The LVGL Repository

Repository layout

All repositories of the LVGL project are hosted on GitHub.

You will find these repositories there:

Release policy

The core repositories follow the rules of Semantic Versioning:

  • Major version: incompatible API changes. E.g. v5.0.0, v6.0.0

  • Minor version: new but backward-compatible functionalities. E.g. v6.1.0, v6.2.0

  • Patch version: backward-compatible bug fixes. E.g. v6.1.1, v6.1.2

Tags like vX.Y.Z are created for every release.

Release cycle

  • Bug fixes: released on demand even weekly

  • Minor releases: every 3-4 months

  • Major releases: approximately yearly

Branches

The core repositories have at least the following branches:

  • master: latest version, patches are merged directly here

  • release/vX.Y: stable versions of the minor releases

Change log

The changes are recorded in Change Log.

Version support

Before v8 the last minor release of each major series was supported for 1 year. Starting from v8, every minor release is supported for 1 year.

Version

Release date

Support end

Active

v5.3

1 Feb, 2019

1 Feb, 2020

No

v6.1

26 Nov, 2019

26 Nov, 2020

No

v7.11

16 Mar, 2021

16 Mar, 2022

No

v8.0

1 Jun, 2021

1 Jun, 2022

No

v8.1

10 Nov, 2021

10 Nov, 2022

No

v8.2

31 Jan, 2022

31 Jan, 2023

No

v8.3

6 July, 2022

1 Jan, 2025

No

v8.4

19 Mar, 2024

20 Mar, 2025

No

v9.0

22 Jan, 2024

22 Jan, 2025

No

v9.1

20 Mar, 2024

20 Mar, 2025

No

v9.2

26 Aug, 2024

26 Aug, 2025

Yes

v9.3

3 June, 2025

3 June, 2026

Yes