# Apache™ FOP: Downloading A Distribution

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# Binary or Source?

Most Apache™ FOP users will want to download the latest binary distribution, which is ready to run "out of the box." However, a source distribution will be preferable if you fall into one of the following categories:

- You wish to modify FOP.
- You wish to use a version more recent than the latest release. For example, if you have read on the user mailing list that a bug has been fixed or a feature added that you are eager to try, you might download a source distribution from the SVN repository so that you don't have to wait for the next release.
- You wish to build a local copy of the API documentation (javadocs).

# Binary Download

Binary distributions include "-bin" in their names, and can be downloaded from a FOP Distribution mirror. Nightly builds of trunk code can be downloaded here: Nightly Snapshots.

# Source Download

There are several ways to obtain a source distribution. Please note that they are listed from least current to most current:

- Download a released version from a FOP Distribution mirror. Source distributions include "-src" in their names.
- Download a Subversion snapshot here. These snapshots are checked out from Subversion approximately every six hours, and have the GMT of their creation time embedded in their names.
- Download directly from the SVN repository. Anyone can do this using the Anonymous SVN Server. By default, the code in SVN is up-to-the-minute, the same code that the developers are modifying. See the SVN section of Developer Tools for more information on using SVN.

Latest Stable Release
Repository URL | `http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/xmlgraphics/fop/tags/fop-1_1/`
Web view | `http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/xmlgraphics/fop/tags/fop-1_1/`
Previous Stable Release
Repository URL | `http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/xmlgraphics/fop/tags/fop-1_0/`
Web view | `http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/xmlgraphics/fop/tags/fop-1_0/`
Trunk
Repository URL | Main Repository: `http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/xmlgraphics/fop/trunk/` European Mirror: `http://svn.eu.apache.org/repos/asf/xmlgraphics/fop/trunk/`
Web view | Main Repository: `http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/xmlgraphics/fop/trunk/` European Mirror: `http://svn.eu.apache.org/viewvc/xmlgraphics/fop/trunk/`

With any source distribution, you will need to build FOP from the source files. For details please see the "Build" page on the documentation tab for the version you've downloaded.

# Archive Download

FOP Archive distributions are linked from the upper portion of the Apache FOP Download Mirror Page and can be downloaded from the FOP binaries and source archives.