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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"/> <meta name="author" content="APR Developers" /><meta name="email" content="dev@apr.apache.org" /> <title>Welcome! - The Apache Portable Runtime Project</title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#525D76"> <p><a href="/"><img src="./images/apr_logo_wide.png" alt="The Apache Portable Runtime Project" border="0"/></a></p> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="4"> <tr> <!-- LEFT SIDE NAVIGATION --> <td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap"> <!-- <span style="border:0; margin:0; padding:0;" ><a href="http://apache.org/foundation/conferences.html" ><img src="http://www.ossummit.com/ads/ossummit_button_3.jpg" alt="OS Summit Asia" width="125" height="125" border="0"></a></span> --> <p><b>Get Involved</b></p> <menu compact="compact"> <li><a href="anonsvn.html">Subversion</a></li> <li><a href="mailing-lists.html">Mailing Lists</a></li> <li><a href="compiling_win32.html">Build on Win32</a></li> <li><a href="compiling_unix.html">Build on Unix</a></li> </menu> <p><b>Download!</b></p> <menu compact="compact"> <li><a href="download.cgi">from a mirror</a></li> </menu> <p><b>APR Docs</b></p> <menu compact="compact"> <li><a href="docs/apr/1.7/">Version 1.7</a></li> <li><a href="docs/apr/trunk/">Trunk APR 2.0</a> (dev preview)</li> </menu> <p><b>APR-util Docs</b></p> <menu compact="compact"> <li><a href="docs/apr-util/1.6/">Version 1.6</a></li> <li><a href="docs/apr/trunk/">Trunk APR 2.0</a> (dev preview)</li> </menu> <p><b>APR-iconv Docs</b></p> <menu compact="compact"> <li><a href="docs/apr-iconv/1.2/">Version 1.2</a></li> <li><a href="docs/apr-iconv/trunk/">Trunk</a> (dev preview)</li> </menu> <p><b>Guidelines</b></p> <menu compact="compact"> <li><a href="guidelines.html">Project Guidelines</a></li> <li><a href="patches.html">Contributing</a></li> <li><a href="versioning.html">Version Numbers</a></li> </menu> <p><b>Miscellaneous</b></p> <menu compact="compact"> <li><a href="https://www.apache.org/licenses/">License</a></li> <li><a href="security_report.html">Security Reports</a></li> <li><a href="projects.html">Projects using APR</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.apache.org/foundation/thanks.html">Thanks!</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.apache.org/foundation/sponsorship.html">Sponsorship</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.apache.org/">Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.apache.org/events/current-event.html">Events</a></li> <li><a href="https://privacy.apache.org/policies/privacy-policy-public.html">Privacy Policy</a></li> </menu> </td> <!-- RIGHT SIDE INFORMATION --> <td align="left" valign="top"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%"> <tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"> <font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica,sanserif"> <a name="Welcome"><strong>Welcome</strong></a> </font> </td></tr> <tr><td> <blockquote> <p>The mission of the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) project is to create and maintain software libraries that provide a predictable and consistent interface to underlying platform-specific implementations. The primary goal is to provide an API to which software developers may code and be assured of predictable if not identical behaviour regardless of the platform on which their software is built, relieving them of the need to code special-case conditions to work around or take advantage of platform-specific deficiencies or features.</p> </blockquote> </td></tr> </table> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%"> <tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"> <font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica,sanserif"> <a name="recommended"><strong>Recommended releases</strong></a> </font> </td></tr> <tr><td> <blockquote> <p>The recommended releases of the several Apache Portable Runtime libraries are</p> <ul> <li>APR 1.7.5, released August 26, 2024</li> <li>APR-util 1.6.3, released February 1, 2023</li> <li>APR-iconv 1.2.2, released October 22, 2017</li> </ul> </blockquote> </td></tr> </table> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%"> <tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"> <font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica,sanserif"> <a name="apr17"><strong>Apache Portable Runtime 1.7.5 Released</strong></a> </font> </td></tr> <tr><td> <blockquote> <p> The Apache Software Foundation and the Apache Portable Runtime Project are proud to announce the General Availability of version 1.7.5 of the Apache Portable Runtime library. APR 1.7 brings a number of enhancements and bugfixes documented in CHANGES. Users of earlier versions are encouraged to update to this release. </p> <p>For further details of this release, see the <a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/apr/Announcement1.x.html">official announcement</a> as well as the <a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/apr/CHANGES-APR-1.7">CHANGES-APR-1.7</a> file.