# Swift Evolution

<https://www.swift.org/swift-evolution/>

This repository tracks the ongoing evolution of the Swift programming language, standard library, and package manager.

## Goals and Release Notes

* [Swift project focus areas in 2023](https://forums.swift.org/t/swift-project-focus-areas-in-2023/61522)
* [On the road to Swift 6](https://forums.swift.org/t/on-the-road-to-swift-6/32862)
* [CHANGELOG](https://github.com/apple/swift/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)

| Version   | Announced                                                                | Released                                                     |
| :-------- | :----------------------------------------------------------------------- | :----------------------------------------------------------- |
| Swift 5.9 | [2023-03-06](https://forums.swift.org/t/swift-5-9-release-process/63557) |
| Swift 5.8 | [2022-11-19](https://forums.swift.org/t/swift-5-8-release-process/61540) |
| Swift 5.7 | [2022-03-29](https://forums.swift.org/t/swift-5-7-release-process/56316) | [2022-09-12](https://www.swift.org/blog/swift-5.7-released/) |
| Swift 5.6 | [2021-11-10](https://forums.swift.org/t/swift-5-6-release-process/53412) | [2022-03-14](https://www.swift.org/blog/swift-5.6-released/) |
| Swift 5.5 | [2021-03-12](https://forums.swift.org/t/swift-5-5-release-process/45644) | [2021-09-20](https://www.swift.org/blog/swift-5.5-released/) |
| Swift 5.4 | [2020-11-11](https://forums.swift.org/t/swift-5-4-release-process/41936) | [2021-04-26](https://www.swift.org/blog/swift-5.4-released/) |
| Swift 5.3 | [2020-03-25](https://www.swift.org/blog/5.3-release-process/)            | [2020-09-16](https://www.swift.org/blog/swift-5.3-released/) |
| Swift 5.2 | [2019-09-24](https://www.swift.org/blog/5.2-release-process/)            | [2020-03-24](https://www.swift.org/blog/swift-5.2-released/) |
| Swift 5.1 | [2019-02-18](https://www.swift.org/blog/5.1-release-process/)            | [2019-09-20](https://www.swift.org/blog/swift-5.1-released/) |
| Swift 5.0 | [2018-09-25](https://www.swift.org/blog/5.0-release-process/)            | [2019-03-25](https://www.swift.org/blog/swift-5-released/)   |
| Swift 4.2 | [2018-02-28](https://www.swift.org/blog/4.2-release-process/)            | [2018-09-17](https://www.swift.org/blog/swift-4.2-released/) |
| Swift 4.1 | [2017-10-17](https://www.swift.org/blog/swift-4.1-release-process/)      | [2018-03-29](https://www.swift.org/blog/swift-4.1-released/) |
| Swift 4.0 | [2017-02-16](https://www.swift.org/blog/swift-4.0-release-process/)      | [2017-09-19](https://www.swift.org/blog/swift-4.0-released/) |
| Swift 3.1 | [2016-12-09](https://www.swift.org/blog/swift-3.1-release-process/)      | [2017-03-27](https://www.swift.org/blog/swift-3.1-released/) |
| Swift 3.0 | [2016-05-06](https://www.swift.org/blog/swift-3.0-release-process/)      | [2016-09-13](https://www.swift.org/blog/swift-3.0-released/) |
| Swift 2.2 | [2016-01-05](https://www.swift.org/blog/swift-2.2-release-process/)      | [2016-03-21](https://www.swift.org/blog/swift-2.2-released/) |