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June 2026
FieldWorks 9.3.9
Release Date: June 15, 2026 For more specifics about version 9.3 and the changes included in it, see the Release notes.… read more
April 2026
FieldWorks Version 9.3.8
Release Date: Apr 22, 2026 For more specifics about version 9.3 and the changes included in it, see the Release notes..… read more
February 2026
FieldWorks 9.3.7 Beta
Release Date: Feb 27, 2026 For more specifics about version 9.3 and the changes included in it, see the Beta Release notes.… read more
FieldWorks 9.3.6 Beta
Release Date: Feb 3, 2026 For more specifics about version 9.3 and the changes included in it, see the Beta Release notes.… read more
November 2025
FieldWorks 9.3.4 Alpha
Release Date: Nov 4,2025 issues fixed in 9.3.4 LT-10590 Include all text metadata (info tab) fields in flextext export. LT-19598 Grammar sketch shows wrong order of slots in affix template. LT-21904 A… read more
July 2025
FieldWorks 9.3.0 Alpha
Release Date: July 18, 2025 Changes in version 9.3.0 LT-826 Allow affixes to be overtly reordered. LT-5408 Show which parses are valid in chooser. LT-22181 Crash when clicking the stem dropdown in the… read more
FieldWorks 9.2.10
Release Date: July 10, 2025 Changes in version 9.2.10 LT-21766 Reversal Index Sort Order discrepancy between FLEx and Webonary. LT-21981 Pasted text retains writing system. LT-22002 Crash Occurred whi… read more
FieldWorks 9.2.9 Stable version
We are happy to announce that the release version of FieldWorks 9.2 is now available. Some highlights of what is available in FieldWorks 9.2.9 (stable) that is new since the previous stable version (F… read more
May 2025
FieldWorks 9.2.8 Beta
Release Date: May 9, 2025 Changes in version 9.2.8 LT-9222 “***” appearing between inflectional features and values in Lex Edit and dictionary. LT-12587 “Bulk Edit-List Choice should… read more
March 2025
FieldWorks 9.2.7 Beta
Release Date: Mar. 26, 2025 Changes in version 9.2.7 LT-7810 Ability to clear Inflection Class in Bulk Edit. LT-21730 “Jump to incomplete” should take into account what is showing. LT-2195… read more
February 2025
FieldWorks 9.2.6 Beta
Release Date: Feb. 20, 2025 Changes in version 9.2.6 LT-21772 Implement list and paragraph options. LT-21818 Issues exporting Indian languages to a document: Complex Font. LT-21962 Bulk Edit Reversal … read more
January 2025
FieldWorks 9.2.5 Beta
Release Date: Jan. 24, 202 We are happy to announce the first Beta version of FieldWorks 9.2. Today we are releasing FW 9.2.5 (Beta 1). The work on FW 9.2 (compared to 9.1) has focused on adding the a… read more
October 2024
FieldWorks 9.2.4 Alpha
Release Date: Oct. 10, 2024 Changes in version 9.2.4 LT-8297 Add ability to reorder fields in detail view. LT-20588 Fix crash in “Affix Process Rule” when clicking on “Column” … read more
September 2024
FieldWorks 9.2.3 Alpha
Release Date: Sept. 16, 2024 Changes in version 9.2.3 LT-21672 Implement Table Generation in Word Export. LT-21674 Export all Before/After content as content using the Dictionary-Context style. LT-217… read more
August 2024
FieldWorks 9.2.2 Alpha
Release Date: August 3, 2024 Changes in version 9.2.2 LT-20849 Fix words cut off in RTL baseline views. LT-21586 Export/Import Phonology. LT-21708 In word export, fix caption character styles. LT-2172… read more
July 2024
FieldWorks 9.2.1 Alpha
Release Date: July 25, 2024 Changes in version 9.2.1 LT-10373 Fix Try A Word crashes. LT-19859 Update FLEx Chart XLingPap. LT-21582 Pass variant inflection features to Hermit Crab. LT-21611 XAmple now… read more
June 2024
FieldWorks 9.2.0 Alpha
Release Date: June 11, 2024 You can see a list of the changes at alpha release notes… read more
March 2024
FieldWorks 9.1.25
Release Date: March 25, 2024 Changes in version 9.1.25 LT-21212 Add code to prevent duplication of custom fields and help track down what is causing them. LT-20890 Fonts specified in Dictionary-SenseN… read more
August 2023
FieldWorks 9.1.24
Release Date: August 11. 2023 Changes in version 9.1.24 LT-17493 Hook up Help topic for Exemplar field. LT-20859 Update FLEx Bridge automatically. LT-21573 Fix crash when trying to look at entries tha… read more
July 2023