</p> <p align="center"> <a href="download.cgi">Download</a> </p> <p align="center"> Programmer's Manual: <a href="docs/apr/1.7/">APR</a> </p> </blockquote> </td></tr> </table> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%"> <tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"> <font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica,sanserif"> <a name="apu16"><strong>Apache Portable Runtime Utility 1.6.3 Released</strong></a> </font> </td></tr> <tr><td> <blockquote> <p> The Apache Software Foundation and the Apache Portable Runtime Project are proud to announce the General Availability of version 1.6.3 of the APR Apache Portable Runtime Utility library. Users of earlier versions are encouraged to update to this release. </p> <p>The main changes in this release are concerned with the third-party dependencies, including unbundling <tt>expat</tt>, and building with up-to-date versions of libraries such as <tt>OpenSSL</tt> and <tt>MySQL</tt>. </p> <p>For further details of this release, see the <a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/apr/Announcement-aprutil-1.x.html">official announcement</a> as well as the <a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/apr/CHANGES-APR-UTIL-1.6">CHANGES-APR-UTIL-1.6</a> file.</p> <p align="center"> <a href="download.cgi">Download</a> </p> <p align="center"> Programmer's Manual: <a href="docs/apr-util/1.6/">APR-util</a> </p> </blockquote> </td></tr> </table> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%"> <tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"> <font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica,sanserif"> <a name="Projects"><strong>Projects Using APR</strong></a> </font> </td></tr> <tr><td> <blockquote> <p>After several years of development, APR is beginning to see use outside of the Apache HTTP Server. To encourage more people to investigate APR for their projects, here are a list of both <a href="projects.html#open_source">Open Source</a> and <a href="projects.html#commercial">Commercial</a> projects that are currently using APR. If you are using APR, and would like your project recognized, please send e-mail to <a href="mailto:dev@apr.apache.org"> the developer's mailing list.</a></p> </blockquote> </td></tr> </table> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%"> <tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"> <font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica,sanserif"> <a name="Subprojects"><strong>APR subprojects</strong></a> </font> </td></tr> <tr><td> <blockquote> <p>The following is a list of supported development projects under the APR Project. All of the development happens on the indicated mailing lists. See <a href="mailing-lists.html">mailing lists</a> to learn how to take part in these discussions. Or, check the <a href="mail/">archives</a>.</p> <p>apr - a portable runtime library</p> <ul> <li>Source: <a href="https://svn.apache.org/viewvc/apr/apr/">apr</a></li> <li>Mailing list: <a href="mailto:dev-subscribe@apr.apache.org">dev@apr.apache.org</a></li> <li>Releases: <a href="download.cgi#apr1">apr releases</a></li> <li>API Documentation: <a href="docs/apr/1.7/">apr docs</a> (current stable branch), <a href="https://svn.apache.org/viewvc/*checkout*/apr/apr/trunk/docs/pool-design.html">Using APR Pools</a></li> <li>Tutorial: <a href="apr2_0intro/apr2_0intro.htm">An Introduction to APR</a> covers the structure and basic concepts. See <a href="apr2_0intro/">sample code</a>.</li> <li>Test Coverage: <a href="coverage">apr test coverage</a></li> </ul> <p>apr-util - a companion library to APR</p> <ul> <li>Source: <a href="https://svn.apache.org/viewvc/apr/apr-util/">apr-util</a></li> <li>Mailing list: <a href="mailto:dev-subscribe@apr.apache.org">dev@apr.apache.org</a></li> <li>Releases: <a href="download.cgi#aprutil1">apr-util releases</a></li> <li>API Documentation: <a href="docs/apr-util/1.6/">apr-util docs</a> (current stable branch)</li> </ul> <p>apr-iconv - a portable implementation of the iconv() library</p> <ul> <li>Source: <a href="https://svn.apache.org/viewvc/apr/apr-iconv/">apr-iconv</a></li> <li>Releases: <a href="download.cgi#apriconv1">apr-iconv releases</a></li> <li>Mailing list: <a href="mailto:dev-subscribe@apr.apache.org">dev@apr.apache.org</a></li> <li>API Documentation: <a href="docs/apr-iconv/trunk/">apr-iconv docs</a> (current stable branch)</li> </ul> </blockquote> </td></tr> </table> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%"> <tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"> <font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica,sanserif"> <a name="Start"><strong>How to start developing with APR</strong></a> </font> </td></tr> <tr><td> <blockquote> <p>We hope this website starts you in the right direction. Please read the docs and tutorials for the project you are interested in. If you have suggestions of any sort, please feel free to send us an email at <a href="mailto:dev-subscribe@apr.apache.org">dev@apr.apache.org</a>!</p> </blockquote> </td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> <!-- FOOTER --> <tr><td colspan="2"><hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="center"> <font size="-1"> <em>Copyright © 2008-2021, The Apache Software Foundation</em> </font> </td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="center"> <font size="-1"> <em>Apache Portable Runtime, Apache, and the Apache feather logo are trademarks of The Apache Software Foundation.</em> </font> </td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>