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= Download
:dist-url: https://downloads.apache.org/logging/log4j/{log4j-core-version}

You can manually download all published Log4j distributions, verify them, and see their licensing information by following the instructions in {logging-services-url}/download.html[the Download page] of {logging-services-url}[Logging Services].

[TIP]
====
* Are you looking for **the Log4j installation instructions**?
Proceed to xref:manual/installation.adoc[].
* Are you looking for the list of changes associated with a particular release?
Proceed to xref:release-notes.adoc[].
====

[#source-distribution]
== Source distribution

You can download the source code of the latest Log4j release using the links below:

.Source distribution files
[cols="2h,5"]
|===

| Sources
| {dist-url}/apache-log4j-{log4j-core-version}-src.zip[apache-log4j-{log4j-core-version}-src.zip]

| Checksum
| {dist-url}/apache-log4j-{log4j-core-version}-src.zip.sha512[apache-log4j-{log4j-core-version}-src.zip.sha512]

| Signature
| {dist-url}/apache-log4j-{log4j-core-version}-src.zip.asc[apache-log4j-{log4j-core-version}-src.zip.asc]

| Signing keys
| https://downloads.apache.org/logging/KEYS[KEYS]
|===

[#binary-distribution]
== Binary distribution

A set of binaries of Log4j is available through two main distribution channels:

ASF Nexus Repository::
+
All the binary artifacts are available on the Apache Software Foundation
https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/releases/[`repository.apache.org` Nexus repository].
Its content is mirrored to the
https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/[Maven Central repository].
+
See xref:components.adoc[] for more information on the GAV coordinates of the artifacts.

Binary distribution archive::
+
All the artifacts in the ASF Nexus repository are also available in a single ZIP archive:
+
.Binary distribution files
[cols="2h,5"]
|===

| Binaries
| {dist-url}/apache-log4j-{log4j-core-version}-bin.zip[apache-log4j-{log4j-core-version}-bin.zip]

| Checksum
| {dist-url}/apache-log4j-{log4j-core-version}-bin.zip.sha512[apache-log4j-{log4j-core-version}-bin.zip.sha512]

| Signature
| {dist-url}/apache-log4j-{log4j-core-version}-bin.zip.asc[apache-log4j-{log4j-core-version}-bin.zip.asc]

| Signing keys
| https://downloads.apache.org/logging/KEYS[KEYS]
|===

[NOTE]
====
The authenticity of the Log4j binary release is independently verified by the
https://github.com/jvm-repo-rebuild/reproducible-central[Reproducible Builds for Maven Central Repository]
project.
You can check the reproducibility status of the artifacts on their
https://github.com/jvm-repo-rebuild/reproducible-central/blob/master/content/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j/README.md[`org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j` RB check] page.
====

[#sbom]
== Software Bill of Materials (SBOM)

Each Log4j artifact is accompanied by a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM).
See {logging-services-url}/download.html#sbom[the Download page of Logging Services page] for details.

[#versions]
== Available versions

Below you can find the list of available Log4j versions and their associated maintenance status; Active Development, Active Maintenance, End-of-Maintenance, and End-of-Life.
Refer to xref:versioning.adoc[] for details.

.Maintenance status of selected Log4j versions
[%header,cols="1h,1,1m,2,2,2,2"]
|===
| Version
| Status
| Latest release
| First stable release
| EOM
| EOL
| Notes

| 3.0.x
| [development]#AD#
| 3.0.0-beta3
|
|
|
|

| 2.26.x
| [development]#AD#
|
|
|
|
|

| 2.25.x
| [active]#AM#
| 2.25.3
| 2025-12-15
|
|
|

| 2.24.x
| [eom]#EOM#
| 2.24.3
| 2024-09-03
| 2025-06-13
|
|

| 2.12.x
| [eom]#EOM#
| 2.12.4
| 2019-06-23
| 2021-12-29
|
| Last release supporting Java 7

