Policies

Learn about release policies and version support

Repository layout

All repositories of the LVGL project are hosted on GitHub.

You will find these repositories at the following locations:

• lvgl: The library itself with many examples and demos.
• blog: Source of the blog's site
• sim: Source of the online simulator's site
• lv_port_*: LVGL ports to development boards and other platforms
• lv_binding_*: Bindings to other languages

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.