Congratulations to all contributors! Best regards, Koen
> On 26 Oct 2026, at 11:55, Esteban Lorenzano via Pharo-dev > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Pharo users and dynamic language lovers: > > We have released Pharo <https://pharo.org/> version 14! > > What is Pharo? > > Pharo is a pure object-oriented programming language and a powerful > environment focused on simplicity and immediate feedback. > > > > Screenshot of Pharo 14 > > Simple & powerful language: No constructors, no types declaration, no > interfaces, no primitive types. Yet a powerful and elegant language with a > full syntax fitting in one postcard! Pharo is objects and messages all the > way down. > Live, immersive environment: Immediate feedback at any moment of your > development: Developing, testing, debugging. Even in production environments, > you will never be stuck in compiling and deploying steps again! > Amazing debugging experience: Pharo environment includes a debugger unlike > anything you've seen before. It allows you to step through code, restart the > execution of methods, create methods on the fly, and much more! > Pharo is yours: Pharo is made by an incredible community, with more than [X] > contributors for the last revision of the platform and hundreds of people > constantly contributing with frameworks and libraries. > Fully open-source: Pharo full stack is released under MIT > <https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT> License and available on GitHub > <https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo> > ... more on the Pharo Features page <http://www.pharo.org/features>. > > In this iteration of Pharo, our efforts have concentrated on three main areas: > > Modernizing the development tools. We introduced Mission Control and Pulse > (the replacement for Spotter), reworked the Method Browser and rewrote the > Settings Browser, and consolidated Epicea and ProfStef into NewTools. This > continues our ongoing migration of the development tools to the Spec-based > tooling stack. > Rebuilding the refactoring and command infrastructure. Refactoring commands > were migrated to a driver-based architecture behind a unified command > registry, and we kept expanding Pharo's command-line capabilities > (command-line testing, a command-line debugger, and Sindarin script tooling). > Modernizing the virtual machine. We unified frames and stack management, > added RISC-V JIT support, extended memory management (direct old-space > allocation and GC improvements), advanced Slang/C compilation, and modernized > the cross-platform build infrastructure. > Worth noting: starting with this release, we have moved our release schedule > from spring (March–May) to fall (September–November). Pharo 14 is the first > version released under the new schedule. > > Some highlights of this amazing version: > > Highlights > > Tools > > Introduction of Mission Control > New/reworked Method Browser > Settings Browser rewrite and switch to default > Epicea migration into NewTools > ProfStef migration into NewTools > Introduction of Pulse (Spotter replacement) > TestRunner integration and command-line testing > Calypso fixes > Cavrois / window profile work > File Browser, Finder and Transcript improvements > System > > Refactoring command migration and registry > Scoped extensions and selector semantics > Clean blocks and debugger/evaluation behavior > ClassBuilder, trait and superclass correctness > Compiler API split and method installation > UnifiedFFI value holders, FFIMethod, callbacks and bootstrap resets > Command-line debugger > Debugger / client-model cleanup > Package/baseline modularization and bootstrap dependency cleanup > Morphic / UIManager dependency reduction > FastTable, text, graphics, Zinc and Zodiac fixes > Sindarin script tooling > Code editor / code presenter work > List, tree and filtering behavior > Dialog, window and modal behavior > Action/command enhancements and cleanup > Morphic backend and layout fixes > Virtual machine > > Frame unification and stack management improvements, delivering substantial > interpreter and execution engine cleanups > RISC-V JIT support, expanding platform coverage and future-proofing VM > development > New memory management capabilities, including direct old-space allocation and > numerous GC and allocation improvements > Extensive compiler and Slang/C translation work, with many correctness fixes, > new tests, and improved inspection tools > Platform and build modernization, including SDL updates, improved CI, > cross-build support, and updated third-party dependencies > Large-scale cleanup and refactoring efforts across the VM, interpreter, > Cogit, PICs, and infrastructure > Development Effort > > This new version is the result of 978 Pull Requests integrated just in the > Pharo repository. > We have closed 616 issues since Pharo 13. > The project now counts 432 forks and 1,494 stars on GitHub. > We also have a lot of work in the separate projects that are included in each > Pharo release: > > > <https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools>https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools > <https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec>https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec > <https://github.com/pharo-vcs/Iceberg>https://github.com/pharo-vcs/Iceberg > > <https://github.com/pharo-graphics/Roassal>https://github.com/pharo-graphics/Roassal > > <https://github.com/pillar-markup/Microdown>https://github.com/pillar-markup/Microdown > > <https://github.com/pillar-markup/BeautifulComments>https://github.com/pillar-markup/BeautifulComments > > <https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm>https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm > Contributors > > We always say Pharo is yours. It is yours because we made it for you, but > most importantly, because it is made by the invaluable contributions of our > great community (yourself). > A large community of people from all around the world contributed to Pharo 14 > by making pull requests, reporting bugs, participating in discussion threads, > providing feedback, and a lot of helpful tasks in all our community channels. > Thank you all for your contributions. > > The Pharo Team > > Discover Pharo: <https://pharo.org/features>https://pharo.org/features > Try Pharo: <https://pharo.org/download>http://pharo.org/download > <https://pharo.org/download> > Learn Pharo: <https://pharo.org/documentation>http://pharo.org/documentation > <https://pharo.org/documentation> > >
