Download

You can manually download all published Log4j distributions, verify them, and see their licensing information by following the instructions in the Download page of Logging Services.

Are you looking for the Log4j installation instructions? Proceed to Installation.
Are you looking for the list of changes associated with a particular release? Proceed to Release Notes.

Source distribution

You can download the source code of the latest Log4j release using the links below:

Table 1. Source distribution files
Sources	apache-log4j-2.24.1-src.zip
Checksum	apache-log4j-2.24.1-src.zip.sha512
Signature	apache-log4j-2.24.1-src.zip.asc
Signing keys	KEYS

Binary distribution

A set of binaries of Log4j is available through two main distribution channels:

ASF Nexus Repository

All the binary artifacts are available on the Apache Software Foundation repository.apache.org Nexus repository. Its content is mirrored to the Maven Central repository.

See Components for more information on the GAV coordinates of the artifacts.

Binary distribution archive

All the artifacts in the ASF Nexus repository are also available in a single ZIP archive:

Table 2. Binary distribution files
Binaries	apache-log4j-2.24.1-bin.zip
Checksum	apache-log4j-2.24.1-bin.zip.sha512
Signature	apache-log4j-2.24.1-bin.zip.asc
Signing keys	KEYS

The authenticity of the Log4j binary release is independently verified by the Reproducible Builds for Maven Central Repository project. You can check the reproducibility status of the artifacts on their org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j RB check page.

Software Bill of Materials (SBOM)

Each Log4j artifact is accompanied by a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM). See the Download page of Logging Services page for details.

Older releases

Are you looking for old versions of Log4j? While we recommend always using the latest version, you can find the older versions here: