The Saxon-HE 11 releases are available in the Java folder.
Saxon 11.6 is the latest maintenance release on the Saxon 11 branch. Saxon 11.6 is released in three language versions: SaxonJ (Java), SaxonCS (.NET 6+), and SaxonC (C/C++, PHP, and Python). For SaxonJ and SaxonC, there are three editions: (EE, PE, and HE); for SaxonCS, only the enterprise edition (EE) is available.
Version numbers (except for private builds) are now two-part numbers: X.Y where X is the major release and Y is the minor (maintenance) release.
- SaxonCS 11.0 (released 2021-10-05) is the first release in the Saxon 11 series, issued for the .NET 5 platform only.
- Saxon 11.1 (released 2022-02-01) provides a maintenance release for SaxonCS, and a first release for SaxonJ and SaxonC.
- Saxon 11.2 (released 2022-02-18) provides a maintenance release for SaxonJ, SaxonCS, and SaxonC; fixing a number of bugs and usability issues relative to 11.1.
- Saxon 11.3 (released 2022-03-28) maintenance release.
- Saxon 11.4 (released 2022-07-28) provides a maintenance release for SaxonJ, SaxonCS, and SaxonC; with this release, we are now recommending Saxon 11 as the most stable and reliable release for production use.
- Saxon 11.5 (released 2023-02-08) provides a maintenance release for SaxonJ, SaxonCS, and SaxonC. SaxonCS 11.5 is built for .NET 6.
- Saxon 11.6 (released 2023-08-24) provides a maintenance release for SaxonJ, SaxonCS, and SaxonC. SaxonCS 11.6 is built for .NET 6.
SaxonCS 11.6 requires .NET Core 6+, while SaxonCS 11.4 and earlier require .NET Core 5+. Applications running on .NET Framework 4.x should stick with the older product Saxon/.NET 10.x.
The documentation at https://www.saxonica.com/documentation11/ includes a detailed list of changes for each major release, and also includes installation instructions.
Links to all download files can be found at https://www.saxonica.com/download/download_page.xml.
For a full list of bugs cleared in Saxon 11.6, please go to https://saxonica.plan.io/projects/saxon/issues and filter the list of bugs for those labelled as "Fixed in Maintenance Release 11.6"; or use this link.
For further details of these bugs, or for details of bugs cleared in earlier maintenance releases, or to register new bugs, please visit https://saxonica.plan.io/.
The file saxon-resources-11.zip contains documentation, sample files, test drivers and other miscellaneous resources. It is common to all platforms, and is not normally updated when new maintenance releases appear.
Most users will not need access to source code. For those that do, it is available in two forms.
(a) The raw source (with latest patches) is in a Git repository at https://saxonica.plan.io/projects/saxonmirrorhe/repository.
(b) For convenience, a zip file is made available which contains preprocessed source code that can be loaded directly into an IDE. See the source folder; the latest version is saxon11-6source.zip.