Repo brief: apache/maven

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Verdict

Healthy — Strong maintenance signals

• Last commit today
• 16 active contributors
• Apache-2.0 licensed
• CI configured
• 1 more receipt on the live page

Based on Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against OpenSSF Scorecard

What it is

Apache Maven is a build automation and project management framework for Java projects that uses a declarative XML-based POM (Project Object Model) to define project structure, dependencies, and build lifecycle. It solves the complexity of managing Java project builds, dependency resolution, and multi-module projects through convention over configuration, replacing manual build scripts with standardized phases (compile, test, package, deploy). Monolithic multi-module Maven project: core build logic in src/ with model definitions via src/mdo/ (using Velocity templates for code generation), CLI entry points in apache-maven/src/assembly/maven/bin/ (mvn, mvnDebug, mvnsh scripts), and…

Start here

Open these first:

• apache-maven/pom.xml — Root Maven POM defining the complete build structure, dependencies, and distribution assembly for the Apache Maven project.
• apache-maven/src/assembly/maven/bin/mvn — Primary entry point shell script that bootstraps Maven and configures the JVM runtime environment.
• api/maven-api-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/api/cli/Invoker.java — Core CLI invocation API that bridges command-line execution to Maven's internal execution model.
• src/graph/ReactorGraph.java — Manages the dependency graph and build reactor ordering for multi-module project builds.
• api/maven-api-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/api/annotations/Immutable.java — Defines immutability contract annotations used throughout Maven's API for thread-safe component design.

Get running

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Clone: git clone https://github.com/apache/maven.git && cd maven. Build: mvn clean install (Maven bootstrap build, requires JDK 11+ per typical Maven requirements). Verify: mvn --version after building. Documentat…

Daily commands:

Maven is a build tool, not an application with a dev server. To verify the build: mvn clean verify. To test: mvn test. To package distributions: mvn clean package assembly:single (assembly configuration defined in…

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Key cautions & unknowns

• Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 62% of recent commits
• JDK version: Building Maven requires JDK 11+; older JDK versions will fail silently in some modules. Bootstrap: Maven builds itself; ensure a compatible Maven version is in PATH before running `mvn clean…
• Published-advisory coverage was unavailable for the captured dependencies.
• Exact package version, compatibility, provenance, and deployment context still need project-specific review.

Sources

• Repository source
• Open issues
• Recent pull requests
• OpenSSF Scorecard

Evidence note

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