Information on releases

In this post, we provide the current status of the recent releases of the desktop client.

| Client Release | Covered By |
|-|-|
| 34.\*.\* | 🟢 Community support |
| 4.0.10 | 🟡 Enterprise support only |

For enterprise customers, the corresponding update channel for the client will be activated soon.

## Highlights in Version 34

- reduction of client size by more than 50% (due to removal of obsolete libraries)
- new native tray menus for quick status overview and notification reactions
- previous tray window was separated into own dedicated dialogs for activity, search, assistant, status
- migration dialog for moving from classic sync to file provider on macOS
- various performance and stability hardening

## macOS Compatibility

| macOS Release | Latest Supported Client Release |
|-|-|
| 11 Big Sur | 3.13.4 |
| 12 Monterey | 4.\*.\* |
| 13 Ventura and later | 34.\*.\* [^1] |

## Frequently Asked Questions

### Why are older major versions still getting maintenance releases?

Like many mature software projects — think Firefox ESR, Windows 10 alongside Windows 11, macOS receiving security updates across multiple generations, or Microsoft Office suites being supported in parallel — we maintain more than one major release at a time. Active bug fixes and security patches are backported to older stable branches as long as they are supported. So seeing (in example) a 4.0.10 appear after 33.0.2 is completely expected. People on the older branch receive bug fixes and smaller improvements as well.

### Why did the version jump from 4 to 33?

For clarity (to the most part). Starting with version 33, the desktop client’s major version number is aligned with the Nextcloud server release. From here on, the major version will just increment by one as usual. Major releases bring features while point releases bring fixes. It also is a step in the establishment of a more predictable and transparent release cycle while conveying currency.

> [!IMPORTANT]
> There neither was nor is a dependency between these client and server releases! Older clients will work with newer servers, too, and vice versa.

### Which version should I use?

Use whatever is offered by default on the [Nextcloud download page](https://nextcloud.com/install/#desktop-files) unless you need to work on older operating systems no longer supported by it or have an enterprise environment which still operates with a previous release.

[^1]: The file provider feature requires at least macOS 14 Sonoma. See #9927 for further details.

Start by locating the release-information documentation entry point corresponding to this issue. Compare its release tables, Version 34 highlights, macOS compatibility notes, FAQ, and download-page link with the content here; done means the published information is accurate, current, and correctly formatted.

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