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title: “Downloads” linkTitle: “Downloads” descriptions: “Download the SkyWalking releases.”

Download the SkyWalking recommended releases

Use the links below to download the Apache SkyWalking from one of our mirrors.

Only source code releases are official Apache releases, binary distributions are just for end user convenience.

Download the latest versions

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All Releases

• Find all SkyWalking releases in the Archive repository.
• Archive incubating repository hosts older releases when SkyWalking was an incubator project.

Docker Images for convenience

Docker images are not official ASF releases but provided for convenience. Recommended usage is always to build the source

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Verify the releases

PGP signatures KEYS

It is essential that you verify the integrity of the downloaded files using the PGP or SHA signatures. The PGP signatures can be verified using GPG or PGP. Please download the KEYS as well as the asc signature files for relevant distribution. It is recommended to get these files from the main distribution directory and not from the mirrors.

gpg -i KEYS

or

pgpk -a KEYS

or

pgp -ka KEYS

To verify the binaries/sources you can download the relevant asc files for it from main distribution directory and follow the below guide.

gpg --verify apache-skywalking-apm-********.asc apache-skywalking-apm-*********

or

pgpv apache-skywalking-apm-********.asc

or

pgp apache-skywalking-apm-********.asc