# Announcements

**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/c/announcements/5.md

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## [About the Announcements category](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/about-the-announcements-category/38)

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**Author:** [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/cory.quammen)\
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A low-traffic category with announcements of interest to the VTK community including releases and community news.

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## [VTK 9.7.0 and 10.0.0 Release Planning](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-9-7-0-and-10-0-0-release-planning/16371)

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**Author:** [@mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/mwestphal)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2026, 2:53pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-9-7-0-and-10-0-0-release-planning/16371 "2026-09-28T14:53:51Z")

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VTK Release Plan As announced in this post, VTK now follows a regular (calendar-based) release plan, but as mentioned in this blog, VTK 10.0 is on the horizon. Expect a minor release in June 2026 with intermediate patc…

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## [VTK 9.7.1 release](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-9-7-1-release/16542)

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**Author:** [@sankhesh](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/sankhesh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2026, 2:52pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-9-7-1-release/16542 "2026-09-28T14:52:39Z")

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:tada: :tada: :tada: VTK 9.7.1 has been released This release includes several fixes for VTK, including fixes for four GLTF-related CVEs (CVE-2025-57106, CVE-2025-57107, CVE-2025-57108, CVE-2025-57109). Find the full c…

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## [Last Chance: What's New in vtk-wasm Webinar tomorrow (Spet 3rd)](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/last-chance-whats-new-in-vtk-wasm-webinar-tomorrow-spet-3rd/16522)

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**Author:** [@NickBearup](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/NickBearup)\
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**Last updated:** [September 3, 2026, 7:39am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/last-chance-whats-new-in-vtk-wasm-webinar-tomorrow-spet-3rd/16522 "2026-09-03T07:39:28Z")

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This is the last chance to register for the free ‘What’s New in vtk-wasm’ webinar, happening tomorrow, Thursday, September 3rd. From 12:00pm - 1:00pm ET, the vtk-wasm team will cover the latest developments in vtk-wasm,…

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## [VTK 9.7.0 release](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-9-7-0-release/16512)

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**Author:** [@sankhesh](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/sankhesh)\
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**Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 3:51pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-9-7-0-release/16512 "2026-08-17T15:51:48Z")

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We are excited to announce the release of VTK v9.7.0 - https://www.kitware.com/vtk-9-7-0/ For a feature highlight and a vtk - python API demo, register here to get access to the recorded webinar - https://www.kitware.co…

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## [What's New in VTK 9.7.0 - Free Release Webinar](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/whats-new-in-vtk-9-7-0-free-release-webinar/16485)

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**Author:** [@NickBearup](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/NickBearup)\
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**Last updated:** [July 16, 2026, 6:06pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/whats-new-in-vtk-9-7-0-free-release-webinar/16485 "2026-07-16T18:06:20Z")

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Next week, on Wednesday, July 23rd, the VTK experts from Kitware will be hosting a free webinar, “What’s New in VTK 9.7.0”. This webinar will explore the latest performance, Python integration, modern C++, and web visual…

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## [VTK 9.6.2 release](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-9-6-2-release/16427)

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**Author:** [@vbolea](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/vbolea)\
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**Last updated:** [May 20, 2026, 12:03pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-9-6-2-release/16427 "2026-05-20T12:03:24Z")

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:tada: :tada: :tada: VTK 9.6.2 has been released This release includes several fixes for VTK. Find the changes in our release notes: https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/-/blob/master/Documentation/release/9.6.md Downlo…

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## [GitLab email notifications may not be sent](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/gitlab-email-notifications-may-not-be-sent/16416)

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**Author:** [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/cory.quammen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 14, 2026, 5:04pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/gitlab-email-notifications-may-not-be-sent/16416 "2026-05-14T17:04:16Z")

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gitlab.kitware.com is having some issues sending email notifications, so you may be missing important notifications, requests for reviews, pipeline results, etc. While this issue is still present, you can see notificati…

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## [VTK hackathon on May 13, 2026](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-hackathon-on-may-13-2026/16407)

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**Author:** [@sankhesh](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/sankhesh)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 14, 2026, 4:01pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-hackathon-on-may-13-2026/16407 "2026-05-14T16:01:49Z")

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Hello VTK devs, You’re invited to a VTK Hackathon on May 13, 2026, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm EDT! We’ll be getting together to tackle some long‑standing items, share ideas, and have some fun while improving VTK. Our main…

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## [ What’s New in In Situ Analysis and Visualization? - Free Webinar](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/what-s-new-in-in-situ-analysis-and-visualization-free-webinar/16411)

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**Author:** [@NickBearup](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/NickBearup)\
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**Last updated:** [May 7, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/what-s-new-in-in-situ-analysis-and-visualization-free-webinar/16411 "2026-05-07T17:20:57Z")

