Please read the Overview in the reference documentation for a quick introduction.

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For Maven repository information see downloading Spring artifacts, or if unable to use Maven or other transitive dependency management tools, see building a distribution with dependencies.

Documentation is available in the form of reference docs, Javadoc, and Github Wiki pages.

For contributing see the contributor guidelines for details.

Building from Source

The Spring Framework uses a Gradle-based build system. In the instructions below, ./gradlew is invoked from the root of the source tree and serves as a cross-platform, self-contained bootstrap mechanism for the build.

Prerequisites

Git and JDK 8 update 20 or later

Be sure that your JAVA_HOME environment variable points to the jdk1.8.0 folder extracted from the JDK download.

Check out sources

git clone git@github.com:spring-projects/spring-framework.git

Import sources into your IDE

Run ./import-into-eclipse.sh or read import-into-idea.md as appropriate.

Note: Per the prerequisites above, ensure that you have JDK 8 configured properly in your IDE.

Install all spring-* jars into your local Maven cache

./gradlew install

Compile and test; build all jars, distribution zips, and docs

./gradlew build

... and discover more commands with ./gradlew tasks. See also the Gradle build and release FAQ.

Staying in Touch

Follow @SpringCentral as well as @SpringFramework and its team members on Twitter. In-depth articles can be found at The Spring Blog, and releases are announced via our news feed.

License

The Spring Framework is released under version 2.0 of the Apache License.