[GNC] Current Version @ GnuCash.Org

[Mike Brady]

For Windows users, note that "winget" offers a way to sidestep the 
common problem with the Gnucash installer downloaded from the main web 
site being blocked as malware. It's a command-line Windows package 
manager similar to the one in Linux, and can update most applications 
(including gnucash) in a Windows 10 or 11 computer.  Open a terminal or 
command window, and at the Powershell or command prompt type "winget 
upgrade gnucash" (if you already have an older version installed) or 
"winget install gnucash". The latest version usually becomes available a 
week or 2 after the official release. It generally runs quicker than the 
installer downloaded from the web site, too - maybe it skips some or all 
of the malware scanning otherwise done by Windows Security/Defender?

For a wider-ranging search for things to update, you can run "winget 
upgrade --all" or for the widest search "winget upgrade --all 
--include-unknown". If a version of gnucash higher than what you have is 
available, it'll be installed. Usual download source is at github. Fair 
warning, though: this search can turn up a lot of things to update, and 
you have to sit there and provide admin authorization for each 
(probably, there's a way to bypass that with a switch or an answer file, 
but I haven't gotten around to looking for it yet). I've tried logging 
into a terminal with admin rights, but for some reason the search didn't 
work for me that way.

Yes, there *is* still a Windows command line...

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/package-manager/winget/

Mike Brady
Plain Olde User

On 12 May 2026, Ken Pyzik <pyz01 at outlook.com>  wrote:

> OK - so I remember awhile back that there was some discussion about hosting of gnucash.org maybe having some issues.  Today, I went to Gnucash.org and saw that it was working fine.  BUT.... it was saying on the page that the latest version is 5.14.  However, I know for fact the latest version is 5.15.  I have 5.15-1 installed on my machine (I am Linux Mint) and it is working fine.  Additionally, when I do flatpak update it says my version is the latest version.
>
> Therefore, my question is ? is the website out of date?  Is the 5.15 version NOT official?  According to the schedule, come 6/30 will version 5.16 still be released?  Just asking...... thanks!
>
> Ken
>
and Patrick James <patrickjames14 at comcast.net> wrote:
> ------------------------------
>
>
> Other than the obvious typo, 5.15 was released on the planned date of March 29.
>
>> According to the schedule, come 6/30 will version 5.16 still be released?
> If history is any indicator of the future, I'd expect that 5.16 will be released as scheduled on June 28, so it will be available on June 30.
>
> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Release_Schedule
>
>
>> On 05/12/2026 1:26 PM PDT Ken Pyzik <pyz01 at outlook.com> wrote:
>>
>>   
>> OK - so I remember awhile back that there was some discussion about hosting of gnucash.org maybe having some issues.  Today, I went to Gnucash.org and saw that it was working fine.  BUT.... it was saying on the page that the latest version is 5.14.  However, I know for fact the latest version is 5.15.  I have 5.15-1 installed on my machine (I am Linux Mint) and it is working fine.  Additionally, when I do flatpak update it says my version is the latest version.
>>
>> Therefore, my question is ? is the website out of date?  Is the 5.15 version NOT official?  According to the schedule, come 6/30 will version 5.16 still be released?  Just asking...... thanks!
>>
>> Ken