Downloads

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.

Java platform downloads

.NET platform downloads

C/C++, PHP and Python downloads

JavaScript platform downloads

Latest releases

The latest release for Java, .NET, and C/C++, PHP and Python is , released on . For more information see Latest releases.

Saxon 12 is currently considered the most stable and reliable release.

The latest maintenance release of for Java, .NET, and C/C++, PHP and Python is Saxon , released on .

The latest stable release for JavaScript is SaxonJS 2.7, released on 17 October 2024. The second preview release of SaxonJS 3.0 was released 2 June 2025.

Additional resources

The saxon-resources download file (common to all platforms) contains documentation and sample applications. The Saxon 13 resources download is not yet available.

New versions of these resources downloads are released as required, release dates do not necessarily coincide with product maintenance releases.

• The latest 12 resources download was released on .

Further information

For release notes, information on installing the software, and details about earlier releases, see the further information for downloads page.