Apache Ant 1.10.10

April 17, 2021 - Apache Ant 1.10.10 Released

Apache Ant 1.9.7 is now available for download as source or binary from Ant 1.9.7 contains several bug fixes and improvements compared to Ant 1.9.6. Apache Ant 1.9.6 Jul 2, 2015 - Apache Ant 1.9.6 Released.

• More generally, Ant can be used to pilot any type of process which can be described in terms of targets and tasks. Let us download the latest version from the project download page. At the time of writing this article, the latest stable Ant version was 1.9.4. For the purpose of this tutorial, I will be using Apache Ant binary file in zip format.
• Introduction to Apache Ant The Apache Ant package is a Java-based build tool.In theory, it is kind of like make, but without make 's wrinkles. Ant is different. Instead of a model that is extended with shell-based commands, Ant is extended using Java classes. Instead of writing shell commands, the configuration files are XML-based, calling out a target tree that executes various tasks.
• Download Apache Ant - A Java-based development tool whose mission is to drive processes described in build files as targets and extension points dependent upon each other.
• Download ant-1.9.4-2.el7.noarch.rpm for CentOS 7 from CentOS repository.

Apache Ant 1.10.10 are now available for download as source or binary from https://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi.

The Apache Ant team currently maintains two lines of development. The 1.9.x releases require Java5 at runtime and 1.10.x requires Java8 at runtime. Both lines are based off of Ant 1.9.7 and the 1.9.x releases are mostly bug fix releases while additional new features are developed for 1.10.x. We recommend using 1.10.x unless you are required to use versions of Java prior to Java8 during the build process.

Ant 1.10.10 contains numerous bugfixes and some enhancements.

It also introduces new discardOutput and discardError attributes to tasks like java, exec to completely discard the output and error generated by the processes launched by those tasks.

Apache Ant 1.10.9

Sep 30, 2020 - Apache Ant 1.10.9 Released

Apache Ant 1.10.9 are now available for download as source or binary from https://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi.

The Apache Ant team currently maintains two lines of development. The 1.9.x releases require Java5 at runtime and 1.10.x requires Java8 at runtime. Both lines are based off of Ant 1.9.7 and the 1.9.x releases are mostly bug fix releases while additional new features are developed for 1.10.x. We recommend using 1.10.x unless you are required to use versions of Java prior to Java8 during the build process.

Ant 1.10.9 contains a bugfixes and support for using GraalVM JavaScript inside the script family of tasks and types.

It also addresses an insecure temporary file vulnerability vulnerability, see the security report for details.

Apache Ant 1.9.15 and 1.10.8

May 13, 2020 - Apache Ant 1.9.15 and 1.10.8 Released

Apache Ant 1.9.15 and 1.10.8 are now available for download as source or binary from https://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi.

The Apache Ant team currently maintains two lines of development. The 1.9.x releases require Java5 at runtime and 1.10.x requires Java8 at runtime. Both lines are based off of Ant 1.9.7 and the 1.9.x releases are mostly bug fix releases while additional new features are developed for 1.10.x. We recommend using 1.10.x unless you are required to use versions of Java prior to Java8 during the build process.

Ant 1.10.8 contains a superset of 1.9.15 - with the exception of a few tasks and features that no longer work with Java8 anyway (like the apt task).

Both releases address a insecure temporary file vulnerability vulnerability, see the security report for details.

Apache Ant 1.10.7

Sep 5, 2019 - Apache Ant 1.10.7 Released

Apache Ant 1.10.7 is now available for download as source or binary from https://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi.

The Apache Ant team currently maintains two lines of development. The 1.9.x releases require Java5 at runtime and 1.10.x requires Java8 at runtime. Both lines are based off of Ant 1.9.7 and the 1.9.x releases are mostly bug fix releases while additional new features are developed for 1.10.x. We recommend using 1.10.x unless you are required to use versions of Java prior to Java8 during the build process.

Ant 1.10.7 is mainly a bug fix release with few minor enhancements. This release includes a major regression fix, which prevented the previous 1.10.6 release to be unusable on Java 8 runtimes. Among the enhancements, the junitlauncher task now allows including or excluding JUnit 5 'tags' during test execution.

Wiki Migration

June 23, 2019

The Apache Ant Wiki pages have been migrated to their new home on the Apache Wiki farm.

