Maven Central Repository

This documentation is for those that need to use or contribute to the Maven central repository. This includes those that need dependencies for their own build or projects that wish to have their releases added to the Maven central repository, even if they don't use Maven as their build tool.

Be aware of those announcements:

• Discontinuing support for TLSv1.1 and below as of June 15th 2018
• Discontinuing support for HTTP as of January 15th 2020

Content

• Maintaining your Metadata - Information for third-party projects
• Guide to uploading artifacts - How to get things uploaded to the central repository
• Fixing Central Metadata - How to fix issues in content already uploaded

The diagram shows how releases reach the central repository through Apache's and Sonatype's repositories, and where central publishes them. These pages explain each part:

• Introduction to Repositories
• Guide to Uploading Artifacts to the Central Repository
• Publishing through the Central Portal
• Apache's public repository
• The Central Index
• The Archetype Catalog
• repo.maven.apache.org
• Google's mirror of the central repository