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src="./images/menu-right.gif"> </div> <div class="lightbluebar"> </div> <div class="main"> <div class="content"> <h1 class="title">Welcome</h1> <h3 class="section"> <a name="Apache Ant&#x2122;"></a> Apache Ant™ </h3> <p>Apache Ant is a Java library and command-line tool whose mission is to drive processes described in build files as targets and extension points dependent upon each other. The main known usage of Ant is the build of Java applications. Ant supplies a number of built-in tasks allowing to compile, assemble, test and run Java applications. Ant can also be used effectively to build non Java applications, for instance C or C++ applications. More generally, Ant can be used to pilot any type of process which can be described in terms of targets and tasks. </p> <p> Ant is written in Java. Users of Ant can develop their own "antlibs" containing Ant tasks and types, and are offered a large number of ready-made commercial or open-source "antlibs". </p> <p> Ant is extremely flexible and does not impose coding conventions or directory layouts to the Java projects which adopt it as a build tool. </p> <p> Software development projects looking for a solution combining build tool and dependency management can use Ant in combination with <a href="https://ant.apache.org/ivy/">Apache Ivy</a>. </p> <p>The Apache Ant project is part of the <a href="https://www.apache.org/">Apache Software Foundation</a>.</p> <h3 class="section"> <a name="Apache Ivy 2.5.3"></a> Apache Ivy 2.5.3 </h3> <h3>December 23, 2024 - Apache Ivy 2.5.3 Released</h3> <p>Apache Ivy 2.5.3 is now available for download as source or binary from <a href="https://ant.apache.org/ivy/download.cgi">https://ant.apache.org/ivy/download.cgi</a>.</p> <p>Ivy 2.5.3 is a bug fix release, no new features have been added.</p> <h3 class="section"> <a name="Apache Ant 1.10.15"></a> Apache Ant 1.10.15 </h3> <h3>August 29, 2024 - Apache Ant 1.10.15 Released</h3> <p>Apache Ant 1.10.15 is now available for download from <a href="https://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi">https://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi</a>.</p> <p>Ant 1.10.15 is a regular bug fix release and can be used with Java runtime version 8 and higher, including the current latest version Java 22.</p> <h3 class="section"> <a name="Apache Ant 1.9.x EOL"></a> Apache Ant 1.9.x EOL </h3> <h3>June 19, 2024 - Apache Ant 1.9.x release series EOL</h3> <p>The Ant PMC <a href="https://lists.apache.org/thread/f6jw4v3gjwhqt5fz25og0my2o6xwvvm1">voted</a> to EOL the 1.9.x release series. We urge Ant users to use Ant 1.10.x releases, which sees regular bug fixes, enhancements and releases. </p> <h3 class="section"> <a name="Apache IvyDE retired"></a> Apache IvyDE retired </h3> <h3>Nov 26, 2023 - IvyDE retired</h3> <p>The Ant PMC <a href="https://lists.apache.org/thread/wo32q8s8o8z9m126gz3m533q2fnqq21o">voted</a> to archive the IvyDE subproject. This means that all its resources are removed or made read only and no further development will be done. <br /> It also means that, if a community grows, the subproject could be <a href="https://ant.apache.org/processes.html#Reactivate%20a%20subproject%20or%20component">reactivated</a>. </p> <h3 class="section"> <a name="Apache Ant 1.10.14"></a> Apache Ant 1.10.14 </h3> <h3>August 20, 2023 - Apache Ant 1.10.14 Released</h3> <p>Apache Ant 1.10.14 is now available for download from <a href="https://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi">https://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi</a>.</p> <p>The Apache Ant team currently maintains two lines of development. The 1.9.x releases require Java5 at runtime and 1.10.x requires Java8 at runtime. Both lines are based off of Ant 1.9.7 and the 1.9.x releases are mostly bug fix releases while additional new features are developed for 1.10.x. We recommend using 1.10.x unless you are required to use versions of Java prior to Java8 during the build process.</p> <p>Ant 1.10.14 contains an important change wherein it no longer uses or sets Java SecurityManager when running on Java versions 18 and higher. This should allow projects to build on Java 18 and higher versions.</p> <h3 class="section"> <a name="Apache Ivy 2.5.2"></a> Apache Ivy 2.5.2 </h3> <h3>August 20, 2023 - Apache Ivy 2.5.2 Released</h3> <p>Apache Ivy 2.5.2 is now available for download as source or binary from <a href="https://ant.apache.org/ivy/download.cgi">https://ant.apache.org/ivy/download.cgi</a>.</p> <p>Ivy 2.5.2 is mainly a bug fix release that also fixes a security vulnerability, see <a href="https://ant.apache.org/ivy/security.html">security reports</a> for details.