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Pre-Release Software

Products Shipping as CTP/EAP, Beta, and RC

Products marked as pre-release (Community Technology Preview "CTP", Beta or Release Candidate "RC") may contain deficiencies and as such, should not be considered for use or integrated within any mission critical software application. DevExpress may discontinue availability of its pre-release software, limit or modify software functionality, or eliminate support services at any time.

Version Labels and Their Meaning

CTP (Community Technology Preview) & EAP (Early Access Preview)

  • Target audienceDevelopers with a high demand for a specific new product or functionality.
  • PurposeAllows developers to share feedback and influence the development process.
  • ExpectationsPartially implemented functionality, moderate chance of bugs, high chance of breaking changes in final implementation, and possible termination of project.

Beta

  • Target audienceDevelopers with active Universal, DXperience and VCL Subscriptions eligible for major updates.
  • PurposeAllows developers to explore new functionality within existing projects and report issues prior to release.
  • ExpectationsImplements functionality fully, low probability of defects, low likelihood of breaking changes in final implementation, product is scheduled and should be released in an upcoming major version.

RC (Release Candidate)

  • Target audienceAvailable to all active subscribers.
  • ExpectationsFully functional with only minor issues. No breaking changes are expected in final implementation though documentation may still be incomplete.

2026 Releases

Universal Subscription v26.1

  • WPF Fluent Theme (CTP)
  • Blazor Icon Library (CTP)
  • WinForms End-User Report Designer — Modify Reports Using AI (CTP)
  • DevExpress Report Designer for JetBrains Rider (CTP)
  • Office & PDF File API — New PDF Processing API (CTP)
  • XAF — Pivot Grid Module Support (CTP)

2025 Releases

Universal Subscription v25.2

  • WinForms End-User Report Designer — Create AI-powered Reports Using the Report Wizard (CTP)
  • ASP.NET Core / Blazor / Angular / React End-User Report Designer — Create AI-powered Reports Using the Report Wizard (CTP)
  • WinForms End-User Report Designer — Modify Reports Using AI (CTP)
  • DevExpress Report Designer for JetBrains Rider (CTP)
  • XAF Blazor — Native Blazor Filter Builder Integration (CTP)
  • VCL — Business Intelligence Dashboard (CTP)

Universal Subscription v25.1

  • Blazor Filter Builder (CTP)
  • Blazor Pivot Table (CTP)
  • Blazor Ribbon (CTP)
  • WinForms End-User Report Designer — Create AI-powered Reports Using the Report Wizard (CTP)
  • ASP.NET Core / Blazor / Angular / React End-User Report Designer — Create AI-powered Reports Using the Report Wizard (CTP)
  • WinForms End-User Report Designer — Modify Reports Using AI (CTP)
  • XAF Blazor — Fluent UI Theme and Icons (CTP), Middle Tier Security (CTP)
  • XAF — TagBox, Progress, PDF Viewer Property Editors for WinForms/Blazor (CTP)
  • DevExpress Template Kit (CTP)

VCL Subscription+ v25.1

  • Report Designer and Report Viewer

2024 Releases

Universal Subscription v24.2

  • Blazor Fluent Theme (CTP)
  • Blazor Pivot Table (CTP)
  • Blazor Ribbon (CTP)
  • DevExpress Template Kit (CTP)

Universal Subscription v24.1

  • DevExtreme JavaScript/ASP.NET Core Components - Shadow DOM Support (CTP)
  • Blazor TreeList (CTP)
  • Blazor PDF Viewer (CTP)
  • Report Designer for Visual Studio Code (CTP)

2023 Releases

Universal Subscription v23.2

  • Blazor Grid — Cell Editing (CTP)
  • Blazor Grid — Keyboard Support (CTP)
  • Report Designer for Visual Studio Code (CTP)

Universal Subscription v23.1

  • Blazor Grid — Keyboard Support (CTP)
  • Blazor Grid — Virtual Scrolling (CTP)
  • WinForms UI Templates (EAP)
  • WPF — Lightweight Themes (CTP)
  • XAF — New Scheduler Module (CTP)
  • XAF — Multi-Tenancy Module for Blazor and WinForms (CTP)

2022 Releases

Universal Subscription v22.2

Blazor Hybrid Support (CTP)

.NET 7 & Linux Support

DevExpress Drawing Graphics Library — .NET 7 Linux Support (CTP)
(Reporting, Office File API, Winforms Charts, Dashboards)

Universal Subscription v22.1

  • HTML & CSS Templates for WinForms (CTP)
  • Code Diagnostics for WinForms (CTP)

.NET 5, .NET 6 Products v22.1

Pivot Grid for WinForms - Design-Time Support (CTP)