FieldWorks 9.1.22
Release Date: July 26. 2023 Changes in version 9.1.22 LT-20038 Fix yellow box crash with metathesis rule in HermitCrab parser. LT-20665 Don’t add new publications to entries in the Publish in En… read more
May 2023
FieldWorks 9.1.21
Release Date: May 25. 2023 Changes in version 9.1.21 LT-14240, LT-16220 FieldWorks no longer crashes clicking OK if you pick no inflection features in Cat. Edit. LT-18415, LT-20851 The grammatical inf… read more
April 2023
FieldWorks 9.1.20
Release Date: April 12, 2023 Bugs fixed in version 9.1.20 LT-21414 Change the service that we use to gather anonymous usage information for those users who have opted in. For more specifics about vers… read more
March 2023
FieldWorks 9.1.19
Release Date: March 23, 2023 Bugs fixed in version 9.1.19 LT-20157 Allow spaces in the Language Depot password. Requires FLExBridge 4.0.0 (not included in the FieldWorks patch). LT-21214 Hermit Crab u… read more
December 2022
FieldWorks 9.1.18
Release Date: December 9, 2022 You can see the details at LT-21209 For more specifics about version 9.1 and the changes included in it, see the release notes… read more
November 2022
FieldWorks 9.1.17 Release Candidate
Release Date: November 30, 2022 For more specifics about version 9.1 and the changes made, see the beta release notes Bugs fixed in version 9.1.17 LT-17535 Correct crash when adding ‘enter’… read more
October 2022
FieldWorks 9.1.16 Release Candidate
Release Date: October 14, 2022 For more specifics about version 9.1 and the changes made, see the beta release notes Bugs fixed in version 9.1.16 LT-21140 Memory problems from duplicate sil:url elemen… read more
September 2022
FieldWorks 9.1.15 Release Candidate
Release Date: September 27, 2022 For more specifics about version 9.1 and the changes made, see the beta release notes Bugs fixed in version 9.1.15 LT-18315 Letter Headings are now correct if sorting … read more
August 2022
FieldWorks 9.1.14 Beta
Release Date: August 22, 2022 For more specifics about version 9.1 and the changes made, see the beta release notes Bugs fixed in version 9.1.14 LT-11482 Export concordance results. LT-19843 Don’… read more
July 2022
FieldWorks 9.1.13 Beta Patch
Release Date: July 27, 2022 For more specifics about version 9.1 and the changes made, see the beta release notes Bugs fixed in version 9.1.13 LT-20768 Pre-populate new templates in text charts. LT-20… read more
June 2022
FieldWorks 9.1.12 Beta
Release Date: June 21, 2022 For more specifics about version 9.1 and the changes made, see the beta release notes Bugs fixed in version 9.1.12 LT-20058 Sharing mode now saves Flex changes while Phonol… read more
May 2022
FieldWorks 9.1.11 Beta
Version Date: May 24, 2022 For more specifics about version 9.1 and the changes made, see the beta release notes Bugs fixed in version 9.1.11 LT-08457 Sorting by Occurrence sorts sorts on selected wor… read more
March 2022
Fieldworks 9.1.10 Beta Patch
Version Date: March 10, 2022 For more specifics about version 9.1 and the changes made, see the beta release notes Bugs fixed in version 9.1.10 LT-20754 Promoted senses now bring along more entry leve… read more
February 2022
FieldWorks 9.1.9 Beta Patch
Version Date: February 2, 2022 For more specifics about version 9.1 and the changes made, see the beta release notes Bugs fixed in version 9.1.9 LT-17589 Dialect labels are now available in SFM import… read more
January 2022
FieldWorks 9.1.8 Beta
For more specifics about version 9.1 and the changes made, see the beta release notes Bugs fixed in version 9.1.8 LT-20846 Fix gloss line turns to stars when parse chosen. LT-20858 Go to the right wor… read more
November 2021
FieldWorks 9.1.7 Beta Patch
Version Date: November 12, 2021 For more specifics about version 9.1 and the changes made, see the beta release notes Bugs fixed in version 9.1.7 LT-19629 Adding an audio recording causes the date mod… read more
October 2021
FieldWorks 9.1.6 Beta
For more specifics about version 9.1 and the changes made, see the beta release notes Bugs fixed in version 9.1.6 LT-20397 Fix crash when importing text from Paratext. LT-20703, LT-20782, LT-20773, LT… read more
September 2021
FieldWorks 9.1.5 Beta
