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<title>Welcome to Maven</title>
<author email="brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</author>
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<h5>Get Maven 2.0.4</h5>
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Maven 2.0.4
<small>(1.1Mb)</small>
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<a href="download.html#requirements">System Requirements</a>
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<a href="download.html#installation">Installation Instructions</a>
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<a href="release-notes.html">Release Notes</a>
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<a href="guides/getting-started/index.html">Getting Started</a>
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<a href="guides/index.html">Documentation</a>
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Maven 2.0.4 Tasks for Ant
<small>(870k)</small>
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<a href="/ant-tasks.html">Documentation</a>
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<p>
Maven is a software project management and comprehension tool. Based on the concept of a project object model
(POM), Maven can manage a project's build, reporting and documentation from a central piece of information.
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<h4>Maven Documentation</h4>
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All the documentation for Maven is in the form of guides
which can all be found <a href="guides/index.html">here</a>.
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<h4>About Maven 2.0</h4>
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Maven 2.0 is a rewrite of the popular Maven application to achieve a number of goals, and to provide a stable
basis to take it into the future.
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<i>
<a href="what-is-maven.html">What is Maven?</a>
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<i>What are the
<a href="maven-features.html">features of Maven 2.0</a>
?
</i>
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<i>Where is the
<a href="guides/index.html">Documentation</a>
?
</i>
</li>
<li>
<i>Tell me about the
<a href="about.html#m2-goals">goals of Maven 2.0</a>
</i>
</li>
<li>
<i>Can I
<a href="about.html#get-involved">get involved</a>
?
</i>
</li>
<li>
<i>Where do I
<a href="about.html#get-help">get help</a>
with Maven 2.0?
</i>
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</ul>
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<h4>Information for Maven 1.0 Users</h4>
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<p>
Maven 1.0 users will likely have a lot of questions about Maven 2.0 and how it will impact the future of Maven
1.0.
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<i>
<a href="maven1.html#">What's changed?</a>
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<i>
<a href="maven1.html#m1-or-m2">Should I use Maven 2.0, or Maven 1.0?</a>
</i>
</li>
<li>
<i>
<a href="maven1.html#m1-future">What will happen</a>
to Maven 1.0?
</i>
</li>
<li>
<i>Will my
<a href="maven1.html#m1-plugins">Maven 1.0 plugins</a>
be supported?
</i>
</li>
</ul>
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