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name: Maven Central
domain: central.sonatype.com
kind: product
relation: dependency
segment: Web Application and Frontend Hosting Platform
descGrounded: 0.29
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# Maven Central

A package repository for open-source Java and JVM components, hosting libraries and build tools for developers.

**Route:** surfaced by the Web Application and Frontend Hosting Platform lane's de-branded queries → dependency to vercel.com.

**Why it's on the map:** The anchor (Vercel) builds and deploys web applications that depend on JVM components hosted on Maven Central, making it part of the anchor's supply chain.

**Receipts** (verbatim from its page this run):

> Find OSS Components

> stewards of Central for nearly 20 years
