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== Release Schedule for 2.5.x releases ==
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This is a draft release schedule for unstable 2.5.x releases of gnucash, which will eventually lead to the stable 2.6.0 release of gnucash with new features.
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=== Goal ===
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Goals for 2.6.0:
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==General Rules==
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* Improved small business functions with many small new features for everyday use: New interactive customer / vendor overview; support for credit notes; several new reports; export to PDF
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* Usually '''stable versions''' are released at the ''last weekend of a quarter''.
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* New reports available in stable versions
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* '''String freeze''' is ''2 weeks before''. To publish the changed messages to [[Weblate]] a <syntaxhighlight lang="sh" inline>make pot; msgmerge …</syntaxhighlight> as described in [[Language_Administration#Program]] is required.
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* Code cleanup: migrate deprecated dependencies to supported alternatives: libglade to gtkbuilder, GktClist->GtkCombo,...
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: It is also a good opportunity for packagers to check for [[Dependency Updates]].
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Purpose of all 2.5.x releases: Any 2.5.x is not yet stable, but is meant to provide easier access to the current source code for wider testing. Also, at some point in time the 2.5.x series should go into a string freeze so that translators can fully concentrate on their translation work.
 
  
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=== Feature Checklist for 2.6.0 ===
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== Goals for 6.0 ==
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In order to reach the stable release 2.6.0, we need to list the features which are new in trunk and decide whether they are stable enough for 2.6.0. If they are not, they will be disabled for 2.6.0. Please link to bugzilla items where applicable.
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Goals for 6.0:
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* Rewrite engine to remove dependencies on GLib/GObject using C++
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* Migrate from QofQuery to SQL Query
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* Make KVP a backend implementation detail; no direct KVP access except in the backends
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* Limit use of Guile to reports and F::Q; all other main application code should be C or C++.
  
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We plan to release GnuCash 6.0 in Spring 2026 with unstable testing beginning in January 2026:
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!New Feature in 2.6.0 (compared to 2.4.8), stable for release !! Status
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! width="90" | Release
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! width="90" | Planned
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! width="90" | Actual 
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! width="360" | Notes
 
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| Customer / Vendor overview pages || stable
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| 6.0 
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! style="background-color:yellow" | 2026-03-08
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|| 2026-03-29 || ||
 
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| Print to PDF for reports and invoices || stable
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| 5.904 || || 2026-03-22 ||
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! style="background-color:yellow" | Code Freeze, Release Candidate
 
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| Allow "Filter By" settings to be saved and re-used (see uservoice, "Allow Filter By settings to be saved and reused") || stable
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| 5.903 || || 2026-03-15 ||  ||
 
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| Customer overview reports || stable
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| 5.902 || || 2026-03-08 ||
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! style="background-color:yellow" | String Freeze
 
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| Line chart report for Net Worth (Bug #664862) || stable
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| 5.901 || || 2026-02-01 || 
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! style="background-color:yellow" | Feature Freeze
 
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| Re-assign existing transactions as payments (see uservoice, "Reassociate already existing transactions with a bill/invoice") || stable
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| 5.900 || || 2026-01-04 || ||
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== Schedules ==
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=== Stable 5.x ===
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{| class="wikitable"
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! width="90" | Release
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! width="90" | Planned
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! width="90" | Actual 
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! width="360" | Notes
 
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| Duplicate invoices || stable
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| 5.12
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!style="background-color:yellow"| 2025-12-14 
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!style="background-color:yellow"| 2025-12-21 
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| Support for credit notes || stable
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| 5.12 || 2025-09-21  || 2025-09-28  ||  ||
 
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| Easier invoice / bill handling: Post, Print, or Duplicate multiple items directly from the search result list || stable
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| 5.11 || 2025-06-22  || 2025-06-29  ||  ||
 
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| Better invoice printing setup: Choose the default invoice report for printing in the preferences || stable
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| 5.10 || 2025-03-23  || 2025-03-30  ||  ||
 
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| Change the ordering of invoice entries by up/down buttons in the invoice window || stable
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| 5.9 || 2024-12-08  || 2024-12-15  ||  ||
 
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| Accounts colors in the accounts tree || stable
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| 5.8 || 2024-09-21  || 2024-09-29  ||  ||
 
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| Reversed sort order by date for transaction || WIP [https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=683881 bug #683881]
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| 5.7 || 2024-06-16  || 2024-06-23  ||  ||
 
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| Open data file read-only || stable
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| 5.6 || 2024-03-24  || 2024-03-31  ||  ||
 
