Apache Software Foundation is announcing that Apache Solr with version number 5.3.0 / 4.10.4 / 3.6.2 is already available to download.

What is Apache Solr ?

Apache Solr is An open source, enterprise-level search server based on the Apache Lucene Java search library, capable of working with high data volumes of large amounts of queries . Apache Solr is one of the most wide-spread open search technologies around.Built on top of the very successful and appreciated Lucene engine, Solr can be used to search various types of data in various types of environments and platforms.With full-text search capabilities, Solr is optimized for high volumes of traffic, making ideal for any kind of project, may it be Web or desktop-based.Solr also provides bindings to XML/HTTP, Ruby, JSON, and Python, for integration with a variety of other Web technologies. This is changelog for Apache Solr version 5.3.0 / 4.10.4 / 3.6.2 :

• Usability improvements that include improved bin scripts and new and restructured examples.
• Scripts to support installing and running Solr as a service on Linux.
• Distributed IDF is now supported and can be enabled via the config.
• Solr will no longer ship a war file and instead be a downloadable application.

You can read the complete changelog and also download this latest version on their homepage: lucene.apache.org