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GNU Bash

GNU Bash is a GNU Project product filed under Operating Systems. Lifecycle: versioned, 21 versions listed, latest 5.3 (30 Jul 2025).

Releases and Lifecycle

Release and support dates as published by GNU Project; dates within the next 12 months are highlighted, past dates dimmed. Retrieved 2026-10-14.

GNU Bash 21 versions

Release dates are the dates of the tarballs on the GNU download server.

Version	Released	Source
5.3	30 Jul 2025	[4]
5.2	26 Sep 2022	[4]
5.1	6 Dec 2020	[4]
5.0	7 Jan 2019	[4]
4.4	15 Sep 2016	[4]
4.3	26 Feb 2014	[4]
4.2	13 Feb 2011	[4]
4.1	31 Dec 2009	[4]
4.0	20 Feb 2009	[4]
3.2	11 Oct 2006	[4]
3.1	8 Dec 2005	[4]
3.0	3 Aug 2004	[4]
2.05b	17 Jul 2002	[4]
2.05a	16 Nov 2001	[4]
2.05	9 Apr 2001	[4]
2.04	21 Mar 2000	[4]
2.03	19 Feb 1999	[4]
2.02	18 Apr 1998	[4]
2.01	5 Jun 1997	[4]
2.0	31 Dec 1996	[4]
1.14Date of bash-1.14.7 on the download server.	29 Aug 1996	[4]

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