Category: Releases

Opencast 19.0

by gregorydlogan, posted in Releases

Hi everyone,

it is our pleasure to announce that Opencast 19.0 has been released:

The documentation for this release can be found at:

Please make sure to read and follow the upgrade guide carefully when upgrading from an older major version to Opencast 19.

RPM and Debian packages as well as Docker images will be available soon. Watch for announcements in the matrix channel or on the users list.

To all committers and involved contributors, thank you for all your wonderful work. This could not have happened without you, and we are glad we were able to work together and get this release out.

Best Regards

Release Managers Opencast 19.0
Greg Logan (Logan IT Enterprises)
Lucas Gehrlein (Ssystems)

Opencast 19: Release Schedule

by gregorydlogan, posted in Releases

Hey everyone,

For Opencast 19.x are going to maintain the normal release cadence. That means a release some time in December, not a ton of time! To that end, here are the most important dates:

DateEvent
Nov 19, 2025Branch Cut
Dec 17, 2025Release Date

You will find both of those dates marked in the community calendar, which lives here.

Best Regards

Release Managers Opencast 19.x
Greg Logan, Opencast QA/Logan IT Enterprises
Lucas Gehrlein, SSystems

Opencast 17.8

by veronikaschroeer, posted in Releases

Hi everyone,

it is our pleasure to announce that Opencast 17.8 has been released:

The documentation for this release can be found at:

This version contains security fixes! This includes a security fix for PaellaPlayer and the Opencast Editor. It is advised to update to this version in a timely fashion.

There are also new versions of both the admin ui and the editor included.

RPM, Debian packages and Docker images will be available soon. Watch for announcements in the matrix channel.

To all committers and involved contributors, thank you!

Best Regards

Release Managers Opencast 17.x
Katrin Ihler
Veronika Schröer

Opencast 17.7

by veronikaschroeer, posted in Releases

Hi everyone,

it is our pleasure to announce that Opencast 17.7 has been released:

The documentation for this release can be found at:

RPM, Debian packages and Docker images will be available soon. Watch for announcements in the matrix channel.

To all committers and involved contributors, thank you!

Best Regards

Release Managers Opencast 17.x
Katrin Ihler
Veronika Schröer

Opencast 17.6

by veronikaschroeer, posted in Releases

Hi everyone,

it is our pleasure to announce that Opencast 17.6 has been released:

The documentation for this release can be found at:

This version contains a security fix! It is advised to update to this version in a timely fashion. For more information check the Release Notes.

Apart from that, this release contains multiple bug fixes, e.g. for timeouts in Stud.IP and multi-threading for WhisperCPP as well as snapshot deletion for remote storage.

There are also new versions of both the admin ui and the editor included.

RPM, Debian packages and Docker images will be available soon. Watch for announcements in the matrix channel.

To all committers and involved contributors, thank you!

Best Regards

Release Managers Opencast 17.x
Katrin Ihler
Veronika Schröer

Opencast 16.12

by Lars Kiesow, posted in Releases

Hi everyone,

it is our pleasure to announce that Opencast 16.12 has been released:

The documentation for this release can be found at:

This is the final maintenance and security release of Opencast 16. Please consider updating to opencast 17 or Opencast 18 soon.

To all committers and involved contributors, thank you!

Best Regards

Opencast 16 Release Managers

Opencast 17.5

by veronikaschroeer, posted in Releases

Hi everyone,

it is our pleasure to announce that Opencast 17.5 has been released:

The documentation for this release can be found at:

This release contains quite a few bug fixes and other improvements, most importantly a security fix for the Paella Player and a bugfix for jwt tokens as well as updates to the Admin UI and Opencast Editor. RPM, Debian packages and Docker images will be available soon. Watch for announcements in the matrix channel.

To all committers and involved contributors, thank you!

Best Regards

Release Managers Opencast 17.x
Katrin Ihler
Veronika Schröer

Opencast 17.4

by veronikaschroeer, posted in Releases

Hi everyone,

it is our pleasure to announce that Opencast 17.4 has been released:

The documentation for this release can be found at:

This release contains updates to the Admin UI and Opencast Editor as well as several bugfixes. RPM, Debian packages and Docker images will be available soon. Watch for announcements in the matrix channel.

To all committers and involved contributors, thank you!

Best Regards

Release Managers Opencast 17.x
Katrin Ihler
Veronika Schröer