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## Download Apache Spark™
Our latest stable version is Apache Spark 2.0.0, released on July 26, 2016
(release notes)
(git tag)
1. Choose a Spark release:
2. Choose a package type:
3. Choose a download type:
4. Download Spark:
5. Verify this release using the and [project release KEYS](https://www.apache.org/dist/spark/KEYS).
_Note: Starting version 2.0, Spark is built with Scala 2.11 by default.
Scala 2.10 users should download the Spark source package and build
[with Scala 2.10 support](http://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/building-spark.html#building-for-scala-210)._
### Link with Spark
Spark artifacts are [hosted in Maven Central](http://search.maven.org/#search%7Cga%7C1%7Cg%3A%22org.apache.spark%22). You can add a Maven dependency with the following coordinates:
groupId: org.apache.spark
artifactId: spark-core_2.11
version: 2.0.0
### Spark Source Code Management
If you are interested in working with the newest under-development code or contributing to Apache Spark development, you can also check out the master branch from Git:
# Master development branch
git clone git://github.com/apache/spark.git
# 2.0 maintenance branch with stability fixes on top of Spark 2.0.0
git clone git://github.com/apache/spark.git -b branch-2.0
Once you've downloaded Spark, you can find instructions for installing and building it on the documentation page.
### Release Notes for Stable Releases