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eLabFTW 6.0 is here (or maybe will be here if you are reading this before the final release)!
This is a major release, with a few breaking changes. Make sure to read our post explaining why we introduced breaking changes in this release.
This post is about the new features and the fixed issues that are contained in this new release.
eLabFTW is a living project — “stable” should not be taken to mean that it is no longer evolving. Version 6.0.0 is production-ready, but minor bugs will surface once it is in wide use, and patches will follow.
Upgrading software should ideally be straightforward. However, some improvements cannot be introduced without changing assumptions that have existed for many years.
This post explains why eLabFTW 6 introduces several breaking deployment changes, and why we believe the resulting improvements are worth the additional migration work.
eLabFTW has evolved continuously for more than a decade. Some architectural decisions that were reasonable at the time have gradually become limitations.