2001 Apache Maven Maven is a project development management and comprehension tool. Based on the concept of a project object model: builds, dependency management, documentation creation, site publication, and distribution publication are all controlled from the declarative file. Maven can be extended by plugins to utilise a number of other development tools for reporting or the build process. Maven is a project development management and comprehension tool. Based on the concept of a project object model: builds, dependency management, documentation creation, site publication, and distribution publication are all controlled from the declarative file. Maven can be extended by plugins to utilise a number of other development tools for reporting or the build process. Java Jason van Zyl Brett Porter Emmanuel Venisse Kenney Westerhof Stephane Nicoll Vincent Massol Fabrizio Giustina Edwin Punzalan Mike Perham John Casey Trygve Laugstol Vincent Siveton Carlos Sanchez Dennis Lundberg