We recommend everyone who uses OpenCms to update to the 9.5.3 maintenance release.

Improved in OpenCms 9.5.3

• Added Java 8 support.
• Improved the source code editor in WYSIWYG fields.
• Gallery dialog now memorizes the last search result sort order.
• Demo template updated to Bootstrap 3.3.6 and jQuery 1.11.3.
• Updated the source code editor to latest version of CodeMirror (5.10).
• Updated the WYSIWYG editor to latest version of TinyMCE (4.3.2).
• Security: Fixed several XSS issues, mostly in the demo content.
• ... and much more

New in OpenCms 9.5

• Drag & drop template and layout creation with nested containers.
• User generated content for website visitors.
• Editors don't need to access the workplace anymore.
• Managing of galleries, categories and templates in the sitemap editor.
• Greatly enhanced documentation.
• Generate PDF documents on the fly.
• Grid based responsive demo website build with Bootstrap.
• Integrated Spell Checker for the WYSIWYG editor component.
• New roles for fine grained access to the content management functions.
• Element views allow easy grouping and permission setting for content types.
• Create, copy or reuse options when using existing contents.
• Updated user preferences dialog accessible in the page editor.

Please note: This version of OpenCms requires Java 6 because of library dependencies.

Please check out the release notes for further details of the changes in this release.

Who should use this OpenCms 9.5.3 distribution download?

Use this download to install the new version 9.5.3 of OpenCms from scratch. OpenCms 9.5.3 is fully backward compatible to all prior 9.x, 8.x and 7.x versions. Templates and other OpenCms developed code for these versions should work "out of the box" with version 9.5.3.

If you want to upgrade an existing OpenCms 9.5.x, 9.0.x, 8.5.x, 8.0.x, 7.5.x, 7.0.x or 6.x version, please use the OpenCms 9.5.3 upgrade Wizard download also available from this website.

Please note: The *.jar files in this binary distribution have been compiled for Java 6.