This is the home of the Spring Framework that underlies all Spring projects. Collectively the Spring Framework and the family of related Spring projects make up what we call "Spring".

Spring provides everything you need beyond the Java language to create enterprise applications in a wide range of scenarios and architectures. Please read the Overview section in the reference for a more complete introduction.

Code of Conduct

This project is governed by the Spring Code of Conduct. By participating you are expected to uphold this code. Please report unacceptable behavior to spring-code-of-conduct@pivotal.io.

Artifacts

For Maven repository information see downloading Spring artifacts, or if unable to use Maven or other transitive dependency management tools, see building a distribution with dependencies.

Learn

The Spring Frameworks maintains reference documentation, Github wiki pages, and an API reference.

You can find guides and tutorials on https://spring.io.

Build from Source

See the Build from Source wiki page, also CONTRIBUTING, and the Gradle build and release FAQ.

Stay in Touch

Follow @SpringCentral, @SpringFramework, and its team members on Twitter. In-depth articles can be found at The Spring Blog, and releases are announced via our news feed.

License

The Spring Framework is released under version 2.0 of the Apache License.