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Licensing

Woodstox is licensed under Apache License 2.0 (https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt).

Releases

Woodstox follows Apache versioning convention, and similar to Semantic Versioning from external user perspective.

Release notes:

• [7.2.x](Woodstox-Release-7.2 (not yet released as of May 2026)
• 7.1.x (last: 7.1.1 -- 28-May-2025)
• 7.0.x (last: 7.0.0 -- 22-Jun-2024)
• 6.7.x (last: 6.7.0 -- 22-Jun-2024)
• 6.6.x (last: 6.6.2 -- 26-Mar-2024)
• 6.5.x (last: 6.5.1 -- 19-Apr-2023)
• 6.4.x (last: 6.4.0)
• 6.3.x (last: 6.3.1)
• 6.2.x (last: 6.2.8)
• 6.1.x
• 6.0.x
• 5.3.x
• 5.2.x
• 5.1.x

Documentation

Javadocs

• 7.1
• 7.0 (no changes since 6.6 but requires Java 8)
• 6.6
• 6.5 (no changes since 6.4)
• 6.4 (minimal changes since 6.3)
• 6.3 (no changes since 6.2)
• 6.2
• 6.1 (no changes since 6.0)
• 6.0
• 5.4/5.3: no API changes, refer to 5.2 javadocs
• 5.2
• 5.1
• 5.0

Usage documentation

• Configuration properties for Woodstox:
  • Regular Stax properties
  • Stax2 properties
  • Woodstox-specific properties

Download

The most convenient method for using Jackson is to use Maven repositories and build/deploy system that can access versions there. But here are quick links to publish directories for cases where manual jar installation is necessary.

Stable versions

Open branches:

• 7.1.1 (28-May-2025)
• 6.7.0 (22-Jun-2024)

Closed branches:

• 7.0.0 (22-Jun-2024)
• 6.6.2 (27-Mar-2024)
• 6.5.1 (19-Apr-2023)
• 6.4.0 (24-Oct-2022)
• 6.3.1 (13-Aug-2022)
• 6.2.8 (13-Jan-2022)
• 6.1.1 (28-Feb-2020)
• 6.0.3 (07-Dec-2019)
• 5.4.0 (24-Oct-2022)
• 5.3.0 (July 2019)
• 5.2.1 (May 2019)
• 5.1.0 (March 2018)
• 5.0.3 (Aug 2016)