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| Guile 2 support || stable
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| 5.5 || 2023-12-10  || 2023-12-17  || 2023-12-17 ||
 
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|... please insert your favorite new feature here || -
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| 5.4 || 2023-09-17  || 2023-09-24  || 2023-09-24 ||
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=== Schedule ===
 
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Proposed Schedule:
 
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!Version !! Date !! Wiki !! Purpose
 
 
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|2.5.0 || 2013-04-01 || [[Announcement 2.5.0]] || Initial announcement, call for testers
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| 5.3 ||  || || 2023-06-26 || Snap release to fix [https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798967 Bug 798967]
 
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|2.5.1 || 2013-05-01 ? || - || Call for translations
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| 5.2 || 2023-06-18  || 2023-06-25  || 2023-06-25 ||
 
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| ... || - || - || Monthly until we're satisfied that it's stable.
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| 5.1 ||  || 2023-04-30  || 2023-04-30 || Short loop for things that missed 5.0, bug fixes
 
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|2.6.0 || 2013-10-01 ? || - || Stable release
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| 5.0 || || 2023-03-28  || 2023-03-28  ||
 
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== Release Schedule for 2.4.x releases ==
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=== Old Stable 4.x (Closed to Development)===
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We don't have an actual schedule. We only know we plan for a stable 2.4.x release every 12-16 weeks in order to make available the bugfixes and translation updates.
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2.4.x Releases to date :
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! Version !! Date !! Purpose !! Bugzilla
 
 
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| 2.4.13 || 2013-04-21 || Bugfixes and stability improvements || [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.4.13 Bugzilla items marked as resolved for 2.4.13]
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| 4.14 || 2023-03-12 || 2023-03-26 || 2023-03-26 ||
 
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| 2.4.12 || 2013-03-31 || Bugfixes and stability improvements || [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.4.12 Bugzilla items marked as resolved for 2.4.12]
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| 4.13 || 2022-12-04 || 2022-12-18 || 2022-12-18 ||
 
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| 2.4.11 || 2012-07-14 || Bugfixes and stability improvements || [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.4.11 Bugzilla items marked as resolved for 2.4.11]
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| 4.12 || 2022-09-15 || 2022-09-25 || 2022-09-25 ||
 
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| 2.4.10 || 2012-02-06 || Bugfixes and stability improvements || [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.4.10 Bugzilla items marked as resolved for 2.4.10]
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| 4.11 || 2022-06-12 || 2022-06-26 || 2022-06-26 ||
 
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| 2.4.9 || 2012-01-12 || Bugfixes and stability improvements || [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.4.9 Bugzilla items marked as resolved for 2.4.9]
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| 4.10 || 2022-03-13 || 2022-03-27 || 2022-03-27 ||
 
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| 2.4.8 || 2011-10-23 || Bugfixes and stability improvements || [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.4.8 Bugzilla items marked as resolved for 2.4.8]
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| 4.9 || 2021-12-05 || 2021-12-19 || 2021-12-19 ||
 
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| 2.4.7 || 2011-07-02 || Bugfixes and stability improvements || [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.4.7 Bugzilla items marked as resolved for 2.4.7]
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| 4.8 ||  ||  || 2021-09-28 || Snap release to correct crash.
 
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| 2.4.6 || 2011-05-29 || Bugfixes and stability improvements || [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.4.6 Bugzilla items marked as resolved for 2.4.6]
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| 4.7 || 2021-09-12 || 2021-09-26 || 2021-09-26 ||
 
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| 2.4.5 || 2011-04-10 || Bugfixes (Crasher [https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=645518 #645518], other bugfixes) || [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.4.5 Bugzilla items marked as resolved for 2.4.5]
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| 4.6 || 2021-06-13 || 2021-06-27 || 2021-06-27 ||
 
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| 2.4.4 || 2011-03-13 || Bugfixes ("very slow startup on windows" bug fixed), Translations || [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.4.4 Bugzilla items marked as resolved for 2.4.4]
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| 4.5 || 2021-03-14 || 2021-03-28 || 2021-03-28 ||
 
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| 2.4.3 || 2011-02-26 || Bugfixes (SQL on Windows working again), Translations || [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.4.3 Bugzilla items marked as resolved for 2.4.3]
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| 4.4 || || || 2020-12-27 || Snap release to fix [https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798063 Bug 798063]
 
