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Ansible Release Tracker

This pages is for quick release information and reference about Ansible versions.

See the original Releases and maintenance for latest information.

Ansible community package vs ansible-core

The Ansible community package and <strong>ansible-core</strong> projects keep different versioning and see the difference below.

Ansible community package ansible-core
Uses new versioning (2.10, then 3.0.0) Continues “classic Ansible” versioning (2.11, then 2.12)
Follows semantic versioning rules Does not use semantic versioning
Maintains only one version at a time Maintains latest version plus two older versions
Includes language, runtime, and selected Collections Includes language, runtime, and builtin plugins
Developed and maintained in Collection repositories Developed and maintained in ansible/ansible repository

Releases and maintenance

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Date Release Status, End of Life and Remarks
Ansible Community Package 6.0.0 In development
Ansible Community Package 5.x Current
23-Feb-2022 Ansible Community Package 5.4.0 ansible-core 2.12 as well as a curated set of
Ansible collections
02-Feb-2022 Ansible Community Package 5.3.0 ansible-core 2.12.2 and curated set of Ansible collections
01-Feb-2022 ansible-core 2.12.2
ansible-core 2.11.8
ansible-base 2.10.17
13-Jan-2022
Ansible Community Package 5.2.0 ansible-core 2.12.1 and curated set of Ansible collections
Ansible Community Package 4.x End of life after 4.10
Ansible Community Package 3.x Unmaintained (end of life)
Ansible Community Package 2.10 Unmaintained (end of life)
20-Feb-2012 Ansible First Release.