Lifecycle

SIL Global Product Lifecycle

Release dates, version history and end-of-support dates for 4 SIL Global products and 12 versions.

Releases and Lifecycle

Release dates, version history and support and end-of-life dates as published by SIL Global. Dates within the next 12 months are highlighted; past dates are dimmed. Retrieved 2026-10-14.

FieldWorks Language Explorer 1 version

Only the latest stable build's date is given by the official repository releases page; no end-of-support dates are published.

Version	Released	End of standard support	Source
9.3.11	24 Aug 2026	–	[6]

Keyman 5 versions

Dates are the first stable build published for each major version on the vendor's version history page; no end-of-support dates are published.

Version	Released	End of standard support	Source
18.0First stable build 18.0.236	12 May 2025	–	[1]
17.0First stable build 17.0.324	15 May 2024	–	[1]
16.0First stable build 16.0.137	1 Feb 2023	–	[1]
15.0First stable build 15.0.260	15 Jun 2022	–	[1]
14.0First stable build 14.0.270	23 Mar 2021	–	[1]

Paratext 6 versions

Release dates are the dates of the vendor's release announcements.

Version	Released	End of standard support	Source
9.5	16 Mar 2025	–	[2]
9.4	11 Dec 2023	–	[2]
9.3	7 Oct 2022	–	[2]
9.2	16 Nov 2021	–	[2]
9.1	17 Dec 2020	–	[2]
8Ongoing support (bug fixes, features, security) ended 31 Dec 2021; the product continues to work.	Apr 2017	31 Dec 2021	[3]

No published lifecycle 1: SIL fonts

Sources 6

Keyman version history - all platforms retrieved 2026-10-14
Release Updates Archives - Paratext retrieved 2026-10-14
Passing the Baton: Paratext 8 to Paratext 9 retrieved 2026-10-14
Previous Releases - FieldWorks retrieved 2026-10-14
Paratext 9.6 Beta Is Now Available retrieved 2026-10-14
Releases - sillsdev/FieldWorks retrieved 2026-10-14