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Are you a developer working with large-scale simulations, looking into in situ approaches to reduce I/O bottlenecks and accelerate time to insight? Kitware is excited to be hosting a free webinar, “What’s New in In Situ…

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## [VTK Examples - Testing for the C++ examples now uses SSIM](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-examples-testing-for-the-c-examples-now-uses-ssim/16405)

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**Author:** [@amaclean](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/amaclean)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 4, 2026, 11:01pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-examples-testing-for-the-c-examples-now-uses-ssim/16405 "2026-05-04T23:01:53Z")

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Introduction The VTK C++ Examples are now using the Structural Similarity Index (SSIM) which is a metric for measuring the perceived quality and similarity of two images. Some images needed to be replaced due to the mor…

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## [Stop generating vtk wheel for Python 3.8 and 3.9](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/stop-generating-vtk-wheel-for-python-3-8-and-3-9/16090)

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**Author:** [@lgivord](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/lgivord)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2026, 6:26am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/stop-generating-vtk-wheel-for-python-3-8-and-3-9/16090 "2026-04-22T06:26:20Z")

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Hello everyone, As the Python version 3.8 is end of life since one year, we plan to stop generating VTK wheel for this version. Additionally, once Python 3.9 will be end of life at the end of this month, we will also r…

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## [What’s New in VTK 9.6 - Free Release Webinar](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/what-s-new-in-vtk-9-6-free-release-webinar/16380)

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**Author:** [@NickBearup](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/NickBearup)\
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**Last updated:** [April 14, 2026, 7:48pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/what-s-new-in-vtk-9-6-free-release-webinar/16380 "2026-04-14T19:48:23Z")

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Kitware is excited to host a free webinar, “What’s New in VTK 9.6.0” on Wednesday, April 22nd. This webinar will cover improvements in this VTK release and highlight new features designed to support modern visualization …

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## [VTK Examples - Changes to ViewportBorders](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-examples-changes-to-viewportborders/16373)

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**Author:** [@amaclean](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/amaclean)\
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**Last updated:** [April 7, 2026, 7:27am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-examples-changes-to-viewportborders/16373 "2026-04-07T07:27:32Z")

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Changes mainly focusing on viewport borders and using text widgets: The C++ snippet ViewportBorder has been renamed to DrawViewportBorder. It now returns a vtkActor2D. Additionally a struct ViewportBorderSpecifier is p…

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## [VTK 9.6.1 release](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-9-6-1-release/16356)

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**Author:** [@vbolea](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/vbolea)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2026, 1:58pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-9-6-1-release/16356 "2026-03-25T13:58:47Z")

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:tada: :tada: :tada: VTK 9.6.1 has been released This release includes several fixes for VTK. Find the changes in our release notes: https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/-/blob/master/Documentation/release/9.6.md Downlo…

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## [VTK Examples - recent updates](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-examples-recent-updates/16352)

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**Author:** [@amaclean](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/amaclean)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2026, 3:26pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-examples-recent-updates/16352 "2026-03-23T15:26:29Z")

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Firstly, there have been lots of changes to VTK, so examples showcasing these new changes would be welcome. At the simplest, a suitably modified test case is welcome. Some changes have been introduced to the examples, n…

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## [VTK 9.6.0 Release Planning](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-9-6-0-release-planning/15760)

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**Author:** [@mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/mwestphal)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2026, 2:00pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-9-6-0-release-planning/15760 "2026-03-20T14:00:42Z")

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VTK Release Plan As announced in this post, VTK now follows a regular (calendar-based) release plan. Expect a minor release every 6 months with intermediate patch releases in between, as needed. Depending on the featur…

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## [Awesome list of VTK](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/awesome-list-of-vtk/13904)

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**Author:** [@Tetsuo\_Koyama](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/Tetsuo_Koyama)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2026, 11:20pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/awesome-list-of-vtk/13904 "2026-02-28T23:20:11Z")

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Hi all! I am now creating a curated list of awesome stuff related to VTK. This list is a collection of tools, projects, images, and resources conforming to the Awesome Manifesto. Please let me know if you have any item…

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## [VTK Voronoi Framework](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-voronoi-framework/16160)

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**Author:** [@will.schroeder](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/will.schroeder)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 6:05pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-voronoi-framework/16160 "2025-12-04T18:05:31Z")

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Along with David Thompson and Spiros Tsalikis, I have been working on a threaded, general framework for 2D and 3D Voronoi tessellations (and related like Delaunay). We are beginning to push code into VTK in small chunks …

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## [VTK Examples - Text & Scalar Bar Widgets](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-examples-text-scalar-bar-widgets/16156)

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**Author:** [@amaclean](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/amaclean)\
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**Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 10:58pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-examples-text-scalar-bar-widgets/16156 "2025-11-24T22:58:09Z")

