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This page describes Maven, a build automation tool used primarily for Java projects. Maven's plug-in architecture enables it to be used also for C#, Ruby, Scala, and other languages.

Maven is a Yiddish word for "accumulator of knowledge". See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maven.

The product home page at https://maven.apache.org describes Maven as "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."

Maven acts on a pom.xml (Project Object Model) file which describes how components of the software is built and the plug-ins and external dependencies that Maven downloads to its cache or the directories listed, in the build order specified.

<project>
<!-- model version is always 4.0.0 for Maven 2.x POMs -->
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

<!-- project coordinates, i.e. a group of values which
    uniquely identify this project -->

<groupId>com.mycompany.app</groupId>
<artifactId>my-app</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>

<!-- library dependencies -->

<dependencies>
 <dependency>
 
   <!-- coordinates of the required library -->
   
   <groupId>junit</groupId>
   <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
   <version>3.8.1</version>
   
   <!-- this dependency is only used for running and compiling tests -->
   
   <scope>test</scope>
   
 </dependency>
</dependencies>
</project>

The above example is from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_Maven

## Alternatives

Alternatives to Maven include:

  • Ant
  • sbt
## Installation Mac users can install Maven with this Homebrew command:

brew install maven