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= Welcome to Apache NetBeans
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:hero.top: Version 11.1
:hero.title: Apache NetBeans
:hero.subtitle: Fits the Pieces Together

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.icon:edit[] Fast & Smart Editing
Apache NetBeans is much more than a text editor. It highlights source code link:/kb/docs/java/editor-codereference.html[syntactically and semantically], lets you easily link:/kb/docs/java/editor-inspect-transform.html[refactor code], with a range of handy and powerful tools.

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.icon:wrench[] Java, JavaScript, PHP, HTML5, CSS, and More
Apache NetBeans provides editors, wizards, and templates to help you create applications in link:/kb/docs/java/index.html[Java], link:/kb/docs/php/index.html[PHP] and many other languages.

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.icon:download[] Cross Platform
Apache NetBeans can be link:/download/index.html[installed] on all operating systems that support Java, i.e, Windows, Linux, Mac OSX and BSD. Write Once, Run Anywhere, applies to NetBeans too. 

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.icon:users[] Join us
Subscribe to our link:/community/mailing-lists.html[mailing lists], or follow us in link:https://twitter.com/netbeans[Twitter], link:https://tinyurl.com/netbeans-slack-signup/[Slack], link:https://www.facebook.com/NetBeans[FaceBook] or link:https://www.youtube.com/user/netbeansvideos[YouTube].

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.icon:arrow-right[] Participate
See how you can participate by link:/participate/submit-pr.html[submitting pull requests], or link:https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/NETBEANS/summary[filing issues].

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.icon:book[] Learn
We are currently reviewing the tutorials. See how you can link:http://netbeans.apache.org/kb/docs/contributing.html[help us] review the link:http://netbeans.apache.org/kb/docs/java/[Java] and link:http://netbeans.apache.org/kb/docs/php/[PHP] tutorials.


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