Roadmap and Releases
The Arches Roadmap highlights current and upcoming releases, detailing ongoing and planned development of Arches features and capabilities. Information on past releases, with links to release notes, is also included.
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For the most up-to-date roadmap information, visit the Feature Roadmap in the Arches GitHub repository. If you are interested in the development of specific features, enhancement or bug fixes, please see the Issues log in the Arches GitHub repository.
If you have any questions, please post them to the Community Forum or email the Arches Team at contact@archesproject.org.
Summary
Latest Version: Version 7.5.0
Arches Version 7.5.0 was released on December 15, 2023. This release added web accessibility controls, bulk data loading and editing features, workflow enhancements, and the new Arches Applications pattern, as well as provides dependency updates, bug fixes and performance improvements. For more information, visit the full release notes.
On the horizon: planned development
Currently, development on Arches is focused on the following initiatives:
- LINGO, Reference Data Application (release date: June 15, 2025)
Seeking support
The following development initiatives have been identified as potential additions to the Arches development roadmap, but are not yet funded:
- Required Migration of the Arches UI Framework to Vue (see more information on the Forum)
- Arches Mobile Data Collection Application (see more information on the Forum)
Acknowledgements
While the majority of Arches development is funded by the Getty Conservation Institute, we would like to acknowledge the instances in which so many other organizations have funded development that is now available to the entire Arches community.
Version | Release Date | Selected Github Issues Addressed | Release Notes |
7.5.0 | December 15, 2023 |
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6.2.6 | December 15, 2023 |
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AfS 1.1 | January 18, 2024 | Documentation for Arches for Science is in progress. |
Version | Release Date | Key Features | Notes |
7.6 LTS | September 15, 2024 |
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8.0 | June 15, 2025 |
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LINGO v1 | June 15, 2025 |
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9.0 | September 15, 2027 |
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Past Releases
Version | Release Date | Release Notes |
7.4.3 | December 19, 2023 | |
AfS 1.0 | December 15, 2023 | Arches for Science: webpage | GitHub repository |
7.4.2 | October 2, 2023 | |
7.4.1 | August 3, 2023 | |
7.4.0 | June 15, 2023 | |
7.3.0 | January 2023 | |
7.2.1 | December 2022 | |
7.2.0 | November 2022 | |
7.1.1 | September 2022 | |
7.1.0 | September 2022 | |
7.0 | August 2022 | |
6.2.5 | October 2, 2023 | |
6.2.4 | August 3, 2023 | |
6.2.3 | April 2023 | |
6.2.2 | February 2023 | |
6.2.1 | October 2022 | |
6.2.0 | October 2022 | |
6.1.2 | November 2022 | |
6.1 | June 2022 | |
6.0 | September 2022 | |
5.1.4 | March 2021 | |
5.1.3 | March 2021 | |
5.1.1 | March 2021 | |
5.1 | October 2020 | |
5.0 | January 2020 | |
4.4.3 | November 2019 | |
4.4.2 | June 2019 | |
4.4.1 | February 2019 | |
4.3 | August 2018 | |
4.2 | June 2018 | |
4.1 | January 2018 | |
4.0 | October 2017 |
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Last updated: April 2024