Issue
What's the difference between https://search.maven.org/ and https://mvnrepository.com/?
Solution
The first one is the official central search engine of Central Repository handled and very well maintained by
- Sonatype Inc.
- with support etc. https://central.sonatype.org/
- Status Information about Central: https://status.maven.org/
Whereas the part https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/ is the real Central repository (distributed world wide via CDN) which is being used by default by Apache Maven, Gradle etc.
The second one is a search engine (not always up to date) and sometimes misused as a repository, which does not work cause it's only a search engine. Not really visible by whom it's being maintained/used etc.
Answered By - khmarbaise
Answer Checked By - Marie Seifert (JavaFixing Admin)