Apache Ant 1.10.6

May 8, 2019 - Apache Ant 1.10.6 Released

Apache Ant 1.10.6 is now available for download as source or binary from https://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi.

The Apache Ant team currently maintains two lines of development. The 1.9.x releases require Java5 at runtime and 1.10.x requires Java8 at runtime. Both lines are based off of Ant 1.9.7 and the 1.9.x releases are mostly bug fix releases while additional new features are developed for 1.10.x. We recommend using 1.10.x unless you are required to use versions of Java prior to Java8 during the build process.

Ant 1.10.6 consists several bug fixes as well as enhancements, including, but not limited to:

• junitlauncher task now supports fork mode, to launch the tests in a forked JVM.
• New tasks jmod and link have been introduced to support jmod and jlink tools of JDK 9+.

Apache Ant 1.9.14

March 17, 2019 - Apache Ant 1.9.14 Released

Apache Ant 1.9.14 is now available for download as source or binary from https://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi.

The Apache Ant team currently maintains two lines of development. The 1.9.x releases require Java5 at runtime and 1.10.x requires Java8 at runtime. Both lines are based off of Ant 1.9.7 and the 1.9.x releases are mostly bug fix releases while additional new features are developed for 1.10.x. We recommend using 1.10.x unless you are required to use versions of Java prior to Java8 during the build process.

Ant 1.9.14 mainly consists of bug fixes and some enhancements in the signjar and verifyjar tasks

Apache Ant 1.9.13 and 1.10.5

Jul 13, 2018 - Apache Ant 1.9.13 and 1.10.5 Released

Apache Ant 1.9.13 and 1.10.5 are now available for download as source or binary from https://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi.

The Apache Ant team currently maintains two lines of development. The 1.9.x releases require Java5 at runtime and 1.10.x requires Java8 at runtime. Both lines are based off of Ant 1.9.7 and the 1.9.x releases are mostly bug fix releases while additional new features are developed for 1.10.x. We recommend using 1.10.x unless you are required to use versions of Java prior to Java8 during the build process.

Ant 1.10.5 contains a superset of 1.9.13 - with the exception of a few tasks and features that no longer work with Java8 anyway (like the apt task).

Both releases fix a regression in the get task and a bug inside the path traversal protection of the unarchiving tasks that was introduced with 1.9.12 and 1.10.4 respectively.

Ant 1.10.5's java task adds support for the single file source execution feature introduced with Java 11.

Apache AntUnit 1.4

Jun 26, 2018 - Apache AntUnit 1.4 Released

Apache AntUnit 1.4 is now available for download as binary or source release.

This release fixes a few race-conditions in LogCapturer and the br-template inside the XSLT stylesheet used for creating the reports.

Apache Ant 1.9.12 and 1.10.4

Jun 22, 2018 - Apache Ant 1.9.12 and 1.10.4 Released

Apache Ant 1.9.12 and 1.10.4 are now available for download as source or binary from https://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi.

The Apache Ant team currently maintains two lines of development. The 1.9.x releases require Java5 at runtime and 1.10.x requires Java8 at runtime. Both lines are based off of Ant 1.9.7 and the 1.9.x releases are mostly bug fix releases while additional new features are developed for 1.10.x. We recommend using 1.10.x unless you are required to use versions of Java prior to Java8 during the build process.

Ant 1.10.4 contains a superset of 1.9.12 - with the exception of a few tasks and features that no longer work with Java8 anyway (like the apt task).

Both releases are mostly bug fix releases with a few new features being added.

In both releases the untar, unjar and unzip will no longer extract entries whose names would make the created files be placed outside of the destination directory by default. This is based on a recommendation by the Snyk Security Research Team.

Apache Ant 1.9.11 and 1.10.3

Mar 27, 2018 - Apache Ant 1.9.11 and 1.10.3 Released

Apache Ant 1.9.11 and 1.10.3 are now available for download as source or binary from https://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi.

The Apache Ant team currently maintains two lines of development. The 1.9.x releases require Java5 at runtime and 1.10.x requires Java8 at runtime. Both lines are based off of Ant 1.9.7 and the 1.9.x releases are mostly bug fix releases while additional new features are developed for 1.10.x. We recommend using 1.10.x unless you are required to use versions of Java prior to Java8 during the build process.

Ant 1.10.3 contains a superset of 1.9.11 - with the exception of a few tasks and features that no longer work with Java8 anyway (like the apt task).

