The latest release of Spark is Spark 1.5.2, released on November 9, 2015
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Note: Scala 2.11 users should download the Spark source package and build with Scala 2.11 support.
Spark artifacts are hosted in Maven Central. You can add a Maven dependency with the following coordinates:
groupId: org.apache.spark
artifactId: spark-core_2.10
version: 1.5.2
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
# 1.5 maintenance branch with stability fixes on top of Spark 1.5.2
git clone git://github.com/apache/spark.git -b branch-1.5
Once you’ve downloaded Spark, you can find instructions for installing and building it on the documentation page.
For developers, Spark maintains nightly builds and SNAPSHOT artifacts. More information is available on the Spark developer Wiki.