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Saxon is packaged in three editions: Enterprise Edition (EE), Professional Edition (PE), and Home Edition (HE). The HE product is open source, and can be obtained from the Saxon project page on Sourceforge.

The following versions of Saxon are currently available. Click on the relevant link below to start the download.

By downloading the software, you agree to the terms and conditions published at http://www.saxonica.com/license/eval-license.pdf (for use with a free evaluation license) or http://www.saxonica.com/license/paid-license.pdf (in the case of paid-up licenses).

Details of all bugs can be found on the Saxonica community site. Bug reports and support requests can also be submitted there (clients who prefer not to do this in public are provided with a Saxonica email address to use instead.)

Details of changes in major software releases are included in the documentation.

On the Java platform, the software is issued as a ZIP file which you can unzip into any suitable directory. The resulting folders will contain executable commands (net.sf.saxon.Transform, net.sf.saxon.Query, and (EE-only) com.saxonica.Validate) which you can use directly, as described in the documentation; as well as JAR files which you can place on the classpath of your Java application.

On the .NET platform, the software is issued as an executable installation script which you should execute; it will prompt you for all required information.

The software needs to be activated with a license key. You can apply for a free 30-day evaluation license, or you can purchase a license. The license key is delivered by email, and comes with its own installation instructions.

Saxon can be used with any license key issued after , unless special terms apply. Customers holding license keys issued before that date will need to purchase an upgrade. To purchase an upgrade, please buy the product as if you were a new customer, quoting the serial number of your existing license. A refund will then be given based on the date your existing license expired, as explained in the upgrade policy.

In the event of any problems, please contact

To obtain Saxon-HE, please visit the download page at SourceForge.

Recent Saxon-HE releases can also be downloaded from Maven: see Maven Repository.

For details of the main features introduced in earlier versions of the Saxon software, see the Change Log in the relevant section of the Saxon documentation.

Older versions of the software are available to existing customers on request. Please contact us at . These versions are no longer available for public download.