The 1.9.x releases are mostly bug fix releases while additional newįeatures are developed for 1.10.x. Both lines are based off of Ant 1.9.7 and The 1.9.x releases require Java5 at runtime and 1.10.x The Apache Ant team currently maintains two lines ofĭevelopment. Software development projects looking for a solution combining build tool andĭependency management can use Ant in combination with Apache Ivy.Īpache Ant 1.9.16 and 1.10.11 are now available for download as source or 'antlibs' containing Ant tasks and types, and are offeredĪ large number of ready-made commercial or open-source 'antlibs'.Īnt is extremely flexible and does not impose coding conventions orĭirectory layouts to the Java projects which adopt it as a build tool. Pilot any type of process which can be described in terms of targetsĪnt is written in Java. The main known usage of Ant is the build of Java applications.Īnt supplies a number of built-in tasks allowing to compile, assemble,Īnt can also be used effectively to build non Java applications, for Mission is to drive processes described in build files as targetsĪnd extension points dependent upon each other. Apache Ant is a Java library and command-line tool whose
