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Gibbon

EDTECH
Velocity2.5

Open-source school platform for teaching, learning and student management

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Gibbon pauses new features after a burst of security advisories, plans auto-update.

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◆Current state
Gibbon, the open-source school management platform, released v30.0.02 on 9 November as an essential security update for every v30 install, with no new features. The team says it received several security advisories in a short span, knows of no breach, and has paused feature development to focus on security, starting with an auto-update feature so patches reach schools faster.
◆Where it's heading
Gibbon has run on an April/November 20th release cycle, with v30 adding Calendar and Student Alerts last November. That cycle is now on hold: upcoming releases are security-first, and auto-update would change how self-hosted schools receive fixes.
◆Prediction
Expect further security patch releases in the coming weeks and an auto-update feature before any new modules; whether a v31 lands on the usual November or April date is unclear.

◆Recent moves

  1. 5d ago

    Gibbon v30.0.02 security fix; new features paused

    v30.0.02 patches a batch of recently reported vulnerabilities and comes with a pause on feature work so the team can build auto-update. It breaks the twice-yearly feature cycle that produced v28 to v30.

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  2. 9mo ago

    Nam Chung (Update)

    The v30.0.01 update refines the milestone release — Timetable improvements, a Pastoral menu heading, photo history, and admin troubleshooting tools — consolidating the new core modules introduced in v30.0.00.

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  3. 11mo ago

    Nam Chung

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    v30.0.00 is the 15-year milestone release, adding two new core modules — Calendar and Student Alerts — alongside Timetable and Pastoral improvements: the platform's biggest capability expansion in several cycles.

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  4. 1y ago

    Ma On Shan

    v29 ('Ma On Shan') ships a redesigned timetable with quick-toggle layers, an improved Library view, Petty Cash tracking, and Behaviour observations — incremental breadth continuing the visual refresh.

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  5. 1y ago

    Lam Tsuen (Update)

    The v28.0.01 update refines the HTMX/Alpine front-end refresh with quick-save forms and a nicer Fast Finder — polish on the architectural modernization.

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  6. 1y ago

    Lam Tsuen

    v28 ('Lam Tsuen') replaces jQuery with HTMX and Alpine.js for an app-like UI and adds an Activities registration system and Messenger mailing lists — a notable architectural step, framed here as a broad modernization release.

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