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Contribute to Maven

This documentation is for people who work on the source code of Maven itself and its core plugins, or who would like to contribute. If you simply use Maven to build your own projects, it won't be very helpful.

If you cannot find your answers here, feel free to ask the Maven Developer List.

Contributors Resources

Guide to helping with Maven
Developing Maven
Building Maven
Source Code
Continuous Integration
Common Bugs and Pitfalls
Apache Maven Project Roles

Committers Resources

General Resources

Guide for new Maven committers
Committer Environment
Committer Settings
Retirement Plan for Plugins
Maven Dependency Policies
Maven Plugins and Components Compatibility Plan
Maven Proposals/Backlog

Developers Conventions

There are a number of conventions used in the Maven projects, which contributors and developers alike should follow for consistency's sake.

Maven Code Style And Conventions
Maven issue tracking conventions: GitHub Issues
Maven Git Commit Conventions
Maven GitHub Convention

Note: If you cannot find your answers here, feel free to ask the Maven Developer List.

Making Releases

Making GPG Keys
Release Process

Maven Website

Deploy Maven Website

Other Resources

ASF Development Infrastructure Information
About the Apache Software Foundation