Alfresco SDK
This is the home of the Alfresco SDK. The Alfresco SDK is used by developers to build extensions for the Alfresco Digital Business Platform. It is based on Apache Maven, compatible with major IDEs and enables Rapid Application Development (RAD) and Test Driven Development (TDD).
License
This project is released under the Apache License, Version 2.0 license. If you are an Enterprise customer check the Support section.
News
- 2017-06-23: Alfresco SDK 3.0.1 released, containing a critical bugfix
- 2017-04-01: Alfresco SDK 3.0.0 released
- 2017-03-27: After years of hard work, countless iterations and gathering feedback, SDK 3.0 has finally been merged into the master branch, ready for release in the coming days
- 2016-02-20: SDK 2.2.0 released to Maven Central. Docs for Community, Enterprise, Release notes
- 2015-10-19: SDK 2.1.1 released to Maven Central. Docs for Community, Enterprise
- 2015-05-20: SDK 2.1.0 released to Maven Central. Docs for Community, Enterprise
- 2014-12-23: SDK 2.0.0 release to Maven Central. Docs, Release Notes
- 2014-08-22: First SNAPSHOT of SDK 2.0.0 in the OSS Sonatype Repository!
- 2014-07: Project fully migrated from Google Code.
User Getting Started
Latest Documentation
To get started with Alfresco SDK 4.0.x (latest) visit the Alfresco Documentation (documentation pending).
Documentation about Previous Versions
| SDK Version | Alfresco Enterprise Version | Alfresco Community Version | Documentation |
|---|---|---|---|
| SDK 3.0 | Alfresco 5.2.x | Alfresco 5.2.x | http://docs.alfresco.com/5.2/concepts/sdk-intro.html |
| SDK 2.2 | Alfresco 5.1.x | Alfresco 5.1.x | https://docs.alfresco.com/5.1/concepts/alfresco-sdk-intro.html |
| SDK 2.1 | Alfresco 5.0.1 | Alfresco 5.0.d | https://docs.alfresco.com/sdk2.1/concepts/alfresco-sdk-intro.html |
| SDK 2.0 | Alfresco 5.0.0 | Alfresco 5.0.c | https://docs.alfresco.com/sdk2.0/concepts/alfresco-sdk-intro.html |
| SDK 1.1.1 | Alfresco 4.2.x | Alfresco 4.2.x | https://docs.alfresco.com/4.2/concepts/dev-extensions-maven-sdk-intro.html |
Reporting Issues and Community Support
Report issues (and contribute!) here or join us on the IRC Channel.
Alfresco Enterprise Customers and Partners Support
If you are an Alfresco Customer please check the SDK Support status for the version you are using. If your version is in Limited or Full Support and you need help, visit the Support Portal.
Maven repositories
- As of version 2.0-beta-1, The Alfresco SDK is released in Maven Central. Previous versions are available in the Alfresco Artifacts Repository.
- Alfresco (Community and Enterprise) artifacts are hosted in the Alfresco Artifacts Repository.
- Alfresco Community artifacts (JARs, WARs, AMPs, poms) and SDK artifacts are publicly available.
NOTE: By default the Alfresco SDK will use Community Edition releases but it can be configured to use Enterprise Edition releases. Enterprise and Premier customers can use the SDK with Enterprise Edition releases by following the process described in Working with Enterprise
Alfresco Artifacts Repository
Alfresco Releases
You can use the following snippet in your pom.xml to access releases from the Alfresco Artifact repository:
<repository>
<id>alfresco-public</id>
<url>https://artifacts.alfresco.com/nexus/content/groups/public</url>
</repository>
SDK Snapshots
To test new unreleased (unsupported) features, you can use the following snippet in your pom.xml to access SDK nightlies (SNAPSHOTS) from the OSS Sonatype repository:
<repository>
<id>oss-sonatype-snapshots</id>
<url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/</url>
</repository>
For Developers that want to contribute to the SDK
See the Developers Wiki page.