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Roadmap

In an attempt to formally define what the NetBeans open source project is trying to achieve, and how we plan to achieve it, we've come up with the NetBeans Roadmap.

Please bear in mind that as with any open source project, all decisions are made by the community at large - that means you! If you see something here you disagree with, or think needs further discussion, then tell us about it !

Here is a graphical representation of the roadmap at present :

NetBeans Roadmap

Vision Statement


Read the full vision statement.

The Near Future

After discussion on nbdev (the primary development list), it was decided that developers should aim to make frequent NetBeans releases. By this we mean a major, stabilized and thoroughly QA'ed release. Minor patches are planned about every 5 weeks between major releases. Remember this is only a guideline, and any given release may of course move forward or slip.

Version Release Date Links/Info Note
6.5 Planned Release October 2008 TBD In planning
6.1 Released April 28, 2008 Download NetBeans IDE 6.1 Info
6.0 Released December 2007 Download NetBeans IDE 6.0 Info, Patches
5.5.1 Released May 24, 2007 Download NetBeans IDE 5.5.1 Info
5.5 Released October 30, 2006 Download NetBeans IDE 5.5 Info
5.0 Released January 2006 Download NetBeans IDE 5.0 Info
4.1 Released May 2005 Download NetBeans IDE 4.1 Info
4.0 Released December 2004 Download NetBeans IDE 4.0 Info
3.6 Released April 2004 Download NetBeans IDE 3.6 Info
3.5 Released June 2003 Download NetBeans IDE 3.5 Info

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