Both releases are mostly bug fix releases with a few new features being added. Ant 1.10.2 introduced a number of regressions that are now fixed in 1.10.3.

Ant 1.10.3 introduces initial support for JUnit5 in the form of the junitlauncher task. The new task is fully functional but currently lacks a few features like forking a new JVM for tests which will be added in upcoming releases.

Apache Ant 1.9.10 and 1.10.2

Feb 6, 2018 - Apache Ant 1.9.10 and 1.10.2 Released

Apache Ant 1.9.10 and 1.10.2 are now available for download as source or binary from https://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi.

The Apache Ant team currently maintains two lines of development. The 1.9.x releases require Java5 at runtime and 1.10.x requires Java8 at runtime. Both lines are based off of Ant 1.9.7 and the 1.9.x releases are mostly bug fix releases while additional new features are developed for 1.10.x. We recommend using 1.10.x unless you are required to use versions of Java prior to Java8 during the build process.

Ant 1.10.2 contains a superset of 1.9.10 - with the exception of a few tasks and features that no longer work with Java8 anyway (like the apt task).

Both releases are mostly bug fix releases with a few new features being added. A new javaversion condition can be used to detect the version of the JVM running Ant.

The log4j listener has been deprecated as log4j 1.x is no longer actively developed and we've made sure the listener works when using the log4j2 logging bridge. In 1.10.2 the imaging tasks have been deprecated as JAI doesn't seem to work with Java9 anymore.

Compress Ant Library 1.5

June 13, 2017 - Apache Compress Ant Library 1.5 Available

Apache Compress Ant Library 1.5 is now available for download as binary or source release.

This release adapts to the 1.14 release of Apache Commons Compress and now adds read-only support for the Brotli format, full support for LZ4 and write-support for Snappy and LZMA in addition to the read-only support offered by version 1.4.

Apache Ant 1.9.9 and 1.10.1

Feb 6, 2017 - Apache Ant 1.9.9 and 1.10.1 Released

Apache Ant 1.9.9 and 1.10.1 are now available for download as source or binary from https://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi.

The Apache Ant team currently maintains two lines of development. The 1.9.x releases require Java5 at runtime and 1.10.x requires Java8 at runtime. Both lines are based off of Ant 1.9.7 and the 1.9.x releases are mostly bug fix releases while additional new features are developed for 1.10.x. We recommend using 1.10.x unless you are required to use versions of Java prior to Java8 during the build process.

Ant 1.10.1 contains a superset of 1.9.9 - with the exception of a few tasks and features that no longer work with Java8 anyway (like the apt task).

The new releases revert a change to 1.9.8 and 1.10.0 that broke Eclipse integration and also fixes the ant wrapper script for Solaris 10. In addition 1.10.1 adds tasks and types that support XZ compression with the help of the XZ for Java library.

Apache Ant 1.9.8 and 1.10.0

Dec 31, 2016 - Apache Ant 1.9.8 and 1.10.0 Released

Apache Ant 1.9.8 and 1.10.0 are now available for download as source or binary from https://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi.

The Apache Ant team currently maintains two lines of development. The 1.9.x releases require Java5 at runtime and 1.10.x requires Java8 at runtime. Both lines are based off of Ant 1.9.7 and the 1.9.x releases are mostly bug fix releases while additional new features are developed for 1.10.x. We recommend using 1.10.x unless you are required to use versions of Java prior to Java8 during the build process.

Ant 1.10.0 contains a superset of 1.9.8 - with the exception of a few tasks and features that no longer work with Java8 anyway (like the apt task).

The new releases fix the ant wrapper script for Solaris and HP/UX, contain important changes for the Java9 support as well as numerous bug fixes. New implementations of native2ascii and javah have been added as well as support for javac's -h and --release switches.

EasyAnt retired

Dec 13, 2016 - EasyAnt retired

The Ant PMC voted to archive the EasyAnt subproject and all its modules. This means that all its resources are removed or made read only and no further development will be done.
It also means that, if a community grows, the subproject could reactivated.

Apache Ant 1.9.7

Apr 12, 2016 - Apache Ant 1.9.7 Released

Apache Ant 1.9.7 is now available for download as source or binary from https://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi.

Ant 1.9.7 contains several bug fixes and improvements compared to Ant 1.9.6.

