how to find information on clojure libraries

Question

For example, I am trying to find information on the latest version of core.async library. I tried searching at https://clojars.org/ , and I got 82 hits with items like org.clojars.trptcolin/core.async and org.dunaj/core.async

However, when I goto the github for clojure at https://github.com/clojure I get 2 hits only, and the entry at https://github.com/clojure/core.async points to org.clojure/core.async

So what is the recommended method of finding out a library? (1) to goto github/clojure and search, or (2) goto clojars.org and search?

Answer 1

Clojure-toolbox is an excellent index of useful Clojure libraries.

If you know the name of the library you want, but are not sure about the version, lein-ancient is fantastic! Simply add it to your profile and then you can type lein ancient upgrade and it will rewrite your project with the latest version.