Recommendable Maven repository search engines?

java maven-2 repository search-engine
deamon picture deamon · Aug 7, 2010 · Viewed 10.9k times · Source

mavensearch.net doesn't know current versions in many cases, mvnrepository.com is a bit more up to date but doesn't show repositories from where a package can be downloaded, what I would find very useful.

What Maven respository search engines do you use and like?

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Robert Munteanu picture Robert Munteanu · Aug 18, 2011

I suggest using the official one, http://search.maven.org/ . The indices for Maven Central are updated hourly as new artifacts are added to the Central Repository.

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