Apache Ant 1.9.6

Jul 2, 2015 - Apache Ant 1.9.6 Released

Apache Ant 1.9.6 is now available for download as source or binary from https://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi.

Ant 1.9.6 fixes a regression in the zip package introduced with Ant 1.9.5.

Apache Ant 1.9.5

Jun 3, 2015 - Apache Ant 1.9.5 Released

Apache Ant 1.9.5 is now available for download as source or binary from https://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi.

Ant 1.9.5 contains several bug fixes and improvements compared to Ant 1.9.4, most importantly bug in the <tar> family of tasks and types.

Migration to Git

May 23d, 2014 - Apache Ant's family of projects migrates to git on https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf

The Apache Ant family of projects migrates to git hosted by the Apache Software Foundation's infrastructure on https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf.

The source code of Apache Ant, Ivy, Ivyde, the Antlibs and EasyAnt Are all migrated to Git. We are keeping our web site in Subversion, as well as the sandbox.

Apache AntUnit 1.3

May 14, 2014 - Apache AntUnit 1.3 Released

Apache AntUnit 1.3 is now available for download as binary or source release.

This release adds new assertions that deal with non-file resources better than the existing ones and provides additional access to the log created during tests.

Apache Ant 1.9.4

May 5, 2014 - Apache Ant 1.9.4 Released

Apache Ant 1.9.4 is now available for download as source or binary from https://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi.

Ant 1.9.4 contains several bug fixes and improvements compared to Ant 1.9.3, including the initial support for Java 1.9, the possibility to run JUnit tests in multiple threads (when they are forked) and the refactoring of Ant's own test suite which is now based on JUnit 4.

Apache Ant 1.9.3

December 29, 2013 - Apache Ant 1.9.3 Released

Apache Ant 1.9.3 is now available for download as source or binary from https://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi.

Ant 1.9.3 contains several bug fixes and improvements compared to Ant 1.9.2. The main point of the release is a fix of the speed of the exec task. See bugzilla report 54128.

Compress Ant Library 1.4

January 29, 2014 - Apache Compress Ant Library 1.4 Available

Apache Compress Ant Library 1.4 is now available for download as binary or source release.

This release adapts to the 1.7 release of Apache Commons Compress and now adds read-only support for the Snappy and .Z formats.

Apache Ant 1.9.2

July 12, 2013 - Apache Ant 1.9.2 Released

Apache Ant 1.9.2 is now available for download as source or binary from https://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi.

Ant 1.9.2's javadoc task provides a workaround for the recently patched frame injection vulnerability of the javadoc tool found in Oracle JDKs prior to Java 7u25 known as CVE-2013-1571. The task will now post-process the generated files and remove the vulnerability if detected.

In addition some interoperability patches to the tar and zip classes have been applied.

Apache Ant 1.9.1

May 21, 2013 - Apache Ant 1.9.1 Released

Apache Ant 1.9.1 is now available for download as source or binary from https://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi.

Key features of the 1.9.1 release are

• new if and unless XML namespaces available on all tasks and nested elements
• Zip64 extensions are disabled by default
• Loading of external dependencies fixed in JUnit tasks
• JUnitreport default stylesheets now compatible with JDK 1.7
• Recommending to upgrade to jsch 0.1.50 for users of the ssh/scp tasks under Java 1.7
• Other fixes and improvements documented in WHATSNEW

Apache Ant 1.9.0

March 7, 2013 - Apache Ant 1.9.0 Released

Apache Ant 1.9.0 is now available for download as source or binary from https://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi.

Key features of the 1.9.0 release are

• Java 1.5 is now required
• support for @Ignore annotation in JUnit 4 testcases
• the zip, bzip2 and tar tasks are improved
• removal of the Perforce Ant tasks; users of these tasks can use the tasks supplied by Perforce Inc. instead, which contain more functionality and connect natively to the Perforce servers
• numerous bug fixes and improvements as documented in Bugzilla and in the release notes

Apache Ant 1.8.4

May 23, 2012 - Apache Ant 1.8.4 Released

Apache Ant 1.8.4 is now available for download as source or binary from https://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi.

Ant 1.8.4 fixes a denial of service flaw in the <bzip2> task present in any version of Ant since Ant 1.5.

Apache Compress Antlib 1.2

April 20, 2012 - Apache Compress Antlib 1.2 Released

The Apache Compress Antlib 1.2 is now available for download as binary or source release.

