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## Download Spark
The latest release of Spark is Spark 1.2.0, released on December 18, 2014
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4. Download Spark:
5. Verify this release using the .
### Link with Spark
Spark artifacts are [hosted in Maven Central](http://search.maven.org/#browse%7C1686516968). You can add a Maven dependency with the following coordinates:
groupId: org.apache.spark
artifactId: spark-core_2.10
version: 1.2.0
### Development and Maintenance Branches
If you are interested in working with the newest under-development code or contributing to Spark development, you can also check out the master branch from Git:
# Master development branch
git clone git://github.com/apache/spark.git
# 1.1 maintenance branch with stability fixes on top of Spark 1.2.0
git clone git://github.com/apache/spark.git -b branch-1.2
Once you've downloaded Spark, you can find instructions for installing and building it on the documentation page.