For more specifics about version 9.1 and the changes made, see the beta release notes Bugs fixed in version 9.1.5 LT-18814 Fix crash in “Find in Dictionary” if the lexical entry has any pi… read more
July 2021
FieldWorks 9.0.17
For more specifics about version 9.0 and the changes made, see the release notes Bugs fixed in version 9.0.17 LT-18814 Fix crash in “Find in Dictionary” if the lexical entry has any pictur… read more
June 2021
FieldWorks 9.1.4 Beta
For more specifics about version 9.1 and the changes made, see the beta release notes Bugs fixed in version 9.1.4 LT-20525 New ability to add tables to entries/senses. It’s not fully implemented, but … read more
May 2021
FieldWorks 9.1.3 Beta Patch
For more specifics about version 9.1 and the changes made, see the beta release notes Bugs fixed in version 9.1.3 LT-20440 Remember size for Configure Interlinear Lines dialog. LT-20441 Make Configure… read more
March 2021
FieldWorks 9.0.16 Patch
For more specifics about version 9.0 and the changes made, see the release notes Bugs fixed since version 9.0.15 LT-19906 [Linux] Advanced WS view resize shows labels and controls. LT-20299 [Linux] UI… read more
FieldWorks 9.0.15
For more specifics about version 9.0 and the changes made, see the release notes Bugs fixed since version 9.0.14 LT-19568 Prevent crash in Ramp when trying to start FLEx after uninstalling Ramp. LT-20… read more
December 2020
FieldWorks 9.0.14 Patch
For more specifics about version 9.0 and the changes made, see the release notes Bugs fixed since version 9.0.12 For FieldWorks: LT-16138 Diacritics can now be entered in the first character of a free… read more
October 2020
FieldWorks 9.0.12 Patch
For more specifics about version 9.0 and the changes made, see the release notes Bugs fixed since version 9.0.11 LT-19115 Display Grammatical Categories even when not localized. LT-19236 Fix keyboard … read more
September 2020
FieldWorks 9.0.11
For more specifics about version 9.0 and the changes made, see the beta release notes. Bugs fixed since version 9.0.10 LT-16151 Type-ahead no longer displays duplicates. LT-16726 Fix the ability to sc… read more
June 2020
FieldWorks 9.0.9 Release Candidate
For more specifics about version 9.0 and the changes made, see the beta release notes. Bugs fixed since version 9.0.8 LT-19688 Fix crash switching to Lexicon Edit after Bulk Edit delete all entries. L… read more
May 2020
FieldWorks 9.0.8 Release Candidate
For more specifics about version 9.0 and the changes made, see the beta release notes. Bugs fixed since version 9.0.7 LT-18559 Remove bogus letter headings caused by some tertiary ignorable cases. LT-… read more
August 2019
FieldWorks 9.0.7 Release Candidate
After upgrading to this version, the data will not open in any version prior to 9.0.4, so make a backup before upgrading. If you are sharing data with others, the entire team should use a version of F… read more
March 2019
FieldWorks 9.0.6 Beta
After upgrading to this version, the data will not open in any version prior to 9.0.4, so make a backup before upgrading. If you are sharing data with others, the entire team should use a version of F… read more
November 2018
FieldWorks 9.0.5 Beta
After upgrading to this version, the data will not open in any version prior to 9.0.4, so make a backup before upgrading. If you are sharing data with others, the entire team should use a version of F… read more
September 2018
FieldWorks 9.0.4 Beta
FieldWorks 9.0 now has a 64-bit Windows version, a new installer, and fixes a lot of older bugs. The main features of this release are as follows: Large project Improvements FieldWorks 9.0 introduces … read more
March 2018
FieldWorks 8.3.12
FieldWorks for Windows will work with Paratext 8. FieldWorks for Linux will have to wait until version 9 to support Paratext 8. Most machines already have .Net 4.6.1 installed. But, especially on Wind… read more
December 2017
FieldWorks 8.3.11
FieldWorks for Windows will work with Paratext 8. FieldWorks for Linux will have to wait until version 9 to support Paratext 8. Most machines already have .Net 4.6.1 installed. But, especially on Wind… read more
November 2017
FieldWorks 8.3.10
FieldWorks for Windows will work with Paratext 8. FieldWorks for Linux will have to wait until version 9 to support Paratext 8. Most machines already have .Net 4.6.1 installed. But, especially on Wind… read more
October 2017
Fall Creator’s Update
Microsoft has corrected the problems with version 1703, which have been around since last Spring. The fix was released October 17. Although you will be able to get the update by doing ‘Check for… read more
July 2017
FieldWorks 8.3.9
FieldWorks for Windows will work with Paratext 8. FieldWorks for Linux will have to wait until version 9 to support Paratext 8. Most machines already have .Net 4.6.1 installed. But, especially on Wind… read more
June 2017
Windows 10 Creators Update Warning
The latest major Microsoft update for Windows 10, the Windows 10 Creators Update or the 1703 update will cause the FieldWorks program to crash and reduce the performance of the Paratext program (both … read more
April 2017
FieldWorks 8.3.8
We are glad to announce that FieldWorks version 8.3.8 is now being released as stable. This version fixes the remaining problems we have seen with version 8.3. This version doesn’t work with Paratext … read more
FieldWorks 8.3.7 RC2
FieldWorks 8.3 introduces the ability to upload dictionary data directly to Webonary.org and makes it significantly easier to configure dictionary data for all kinds of output (print or electronic). R… read more
March 2017
FieldWorks 8.3.5Beta5
Bugs fixed since 8.3.4 Beta4 LT-18073 Fix crash leaving Lexicon Edit before Dictionary Preview pane refreshes. LT-18068 Fix crash in ‘Upload to Webonary’ process when two entries reference… read more
January 2017
FieldWorks 8.3.4 Beta4
Just after we released FW 8.3.3, a number of users reported odd behavior with the display. This only affects anyone who has adjusted the DPI settings on their Windows machine, but the effects were sig… read more
FieldWorks 8.3.3 Beta3
The main focus of FieldWorks 8.3 has been improving the ability to configure your dictionary and publish it to the web. This version contains bug fixes and enhancements the the previous version. Bugs … read more
FieldWorks 8.3.2 Beta2
The main focus of FieldWorks 8.3 has been improving the ability to configure your dictionary and publish it to the web. This version contains bug fixes and enhancements to the previous version. Bugs f… read more
December 2016
Help with adding Semantic Domains
Recently we have worked on making it easier to add semantic domains to an existing lexicon. The next release of FLEx will have various tools that should help: There is now a Find in the semantic domai… read more
FieldWorks 8.2.8
The primary new features in FieldWorks 8.2 are: Upgrade mercurial to fix some Send/Receive problems. The FLEx Send/Receive functionality is now using a new version of the underlying version control sy… read more
FieldWorks 8.3.0 Alpha
The main focus of FieldWorks 8.3 has been improving the ability to configure your dictionary and publish it to the web. The primary new features in FieldWorks 8.3 are: One-button publish to Webonary. … read more
FieldWorks 8.0.10
Archive to SIL’s REAP repository. – It is now possible to use a command in FLEx (in the File menu) to start up RAMP and prepare an upload package of a FieldWorks backup file for submission… read more
FieldWorks 8.1.4
The primary new features since 8.0.10 are: The “Find” function now searches in Definition and Reversal (when the user has chosen an Analysis language for the search), and those columns sho… read more
FieldWorks 8.2.9
The primary new features in FieldWorks 8.2 are: Upgrade mercurial to fix some Send/Receive problems. The FLEx Send/Receive functionality is now using a new version of the underlying version control sy… read more
November 2016
FieldWorks 8.2.8
The primary new features in FieldWorks 8.2 are: Upgrade mercurial to fix some Send/Receive problems. The FLEx Send/Receive functionality is now using a new version of the underlying version control sy… read more
FieldWorks 8.3.1 Beta
FieldWorks 8.3.1 Beta is now available for download. This version of FieldWorks contains a model change, therefore, projects opened in it will no longer work with previous versions (including the Alph… read more
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