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| 2.4.2 || 2011-02-06 || Bugfixes, Translations (SQL on windows was broken here) || [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.4.2 Bugzilla items marked as resolved for 2.4.2]
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| 4.3 || 2020-12-13 || 2020-12-27|| 2020-12-27 ||
 
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| 2.4.1 || 2011-02-05 || Bugfixes, Translations (Release was broken, quickly replaced by 2.4.2) || [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.4.1 Bugzilla items marked as resolved for 2.4.1]
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| 4.2 || || 2020-09-27 || 2020-09-27 ||
 
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| 2.4.0 || 2010-12-21 || Initial release
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| 4.1 || || 2020-07-26 || 2020-07-26 ||
 
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| 4.0 || || 2020-06-28 || 2020-06-28 ||
 
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Release notes can be found on the [http://www.gnucash.org GnuCash Web Page].
 
Release notes can be found on the [http://www.gnucash.org GnuCash Web Page].
  
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== Release Schedule for 2.2.x ==
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== Previous Releases ==
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The last Series 2.2 release was 2.2.9, in February 2009. The 2.2 branch is no longer developed, even for bugfixes.
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We maintain an [[Release Schedule/Archive | archive page]] of older release announcements.
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| 2.2.9 || February 23, 2009 || [[Announcement 2.2.9]] || [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GnuCash&target_milestone=2.2.9 All Bugzilla items with 2.2.9 milestone including resolved]
 
  
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== Previous Releases ==
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We maintian an [[Release Schedule/Archive | archive page]] of older release announcements.
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[[Category:Releases]] [[Category:Development‎‏]] [[Category:Version‎‏]]

Revision as of 16:36, 1 January 2024

Languages עִברִית

General Rules

  • Usually stable versions are released at the last weekend of a quarter.
  • String freeze is 2 weeks before. To publish the changed messages to Weblate a make pot; msgmerge … as described in Language_Administration#Program is required.
It is also a good opportunity for packagers to check for Dependency Updates.

Goals for 6.0

Goals for 6.0:

  • Rewrite engine to remove dependencies on GLib/GObject using C++
  • Migrate from QofQuery to SQL Query
  • Make KVP a backend implementation detail; no direct KVP access except in the backends
  • Limit use of Guile to reports and F::Q; all other main application code should be C or C++.

We plan to release GnuCash 6.0 in Spring 2026 with unstable testing beginning in January 2026:

Release String Freeze Planned Actual Notes
6.0 2026-03-08 2026-03-29
5.904 2026-03-22 Code Freeze, Release Candidate
5.903 2026-03-15
5.902 2026-03-08 String Freeze
5.901 2026-02-01 Feature Freeze
5.900 2026-01-04

Schedules

Stable 5.x

Release String Freeze Planned Actual Notes
5.12 2025-12-14 2025-12-21
5.12 2025-09-21 2025-09-28
5.11 2025-06-22 2025-06-29
5.10 2025-03-23 2025-03-30
5.9 2024-12-08 2024-12-15
5.8 2024-09-21 2024-09-29
5.7 2024-06-16 2024-06-23
5.6 2024-03-24 2024-03-31
5.5 2023-12-10 2023-12-17 2023-12-17
5.4 2023-09-17 2023-09-24 2023-09-24
5.3 2023-06-26 Snap release to fix Bug 798967
5.2 2023-06-18 2023-06-25 2023-06-25
5.1 2023-04-30 2023-04-30 Short loop for things that missed 5.0, bug fixes
5.0 2023-03-28 2023-03-28

Old Stable 4.x (Closed to Development)

Release String Freeze Planned Actual Notes
4.14 2023-03-12 2023-03-26 2023-03-26
4.13 2022-12-04 2022-12-18 2022-12-18
4.12 2022-09-15 2022-09-25 2022-09-25
4.11 2022-06-12 2022-06-26 2022-06-26
4.10 2022-03-13 2022-03-27 2022-03-27
4.9 2021-12-05 2021-12-19 2021-12-19
4.8 2021-09-28 Snap release to correct crash.
4.7 2021-09-12 2021-09-26 2021-09-26
4.6 2021-06-13 2021-06-27 2021-06-27
4.5 2021-03-14 2021-03-28 2021-03-28
4.4 2020-12-27 Snap release to fix Bug 798063
4.3 2020-12-13 2020-12-27 2020-12-27
4.2 2020-09-27 2020-09-27
4.1 2020-07-26 2020-07-26
4.0 2020-06-28 2020-06-28


Release notes can be found on the GnuCash Web Page.

Previous Releases

We maintain an archive page of older release announcements.

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