</p> <h3 class="section"> <a name="Apache AntUnit 1.4.1"></a> Apache AntUnit 1.4.1 </h3> <h3>Jul 7, 2021 - Apache AntUnit 1.4.1 Released</h3> <p>Apache AntUnit 1.4.1 is now available for download as <a href="https://ant.apache.org/antlibs/bindownload.cgi">binary</a> or <a href="https://ant.apache.org/antlibs/srcdownload.cgi">source</a> release.</p> <p>This release fixes the antlib.xml descriptor so that AntUnit can now be used with a user-defined URI rather than having AntUnit's preferred URI hardcoded..</p> <h3 class="section"> <a name="EasyAnt retired"></a> EasyAnt retired </h3> <h3>Dec 13, 2016 - EasyAnt retired</h3> <p>The Ant PMC <a href="https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/ant-dev/201612.mbox/ajax/%3C000301d25510%2433d37720%249b7a6560%24%40de%3E">voted</a> to archive the EasyAnt subproject and all its modules. This means that all its resources are removed or made read only and no further development will be done. <br /> It also means that, if a community grows, the subproject could <a href="https://ant.apache.org/processes.html#Reactivate%20a%20subproject%20or%20component">reactivated</a>. </p> <h3 class="section"> <a name="Apache IvyDE 2.2.0"></a> Apache IvyDE 2.2.0 </h3> <h3>November 22, 2013 - Apache IvyDE 2.2.0 Released</h3> <p>The Apache IvyDE project is pleased to announce its 2.2.0 release.</p> <p>The Apache IvyDE Eclipse plugin integrates Apache Ivy's dependency management into Eclipse. It lets you manage your dependencies declared in an ivy.xml in your Java Eclipse projects, or any other kind of project which needs dependency management. Apache IvyDE will contribute to the classpath of your Java project or you can make it retrieve your dependencies directly into your project. Last but not least Apache IvyDE offer editors of ivy.xml and ivysettings.xml files with completion. Get some preview here: <a href="https://ant.apache.org/ivy/ivyde/screenshots.html">https://ant.apache.org/ivy/ivyde/screenshots.html</a> </p> <h4>Major changes in this release</h4> <p><ul> <li>The API of IvyDE has been stabilized so that third party plugins can rely on it,</li> <li>while still not complete, and still not advertised as stable in Ivy, support of OSGi has been added,</li> <li>javadoc and source attachement can be edited now one by one,</li> <li>improved stability of the resolve process,</li> <li>improved logging for easier debugging.</li> </ul> </p> <h4>Compatibility</h4> <p><ul> <li>This release is expected to work with every version of Ivy 2.1 or superior. The OSGi features require Ivy 2.3.0 or superior though.</li> </ul> </p> <p>This release is considered as stable. The beta of 2.2.0 has been out for a (too) long time.</p> <p>A more detailed release notes can be read there: <a href="https://ant.apache.org/ivy/ivyde/history/latest-milestone/release-notes.html">https://ant.apache.org/ivy/ivyde/history/latest-milestone/release-notes.html</a> <br /> Download the 2.2.0 release at: <a href="https://ant.apache.org/ivy/ivyde/download.cgi">https://ant.apache.org/ivy/ivyde/download.cgi</a> <br /> Or use directly the Apache IvyDE's updatesite: <a href="https://downloads.apache.org/ant/ivyde/updatesite">https://downloads.apache.org/ant/ivyde/updatesite</a> <br /> Issues should be reported to: <a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IVYDE">https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IVYDE</a> <br /> More information can be found on the Apache IvyDE website: <a href="https://ant.apache.org/ivy/ivyde/">https://ant.apache.org/ivy/ivyde/</a> </p> <h3 class="section"> <a name="Documentation"></a> Documentation </h3> <p> You can view the documentation for the current release <a href="manual/index.html">online</a> </p> <p> Comprehensive documentation is included in the source and binary distributions. </p> <h3 class="section"> <a name="Get Involved"></a> Get Involved </h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://jakarta.apache.org/getinvolved/getinvolvedindex.html">Get Involved</a></li> <li><a href="mail.html">Join Mailing Lists</a></li> <li><a href="https://marc.info/?l=ant-dev&r=1&w=2">Search the Dev Mailing List</a> </li> <li><a href="https://marc.info/?l=ant-user&r=1&w=2">Search the User Mailing List</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <p class="copyright"> Copyright © 1999-2024 The Apache Software Foundation, Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. </p> <p class="copyright"> Apache Ant, Apache Ivy, Apache EasyAnt, Ant, Ivy, EasyAnt, Apache, the Apache feather logo, and the Apache Ant project logos are trademarks of The Apache Software Foundation. <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript"><!-- document.write(" - "+"Last Published: " + document.lastModified); // --> </script> </p> </body> </html>