| 2.3.x
| [eom]#EOM#
| 2.3.2
| 2015-05-09
| 2021-12-29
|
| Last release supporting Java 6

| 1.x
| [eol]#EOL#
| 1.2.17
| 2000-01-08
| 2014-07-12
| 2015-08-05
| Last release supporting Java 1.4

|===

[%collapsible]
.Click to see all past versions
====

.Maintenance status of all Log4j versions
[%header,cols="1h,1,1m,2,2,2"]
|===
| Version
| Status
| Latest release
| First release
| EOM
| EOL

| 3.0.x
| [development]#AD#
| 3.0.0-beta3
|
|
|

| 2.26.x
| [development]#AD#
|
|
|
|

| 2.25.x
| [active]#AM#
| 2.25.2
| 2025-06-13
|
|

| 2.24.x
| [eom]#EOM#
| 2.24.3
| 2024-09-03
| 2025-06-13
|

| 2.23.x
| [eom]#EOM#
| 2.23.1
| 2024-02-17
| 2024-09-03
|

| 2.22.x
| [eom]#EOM#
| 2.22.1
| 2023-11-17
| 2024-02-17
|

| 2.21.x
| [eom]#EOM#
| 2.21.1
| 2023-10-12
| 2023-11-17
|

| 2.20.x
| [eom]#EOM#
| 2.20.0
| 2023-02-17
| 2023-10-12
|

| 2.19.x
| [eom]#EOM#
| 2.19.0
| 2022-09-09
| 2023-02-17
|

| 2.18.x
| [eom]#EOM#
| 2.18.0
| 2022-06-28
| 2022-09-09
|

| 2.17.x
| [eom]#EOM#
| 2.17.2
| 2021-12-17
| 2022-06-28
|

| 2.16.x
| [eom]#EOM#
| 2.16.0
| 2021-12-13
| 2021-12-17
|

| 2.15.x
| [eom]#EOM#
| 2.15.0
| 2021-12-06
| 2021-12-13
|

| 2.14.x
| [eom]#EOM#
| 2.14.1
| 2020-11-06
| 2021-12-06
|

| 2.13.x
| [eom]#EOM#
| 2.13.3
| 2019-12-11
| 2020-11-06
|

| 2.12.x
| [eom]#EOM#
| 2.12.4
| 2019-06-23
| 2021-12-29
|

| 2.11.x
| [eom]#EOM#
| 2.11.2
| 2018-03-11
| 2019-06-23
|

| 2.10.x
| [eom]#EOM#
| 2.10.0
| 2017-11-18
| 2018-03-11
|

| 2.9.x
| [eom]#EOM#
| 2.9.1
| 2017-08-26
| 2017-11-18
|

| 2.8.x
| [eom]#EOM#
| 2.8.2
| 2017-01-21
| 2017-08-26
|

| 2.7.x
| [eom]#EOM#
| 2.7
| 2016-10-02
| 2017-01-21
|

| 2.6.x
| [eom]#EOM#
| 2.6.2
| 2016-05-25
| 2016-10-02
|

| 2.5.x
| [eom]#EOM#
| 2.5
| 2015-12-06
| 2016-05-25
|

| 2.4.x
| [eom]#EOM#
| 2.4.1
| 2015-09-20
| 2015-12-06
|

| 2.3.x
| [eom]#EOM#
| 2.3.2
| 2015-05-09
| 2021-12-29
|

| 2.2.x
| [eom]#EOM#
| 2.2
| 2015-02-22
| 2015-05-09
|

| 2.1.x
| [eom]#EOM#
| 2.1
| 2014-10-19
| 2015-02-22
|

| 2.0.x
| [eom]#EOM#
| 2.0.2
| 2014-07-12
| 2014-10-19
|

| 1.x
| [eol]#EOL#
| 1.2.17
| 2000-01-08
| 2014-07-12
| 2015-08-05

|===
====
