Maven Spring dependency repository

Question

I am developing a Spring application using Maven and I would like to find the most comprehensive and up-to-date repository with the most dependencies. So far I have found three repos, but I am unsure of which one to use.

• http://search.maven.org/
• http://mvnrepository.com/
• http://ebr.springsource.com/repository/app/search

Answer 1

The Central Repository is the most comprehensive repository as it contains artifacts from a lot of projects.

The Central Repository is also the default repository used by Maven when no other repositories are defined in a project's POM. As such, the repository does not need to be explicitly configured in a POM in order for it to be used.

Answer 2

I think the most comprehensive repo is Maven's default Central Repository - http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2