This release adapts to the 1.4 release of Apache Commons Compress and now adds support for the XZ format and supports a wider variety of tar dialects including limited support for the current POSIX standard.

Apache Ant 1.8.3

February 29th, 2012 - Apache Ant 1.8.3 Released

Apache Ant 1.8.3 is now available for download as source or binary from https://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi.

Ant 1.8.3 is mainly a bug fix release with a few new features.

The Ant developers have decided to require at least Java5 for Ant 1.9.x so this may be the last release that supports Java 1.4 as runtime environment.

Apache Compress Antlib 1.1

November 5, 2011 - Apache Compress Antlib 1.1 Released

The Apache Compress Antlib 1.1 is now available for download as binary or source release.

This release adapts to the 1.3 release of Apache Commons Compress and now adds support for Zip64 extensions, the Pack200 format and read-omly support for the Unix dump format.

Apache AntUnit 1.2

August 16, 2011 - Apache AntUnit 1.2 Released

Apache AntUnit 1.2 is now available for download as binary or source release.

In addition to a few bugfixes and some new assertions AntUnit 1.2 allows Ant references to be passed from the build file containing the <antunit> task to the build file containing the tests .

EasyAnt enters the Incubator

February 1st, 2011 - EasyAnt enters the Incubator

The EasyAnt project has been successfully being voted to enter the Apache Incubator and Apache Ant is sponsoring it.

The EasyAnt project aims to leverage the popularity and flexibility of both Ant and Ivy in order to provide an easy to use build system. EasyAnt will provide ready to use ant scripts to build standard java applications or webapps just like usual Maven users are used to. It will still remain adaptable by offering a property based configuration. And even more as you will be able to easily extend existing modules or create your own ones.

You can read the more detail proposal here: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/INCUBATOR/EasyAntProposal

Apache Ant 1.8.2

December 27th, 2010 - Apache Ant 1.8.2 Released

Apache Ant 1.8.2 is now available for download as source or binary (with and without dependencies) from https://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi.

Key features of the 1.8.2 release are

• performance improvements in directory scanning
• XSLT task honors classpath again (bugrep 49271)
• distinction between core tasks and optional tasks is abolished
• numerous bug fixes and improvements as documented in Bugzilla and in WHATSNEW

Apache Ivy 2.2.0

September 30, 2010 - Apache Ivy 2.2.0 Released

Apache Ivy 2.2.0 is now available for download as source or binary (with and without dependencies) from https://ant.apache.org/ivy/download.cgi.

Key features of the 2.2.0 release are

• enhanced Maven2 compatibility, with several bug fixes and more pom features covered
• new parent mechanism for Ivy files
• improved pom generation from an ivy.xml file
• automated PGP signature generation when uploading artifacts
• numerous bug fixes and improvements as documented in Jira and in the release notes

For more information see the Ivy home page.

Apache Ant 1.8.1

May 7th, 2010 - Apache Ant 1.8.1 Released

Apache Ant 1.8.1 is now available for download as source or binary (with and without dependencies) from https://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi.

Key features of the 1.8.1 release are

• new task augment allows to add attributes or nested elements to previously defined references
• numerous bug fixes and improvements as documented in Bugzilla and in WHATSNEW

Apache Ant 1.8.0

Februrary 8th, 2010 - Apache Ant 1.8.0 Released

Key features of the 1.8.0 release are

• Lexically scoped local properties, i.e. properties that are only defined inside a target, sequential block or similar environment. This is very useful inside of <macrodef>s where a macro can now define a temporary property that will disappear once the task has finished.
• <import> can now import from any file- or URL-providing resource - this includes <javaresource>. This means <import> can read build file snippets from JARs or fixed server URLs. There are several other improvements in the area of import.
• Various improvements to the directory scanning code that help with symbolic link cycles (as can be found on MacOS X Java installations for example) and improve scanning performance. For big directory trees the improvement is dramatic.
• The way developers can extend Ant's property expansion algorithm has been rewritten (breaking the older API) to be easier to use and be more powerful. The whole local properties mechanism is implemented using that API and could be implemented in a separate library without changes in Ant's core. Things like the yet-to-be-released props Antlib can now provide often required 'scripty' fuctions without touching Ant itself. At the same time the if and unless attributes have been rewritten to do the expected thing if applied to a property expansion (i.e. if='${foo}' will mean 'yes, do it' if ${foo} expands to true, in Ant 1.7.1 it would mean 'no' unless a property named 'true' existed). This adds 'testing conditions' as a new use-case to property expansion.
• A new top-level element <extension-point> assists in writing re-usable build files that are meant to be imported. <extension-point> has a name and a dependency-list like <target> and can be used like a <target> from the command line or a dependency-list but the importing build file can add targets to the <extension-point>'s depends list.
• Ant now requires Java 1.4 or later
• new task include provides an alternative to <import> that should be preferred when you don't want to override any targets
• numerous bug fixes and improvements as documented in Bugzilla and in WHATSNEW

