><a href="freemarkerdownload.html">Download</a></li><li><a href="docs/app_versions.html">Version history</a></li><li><a href="docs/app_faq.html">FAQ</a></li><li><a itemprop="license" href="docs/app_license.html">License</a></li><li><a href="https://privacy.apache.org/policies/privacy-policy-public.html">Privacy policy</a></li></ul></div><div class="column"><h3 class="column-header">Often used / Reference</h3><ul><li><a href="https://try.freemarker.apache.org/">Try template online</a></li><li><a href="docs/dgui_template_exp.html#exp_cheatsheet">Expressions cheatsheet</a></li><li><a href="docs/ref_directive_alphaidx.html">#directives</a></li><li><a href="docs/ref_builtins_alphaidx.html">?built_ins</a></li><li><a href="docs/ref_specvar.html">.special_vars</a></li><li><a href="docs/api/freemarker/core/Configurable.html#setSetting-java.lang.String-java.lang.String-">Configuration settings</a></li></ul></div><div class="column"><h3 class="column-header">Community</h3><ul><li><a href="https://github.com/apache/freemarker">Github project page</a></li><li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/FREEMARKER">Report a bug</a></li><li><a href="report-security-vulnerabilities.html">Report security vulnerability</a></li><li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/ask?tags=freemarker">Get help on StackOverflow</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/freemarker">Announcements on Twitter</a></li><li><a href="mailing-lists.html">Discuss on mailing lists</a></li></ul></div></div><div class="col-right"><ul class="social-icons"><li><a class="github" href="https://github.com/apache/freemarker">GitHub</a></li><li><a class="twitter" href="https://twitter.com/freemarker">Twitter</a></li><li><a class="stack-overflow" href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/ask?tags=freemarker">Stack Overflow</a></li></ul><a class="xxe" href="http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/" rel="nofollow" title="Edited with XMLMind XML Editor"><span>Edited with XMLMind XML Editor</span></a></div></div><div class="footer-bottom"> <p class="last-generated"> Last generated: <time itemprop="dateModified" datetime="2025-03-10T16:50:16Z" title="Monday, March 10, 2025 at 4:50:16 PM Greenwich Mean Time">2025-03-10 16:50:16 GMT</time> </p> <p class="copyright"> © <span itemprop="copyrightYear">1999</span>–2025 <a itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization" itemprop="copyrightHolder" href="http://apache.org/">The Apache Software Foundation</a>. 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