You have to pull down the source and build it yourself. It appears that no artifacts have been deployed to Maven Central or the Apache snapshots repository.

FWIW, there hasn't been any significant development on that code since May 2015.

Answer from Jason Plurad on Stack Overflow
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Maven Repository
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Maven Repository: org.apache.commons » commons-text
December 8, 2025 - The Commons Text library provides additions to the standard JDK text handling. It includes algorithms for string similarity and for calculating the distance between strings. ... aar android apache api arm assets build build-system bundle client clojure cloud config cran data database eclipse ...
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Maven Central
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org.apache.commons:commons-text - Maven Central - Sonatype
</description> <url>https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-text</url> <properties> <project.build.sourceEncoding>ISO-8859-1</project.build.sourceEncoding> <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding> <!-- project.build.outputTimestamp is managed by Maven plugins, see https://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-reproducible-builds.html --> <project.build.outputTimestamp>2025-12-04T15:53:46Z</project.build.outputTimestamp> <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source> <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target> <commons.componentid>text</commons.compon
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Maven Repository
mvnrepository.com › artifact › org.apache.commons
Maven Repository: org.apache.commons
The Commons Text library provides additions to the standard JDK text handling.
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GitHub
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GitHub - apache/commons-text: Apache Commons Text · GitHub
<dependency> <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId> <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId> <version>1.15.0</version> </dependency> Building requires a Java JDK and Apache Maven.
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</description> <url>https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-text</url> <properties> <project.build.sourceEncoding>ISO-8859-1</project.build.sourceEncoding> <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding> <!-- project.build.outputTimestamp is managed by Maven plugins, see https://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-reproducible-builds.html --> <project.build.outputTimestamp>2025-12-04T15:53:46Z</project.build.outputTimestamp> <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source> <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target> <commons.componentid>text</commons.compon
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Maven Central
repo1.maven.org › maven2 › org › apache › commons › commons-text › 1.3 › commons-text-1.3.pom
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4.0.0 · org.apache.commons · commons-parent · commons-text · Apache Commons Text · Apache Commons Text is a library focused on algorithms working on strings · ISO-8859-1 · UTF-8 · org.apache.commons.text · (Java 7+)
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Baeldung
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Introduction to Apache Commons Text | Baeldung
January 8, 2024 - <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId> <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId> <version>1.10</version> </dependency> You can find the latest version of the library at the Maven Central Repository.
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Maven Central
central.sonatype.com › artifact › org.apache.commons › commons-text › 1.9
org.apache.commons:commons-text:1.9 - Maven Central
--> <project xmlns="http://mav... <version>1.9</version> <name>Apache Commons Text</name> <description>Apache Commons Text is a library focused on algorithms working on strings.</description> <url>https://commons.apache.org/proper/commo...
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Central Repository: org/apache/commons/commons-text/1.10.0
org/apache/commons/commons-text/1.10.0 · / commons-text-1.10.0-cyclonedx.json 2022-09-24 14:57 5059 commons-text-1.10.0-cyclonedx.json.asc 2022-09-24 14:57 488 commons-text-1.10.0-cyclonedx.json.md5 2022-09-24 14:57 32 commons-text-1.10.0-cyclonedx.json.sha1 2022-09-24 14:57 40 commons-te...
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GitHub
github.com › apache › commons-text › blob › master › pom.xml
commons-text/pom.xml at master · apache/commons-text
<url>https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-text</url> <properties> <project.build.sourceEncoding>ISO-8859-1</project.build.sourceEncoding> <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding> <!-- project.build.outputTimestamp is managed by Maven plugins, see https://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-reproducible-builds.html --> <project.build.outputTimestamp>2025-12-07T22:18:14Z</project.build.outputTimestamp> <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source> <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target> <commons.componentid>text<
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Maven Repository
mvnrepository.com › artifact › org.apache.commons › commons-text › 1.10.0
Maven Repository: org.apache.commons » commons-text » 1.10.0
September 28, 2022 - The Commons Text library provides additions to the standard JDK text handling. It includes algorithms for string similarity and for calculating the distance between strings · Web site developed by @frodriguez Powered by: Scala, Play, Spark, Pekko and Cassandra Read more
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Apache Commons
commons.apache.org › text
Home – Apache Commons Text
Apache Commons Text is a library focused on algorithms working on strings · We provide documentation in the form of a User Guide, Javadoc, and Project Reports
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Maven Repository
mvnrepository.com › artifact › org.apache.commons › commons-text › 1.6
Maven Repository: org.apache.commons » commons-text » 1.6
The Commons Text library provides additions to the standard JDK text handling. It includes algorithms for string similarity and for calculating the distance between strings. ... aar android apache api arm assets build build-system bundle client clojure cloud config cran data database eclipse ...
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Apache Commons
commons.apache.org › proper › commons-text › dependency-info.html
Maven Coordinates – Apache Commons Text
Apache Commons, Apache Commons Text, Apache, the Apache logo, and the Apache Commons project logos are trademarks of The Apache Software Foundation.
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Maven Repository
mvnrepository.com › artifact › org.apache.commons › commons-text › 1.4
Maven Repository: org.apache.commons » commons-text » 1.4
The Commons Text library provides additions to the standard JDK text handling. It includes algorithms for string similarity and for calculating the distance between strings. ... aar android apache api application arm assets build build-system bundle client clojure cloud config cran data database ...
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Maven Repository
mvnrepository.com › artifact › org.apache.commons › commons-text › 1.9
Maven Repository: org.apache.commons » commons-text » 1.9
July 24, 2020 - The Commons Text library provides additions to the standard JDK text handling. It includes algorithms for string similarity and for calculating the distance between strings. ... RepositoriesCentralAlfrescoAppodealJanssenLoeyaeLoohpJamesMineVoltMulesoftOrekitTerrestrisUSIT+8 more ... aar android ...
Published   Jul 24, 2020
Version   1.9
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Maven Repository
mvnrepository.com › artifact › org.apache.commons › commons-text › 1.1
Maven Repository: org.apache.commons » commons-text » 1.1
The Commons Text library provides additions to the standard JDK text handling. It includes algorithms for string similarity and for calculating the distance between strings. ... aar amazon android apache api arm assets build build-system bundle client clojure cloud config cran data database ...
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Maven Repository
mvnrepository.com › artifact › org.apache.commons › commons-text › 1.12.0
Maven Repository: org.apache.commons » commons-text » 1.12.0
April 16, 2024 - The Commons Text library provides additions to the standard JDK text handling. It includes algorithms for string similarity and for calculating the distance between strings. ... aar android apache api arm assets build build-system bundle client clojure cloud config cran data database eclipse ...
Published   Apr 16, 2024
Version   1.12.0