Apache Ivy 2.1.0

October 8, 2009 - Apache Ivy 2.1.0 Released

Key features of the 2.1.0 release are

• enhanced Maven2 compatibility, with several bug fixes and more pom features covered
• new options for the Ivy Ant tasks and commandline
• configuration intersections and configuration groups
• numerous bug fixes and improvements as documented in Jira and in the release notes

For more information see the Ivy home page.

Apache IvyDE 2.0.0

July 13, 2009 - Apache IvyDE 2.0.0 Released

Apache IvyDE 2.0.0 is now available for download from https://ant.apache.org/ivy/ivyde/download.cgi or directly from the updatesite https://downloads.apache.org/ant/ivyde/updatesite

This is the first release considered as stable since the project as been hosted by the Apache Software Foundation.

Major changes in this release:

• the 'resolve in workspace' feature (make IvyDE search for Ivy dependenciesdirectly into the Eclipse projects) has been introduced in the last releasebut was quite experimental. It has been refactored to be more reliable andhave been reported to be working like a charm by some of the IvyDE early users.
• the user documentation of IvyDE is now available directly into the Eclipse help center.
• IvyDE can now load property files along with the Ivy settings.

For more information see the IvyDE home page.

Apache Ivy 2.0.0

January 20, 2009 - Apache Ivy 2.0.0 Released

Apache Ivy 2.0.0 (final) is now available for download as source or binary (with and without dependencies) from https://ant.apache.org/ivy/download.cgi.

This is the first non-beta release of Ivy under Apache and includes some major new features like: enhanced Maven2 compatibility, improved cache management, improved concurrency support and numerous bug fixes and other improvements.

For more information see the Ivy home page.

Apache AntUnit 1.1

September 26, 2008 - Apache AntUnit 1.1 Released

Apache AntUnit 1.1 is now available for download as binary or source release.

In addition to a few bugfixes and some new assertions AntUnit 1.1 allows test listeners to receive the log output of the project under test. Both plainlistener and xmllistener have an option that makes them echo the project's output into their respective logs.

For more information see the Antlib's home page

Apache AntUnit 1.1 Beta 1

September 3, 2008 - Apache AntUnit 1.1 Beta 1 Available

Apache Ant 1.7.0 Download

Apache Ant 1.7.1

June 27, 2008 - Apache Ant 1.7.1 Available

Apache Ant 1.7.1 is now available for download.

Ant 1.7.1 is mainly a bugfix release.

Ant 1.7.1 has extended support for Java6 features.

Ant 1.7.1 <script> now has support for JavaFX.

Apache Ivy is an Ant Sub-Project Now!

October 11, 2007 - Apache Ivy is an Ant Sub-Project Now!

Apache Ivy, 'A Java based tool for tracking, resolving and managing project dependencies.', just finished Incubation and has joined the Ant project. More information will be available from the Ant site soon.

Until we've finished the migration, you can learn more about Ivy from its Incubator website.

Apache AntUnit 1.0

January 8, 2007 - Apache AntUnit 1.0 Available

Apache AntUnit 1.0 is now available for download.

This Ant Library contains tasks to test Ant tasks using Ant instead of JUnit. For more information see the AntUnit home page.

Apache Ant 1.7.0

December 19, 2006 - Apache Ant 1.7.0 Available

Apache Ant 1.7.0 is now available for download.

Ant 1.7 introduces a resource framework. Some of the core ant tasks such as <copy/> are now able to process not only file system resources but also zip entries, tar entries, paths, ... Resource collections group resources, and can be further combined with operators such as union and intersection. This can be extended by custom resources and custom tasks using resources.

