Saxon is packaged in three editions: Saxon-EE (Enterprise Edition), Saxon-PE (Professional Edition), and the open-source Saxon-HE (Home Edition). See Our products for details. These products are available for: Java, .NET, and C/C++, PHP and Python.
Also available for JavaScript is SaxonJS, an XSLT 3.0 and XPath 3.1 processor for the browser and Node.js.
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.NET platform downloads |
C/C++, PHP and Python downloads |
JavaScript platform downloads |
The latest release for Java, .NET, and C/C++, PHP and Python is 12.5, released on 2 July 2024. For more information see Latest releases.
Saxon 12 is currently considered the most stable and reliable release.
The latest maintenance release of 11 for Java, .NET, and C/C++, PHP and Python is Saxon 11.6, released on 24 August 2023.
The latest stable release for JavaScript is SaxonJS 2.7, released on 17 October 2024. The first preview release of SaxonJS 3.0 was released 18 December 2024.
The saxon-resources download file (common to all platforms) contains documentation and sample applications.
Saxon resources
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Saxon 12 resources (23.9 Mb)
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Saxon 11 resources (22.5 Mb)
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New versions of these resources downloads are released as required, release dates do not necessarily coincide with product maintenance releases.
For release notes, information on installing the software, and details about earlier releases, see the further information for downloads page.