Build from Source

This document describes how to build the Spring Framework sources locally.

The Spring Framework uses a Gradle build. The instructions below use Gradle Wrapper from the root of the source tree. The wrapper script serves as a cross-platform, self-contained bootstrap mechanism for the build system.

Before You Start

To build you will need Git and JDK 8 update 20 or later. Be sure that your JAVA_HOME environment variable points to the jdk1.8.0 folder extracted from the JDK download.

Get the Source Code

git clone [email protected]:spring-projects/spring-framework.git
cd spring-framework

Import Into Your IDE

To import into an IDE, ensure JDK 8 is configured. Then run ./import-into-eclipse.sh or read import-into-idea.md.
For IntelliJ please do read the instructions as a straight-up import will not work.

Run Gradle Tasks

To compile, test, build all jars, distribution zips, and docs use: