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authors: 1
caption: "We're moving on"
date: '2022-08-23'
intro: "We have released version 2.22 of FreeSewing. As always, a minor version bump indicates a new design, and this time it's the Octoplushy design by Wouter."
title: 'FreeSewing v2.22 is out, and will be the final minor release before v3'
---

We have released version 2.22 of FreeSewing. As always, a minor version bump
indicates a new design, and this time it's the [Octoplushy
design](/designs/octoplushy) by Wouter.

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Version 2.22 is planned to be the last minor release in the v2 branch. Momentum
for version 3 has been building for a while, and during [this weekend's
contributor call](https://github.com/freesewing/freesewing/discussions/2582) we
decided we'd double down on those efforts and focus all our attention on the
upcoming version 3.

## What does this all mean?

In the short term, you might not even notice. FreeSewing.org will continue
running the production-ready v2 code, while we start building version 3.

For developers and/or pattern designers, the situation is different. Effective
immediately, our (default) `develop` branch in [our
monorepo](https://github.com/freesewing/freesewing) is where we'll be working
on version 3 code. Version 2 code is now in the `v2` branch where will will
backport fixes for as long as version 3 is under development.

To keep up to date of all changes, please refer to
[freesewing.dev](https://freesewing.dev) where we will over time document
everything you need to know about the migration.

## When can we expect version 3?

We have a lot of exciting plans, but they will take some time to manifest. I
suspect the first production release of version 3 code, and the rollout on
FreeSewing.org will be a matter for 2023.