Ant 1.7 starts outsourcing of optional tasks to Antlibs. The .NET antlib in preparation will replace the .NET optional tasks which ship in Ant. Support for the version control system Subversion will be only provided as an antlib to be released shortly.

Ant 1.7 fixes also a large number of bugs.

Ant 1.7 has some initial support for Java6 features.

Apache .NET Ant Library 1.0Beta1

November 6, 2006 - Apache .NET Ant Library 1.0 Available

Apache .NET Ant Library 1.0 is now available for download.

This Ant Library contains support for tools like NUnit as well as the 'old' .NET tasks of Ant's core. It has been tested Microsoft's frameworks as well as Mono.

For more information see the Antlib's home page

Apache AntUnit 1.0Beta2

October 29, 2006 - Apache AntUnit 1.0Beta2 Available

Apache AntUnit 1.0Beta1 is now available for download.

This Ant Library contains tasks to test Ant tasks using Ant instead of JUnit. For more information see the AntUnit home page.

Apache AntUnit 1.0Beta1

September 22, 2006 - Apache AntUnit 1.0Beta1 Available

Apache AntUnit 1.0Beta1 is now available for download.

This Ant Library contains tasks to test Ant tasks using Ant instead of JUnit. For more information see the AntUnit home page.

Apache .NET Ant Library 1.0Beta1

September 13, 2006 - Apache .NET Ant Library 1.0Beta1 Available

Apache .NET Ant Library 1.0Beta1 is now available for download.

This Ant Library contains support for tools like NUnit as well as the 'old' .NET tasks of Ant's core. It has been tested Microsoft's frameworks as well as Mono.

For more information see the Antlib's home page

Apache Ant 1.6.5

June 2, 2005 - Apache Ant 1.6.5 Available

Apache Ant 1.6.5 is now available for download.

This is a bug fix release.

Apache Ant 1.6.4

May 19, 2005 - Apache Ant 1.6.4 Available

Apache Ant 1.6.4 is now available for download.

This is a bug fix release.

Apache Ant 1.6.3

April 28, 2005 - Apache Ant 1.6.3 Available

Apache Ant 1.6.3 is now available for download.

There is a large list of fixed bugs and enhancements.

Some of the bugs affecting the embedded use of Ant are fixed.

Apache Antidote Retired

April 4th, 2005 - The Apache Ant Project Retires Apache Antidote, the Ant GUI

The Antidote subproject was once started to provide a GUI for Ant at a time where IDE support for Ant was far from usable. Unfortunately it never attracted a developer community of its own.

At the same time IDE support for Ant has become ubiquitous by now and there is little reason to have a GUI just for Ant. This makes it even less likely that volunteers will start to spend time working on it.

Antidote's development has been stalled for years now, despite some efforts to rejuvenate it by single developers. Therefore the Ant developers have chosen to retire Antidote.

Antidote will no longer be developed by the Ant project; its CVS module will be shut down.

If you are interested in Antidote's sources to learn from or build on it, you can find snapshots at https://archive.apache.org/ant/antidote/.

Apache Ant 1.6.2

July 16, 2004 - Apache Ant 1.6.2 Available

Apache Ant 1.6.2 available for download.

Nested elements for namespaced tasks and types may belong to theAnt default namespace as well as the task's or type's namespace.

All exceptions thrown by tasks are now wrapped in abuildexception giving the location in the buildfile of the task.

Ant 1.6.2 fixes a large number of bugs and adds a number offeatures which were asked for by users on Bugzilla.

Wiki Migration

February 29, 2004

The Apache Ant Wiki pages have been migrated to their new home on the Apache Wiki farm.

Note: in 2019 the Wiki moved again.

Apache Ant 1.6.1

February 12, 2004 - Apache Ant 1.6.1 Available

Apache Ant 1.6.1 is still available for download.

The ASF Board has approved the new Apache License 2.0. For a copy of that license, please see https://www.apache.org/licenses/.

The Ant 1.6.1 release is delivered with the Apache License 2.0.

Ant 1.6.1 fixes several bugs, most notably the handling of the default namespace for nested elements.

Ant 1.6.1 also introduces initial support for compiling with Java 1.5.

Apache Ant 1.6.0

December 18, 2003 - Apache Ant 1.6.0 Available

Apache Ant 1.6.0 is still available for download.

