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Maintenance and release schedule
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This page gives an overview of the currently supported and released versions as well as basic release scheduling.

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|        | release date      | end of life      |
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| **21** | 2021-02-22        | 2022-02          |
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| **20** | 2020-10-03        | 2021-10          |
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| **19** | 2020-06-03        | 2021-06          |
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Find the detailed schedule for major and maintenance releases at: `GitHub <https://github.com/nextcloud/server/wiki/Maintenance-and-Release-Schedule>`_.

Major releases
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Major releases are typically scheduled once every 4 months with the first 10 weeks being the development phase followed by freeze phase with four beta release, two RCs and one final each one with an interval of 1 week. Specific dates for each release can be found on `GitHub <https://github.com/nextcloud/server/wiki/Maintenance-and-Release-Schedule>`_.

Major releases are planned to be actively maintained for at least 8 months after their release. For long term support options check out the `Nextcloud Subscription <https://nextcloud.com/enterprise/>`_ offered by `Nextcloud GmbH <https://nextcloud.com>`_.

Maintenance releases
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Maintenance releases are scheduled in a 6 week cycle with one week before the release date having the freeze and RC 1.

Older versions
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| **18**   | 2020-01-16     | 2021-01     | 18.0.14 (2021-01-27)    |
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| **17**   | 2019-09-30     | 2020-10     | 17.0.10 (2020-10-08)    |
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| **16**   | 2019-04-25     | 2020-06     | 16.0.11 (2020-06-04)    |
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| **15**   | 2018-12-10     | 2019-12     | 15.0.14 (2019-12-19)    |
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| **14**   | 2018-09-10     | 2019-09     | 14.0.14 (2019-08-15)    |
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| **13**   | 2018-02-06     | 2019-02     | 13.0.12 (2019-02-28)    |
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| **12**   | 2017-05-22     | 2018-11     | 12.0.13 (2018-11-22)    |
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| **11**   | 2016-12-13     | 2018-03     | 11.0.8 (2018-03-15)     |
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| **10**   | 2016-08-25     | 2017-08     | 10.0.6 (2017-08-07)     |
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| **9.0**  | 2016-03-08     | 2017-10     | 9.0.58 (2017-04-24)     |
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| **8.2**  | 2015-10-20     | 2017-05     | 8.2.11 (2017-04-18)     |
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| **8.1**  | 2015-07-07     | 2017-02     | 8.1.12 (2017-02-02)     |
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| **8.0**  | 2015-02-09     | 2016-10     | 8.0.16 (2016-11-08)     |
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| **7.0**  | 2014-06-23     | 2016-05     | 7.0.15 (2016-05-12)     |
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| **6.0**  | 2013-12-11     | 2015-09     | 6.0.9 (2015-07-07)      |
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| **5.0**  | 2013-03-14     | 2015-03     | 5.0.19 (2015-03-11)     |
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| **4.5**  | 2012-10-10     | 2013-07     | 4.5.13 (2013-07-10)     |
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| **4.0**  | 2012-05-22     | 2013-07     | 4.0.16 (2013-07-06)     |
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| **3.0**  | 2012-01-31     | 2012-04     | 3.0.3 (2012-04-27)      |
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| **2.0**  | 2011-10-11     | 2012-01     |                         |
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| **1.0**  | 2010-06-24     | 2011-10     |                         |
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