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Apache Maven

build automation tool used primarily for Java projects
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Apache Maven

Summary

Apache Maven is a build automation[1]. It draws 491 Wikipedia views per month (build_automation category, ranking #1 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • Apache Maven is in the country of United States[3].
  • Apache Maven's instance of is recorded as build automation[4].
  • Apache Maven's instance of is recorded as free software[5].
  • Apache Maven's instance of is recorded as package manager[6].
  • Apache Maven's instance of is recorded as Apache Software Foundation project[7].
  • Apache Maven's item operated is recorded as Maven Central Repository[8].
  • Apache Maven's based on is recorded as convention over configuration[9].
  • Apache Maven's headquarters location is recorded as San Francisco[10].
  • Apache Maven's developer is recorded as Apache Software Foundation[11].
  • Apache Maven's copyright license is recorded as Apache Software License 2.0[12].
  • Apache Maven's programmed in is recorded as Java[13].
  • Apache Maven's operating system is recorded as cross-platform[14].
  • Apache Maven's software version identifier is recorded as 3.2.1[15].
  • Apache Maven's software version identifier is recorded as 3.5[16].
  • Apache Maven's software version identifier is recorded as 3.5.0[17].
  • Apache Maven's software version identifier is recorded as 3.5.2[18].
  • Apache Maven's software version identifier is recorded as 3.5.3[19].
  • Apache Maven's software version identifier is recorded as 3.5.4[20].
  • Apache Maven's software version identifier is recorded as 3.6.0[21].
  • Apache Maven's software version identifier is recorded as 3.6.1[22].
  • Apache Maven's software version identifier is recorded as 3.6.3[23].
  • Apache Maven's software version identifier is recorded as 3.8.1[24].
  • Apache Maven's software version identifier is recorded as 3.8.3[25].
  • Apache Maven's software version identifier is recorded as 3.8.4[26].
  • Apache Maven's software version identifier is recorded as 3.8.5[27].

Body

Founding

February 1, 2008 marks the founding of Apache Maven[28].

Operations

Apache Maven's headquarters location is recorded as San Francisco[10].

Why It Matters

Apache Maven draws 491 Wikipedia views per month (build_automation category, ranking #1 of 6).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

cross-platform free software Java Java virtual machine United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Crunchbase. crunchbase.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Crunchbase. crunchbase.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . zhihu.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . maven.apache.org. maven.apache.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . maven.apache.org. Retrieved . maven.apache.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . maven.apache.org. maven.apache.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . mail-archives.apache.org. mail-archives.apache.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . mail-archives.apache.org. Retrieved . mail-archives.apache.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . maven.apache.org. Retrieved . maven.apache.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . mail-archives.apache.org. Retrieved . mail-archives.apache.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . mail-archives.apache.org. mail-archives.apache.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . maven.apache.org. maven.apache.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . maven.apache.org. Retrieved . maven.apache.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . maven.apache.org. Retrieved . maven.apache.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . maven.apache.org. Retrieved . maven.apache.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . maven.apache.org. Retrieved . maven.apache.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Crunchbase. crunchbase.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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