As we've already said in the announcements of Ant 1.5.4, this release requires JDK 1.2 or later to run.

Ant 1.6.0 adds a lot of new features, most prominently support for XML namespaces as well as a new concept of Ant libraries that makes use of namespaces to avoid name clashes of custom tasks. For a longer list of fixed bugs and new features see the release notes.

If you find anything that hasn't been covered in the manual (I bet youdid) or could be explained better, feel free to help us out in theWiki.

Apache Ant 1.5.4

August 12, 2003 - Apache Ant 1.5.4 Available

Apache Ant 1.5.4 is still available for download.

This is a minor bugfix release that fixes a problem with the javah task on JDK 1.4.2 and a couple of bugs in the Visual Age for Java intergration tasks. If you don't use javah or VAJ, there is no reason to upgrade.

Java Pro 2003 Readers Choice Award

June 11th, 2003: Apache Ant wins a Java Pro readers' choice award

Ant has won the Java Pro 2003 Readers' Choice Award for

Most Valuable Java Deployment Technology.

Thanks to Java Pro and all its readers. You can read about these awards at the Java Pro website.

JDJ Editors Choice Award

June 2003: Apache Ant wins JDJ Editors' Choice Award

'Ant is the hammer of the Java world: without it, civilization might have progressed, but much more slowly than it has. Ant is one of the most useful build tools I have ever had the pleasure to use.' - Joe Ottinger

Apache Ant keeps on winning!

June 9th, 2003: Apache Ant wins the JavaWorld Editors' Choice Award

Ant has won the JavaWorld Editors' Choice Award for

Most Useful Java Community-Developed Technology

for the second time in a row! Read the full article -- or jump directly to the bit about our award:)

Apache Ant 1.5.3

April 9, 2003 - Apache Ant 1.5.3 Available

Apache Ant 1.5.3 is still available for download.

Apache Ant 1.5.2

March 3, 2003 - Apache Ant 1.5.2 Available!

The final version of Ant 1.5.2 is available for download. If you have any feedback on this release, feel free to join the discussion on the dev and user mailing lists.

Apache Ant Top Level Project

November 18, 2002

The Apache board created the Apache Ant top level project. Ant has now migrated from the Jakarta project into an Apache project of its own. This is primarily an organizational change and will not affect the technical aspects of the project. Ant retains a strong association with the Apache Jakarta project. One effect of this change is that the Ant webpage is now located at https://ant.apache.org/

Apache Ant 1.5.1

October 3, 2002 - Apache Ant 1.5.1 Available !

The final version of Ant 1.5.1 is still available for download. If you have any feedback on this release, feel free to join the discussion on the ant-dev and ant-user mailing lists.

Apache Ant 1.5

July 15, 2002 - Fix for Cygwin problem in wrapper script available

The wrapper script of Apache Ant 1.5 needs to be replaced with a new version for Cygwin users. See the FAQ for details.

July 10, 2002 - Apache Ant 1.5 Released!

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The final version of Ant 1.5 is now available for download. If you have any feedback on this release, feel free to join the discussion on the ant-dev and ant-user mailing lists.

Apache Ant wins again!

Apr 29, 2002: Apache Ant wins Software Development magazine's 2002 Productivity Award.

Ant has been awarded a 2002 Productivity Award by Software Development magazine. Read the press release for more information and the full list of winners.

Apache Ant has won!

Mar 26, 2002: Apache Ant wins the JavaWorld Editors' Choice Award

Ant has won the JavaWorld Editors' Choice Award for Most Useful Java Community-Developed Technology. Read the full article -- or jump directly to the bit about our award:)

Java 1.4 Support

Feb 15, 2002: Java 1.4 Support

Java 1.4 has now been released by Sun. The latest Apache Ant source supports the new assert statement in the compiler task via the source attribute. It also contains a compatibility fix needed for some ant tasks on Java 1.4 over Windows XP. If you have problems running Ant 1.4.1 on WinXP/Java 1.4, please use a recent build or compile your own version from the source tree.

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Apache Ant 1.4.1

Apache Ant 1.7.1

11 October 2001 Apache Ant 1.4.1 released !

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Best-Practices Profile of Apache Ant at Sun's Dot-Com Builder

Sun has released an introductory article on Apache Ant on their Dot-Com Builder site on May 30 2001. See http://dcb.sun.com/practices/profiles/ant.jsp