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Text & ScalarBar Widgets Until now there have been only two examples in C++ namely TextWidget.cxx and ScalarBarWidget.cxx. These examples are very simple. In the PythonicAPI examples, about 20 examples already use these …

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## [VTK Examples](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-examples/16094)

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**Author:** [@amaclean](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/amaclean)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 30, 2025, 12:47pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-examples/16094 "2025-10-30T12:47:35Z")

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There has been a rewrite/upgrade of the CameraOrientationWidget example. There is a new C++ version and a new PythonicAPI version. WASM now works with the C++ version. These two new versions take into account all the r…

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## [VTK Innovation / VTK WASM blog series](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-innovation-vtk-wasm-blog-series/16052)

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**Author:** [@will.schroeder](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/will.schroeder)\
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**Last updated:** [September 18, 2025, 11:43pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-innovation-vtk-wasm-blog-series/16052 "2025-09-18T23:43:33Z")

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Some of you may be interested in the recent three-part series about using VTK WASM, and more generally, ongoing efforts to improve VTK include WebGPU and AI integration. Find the content at Overview of blog series VTK…

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## [VTK 9.5.2 Release](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-9-5-2-release/16047)

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**Author:** [@jaswantp](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/jaswantp)\
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**Last updated:** [September 18, 2025, 10:17am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-9-5-2-release/16047 "2025-09-18T10:17:32Z")

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VTK 9.5.2 has been released! :tada: This release includes several fixes for VTK. Find the changes in our release notes: https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/-/blob/master/Documentation/release/9.5.md The following change…

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## [VTK v9.5.2 release (planned for next week)](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-v9-5-2-release-planned-for-next-week/16032)

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**Author:** [@sankhesh](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/sankhesh)\
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**Last updated:** [September 11, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-v9-5-2-release-planned-for-next-week/16032 "2025-09-11T16:12:03Z")

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Hello VTK users and developers, We expect to release version 9.5.2 next week. This update will include important bug fixes from version 9.5.1. Please review the relevant updates on the 9.5.2 milestone and prepare for t…

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## [VTK 9.5.1 Release](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-9-5-1-release/16002)

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**Author:** [@vbolea](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/vbolea)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2025, 11:38pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-9-5-1-release/16002 "2025-08-30T23:38:59Z")

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:tada: :tada: :tada: VTK 9.5.1 has been released This release includes several fixes for VTK. Find the changes in our release notes: https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/-/blob/master/Documentation/release/9.5.md Downlo…

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## [VTK v9.5.1 release (planned for next week)](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-v9-5-1-release-planned-for-next-week/15955)

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**Author:** [@sankhesh](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/sankhesh)\
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**Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-v9-5-1-release-planned-for-next-week/15955 "2025-08-12T14:23:56Z")

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Hello VTK users and developers, We expect to release version 9.5.1 next week. This update will include important bug fixes from version 9.5.0. Please review the relevant updates on the 9.5.1 milestone and prepare for t…

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## [VTK 9.5.0 Release](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-9-5-0-release/15018)

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**Author:** [@mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/mwestphal)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2025, 7:58pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-9-5-0-release/15018 "2025-06-24T19:58:50Z")

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VTK Release Plan As announced in this post, VTK now follow a regular (calendar-based) release plan. Expect a minor release every 6 months with intermediate patch releases in between, as needed. Depending on the feature…

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## [VTK 9.5.0.rc1](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-9-5-0-rc1/15630)

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**Author:** [@sankhesh](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/sankhesh)\
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**Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-9-5-0-rc1/15630 "2025-05-15T14:42:30Z")

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VTK 9.5.0.rc1 has been tagged! Downloads for docs, sources, wheels, release notes should be available in the coming week. In the meantime, please feel free to test the candidate, report issues, and submit patches. If ma…

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## [\[Webinar\] Microworkflows: Making Advanced Simulation Tools More Accessible and Impactful](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/webinar-microworkflows-making-advanced-simulation-tools-more-accessible-and-impactful/15490)

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**Author:** [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/cory.quammen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2025, 2:18pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/webinar-microworkflows-making-advanced-simulation-tools-more-accessible-and-impactful/15490 "2025-04-11T14:18:59Z")

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Please join me next week for our webinar titled “Microworkflows: Making Advanced Simulation Tools More Accessible and Impactful” Advanced modeling and simulation tools offer groundbreaking scientific and engineering ins…

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## [Upcoming May VTK Training Courses with Kitware](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/upcoming-may-vtk-training-courses-with-kitware/15454)

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**Author:** [@NickBearup](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/NickBearup)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/upcoming-may-vtk-training-courses-with-kitware/15454 "2025-03-31T18:29:25Z")

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Learn directly from the developers behind VTK! Kitware will be hosting two remote VTK training courses in May: VTK (Beginner) on May 7th and 8th, from 1:00pm - 5:00pm EST VTK (Advanced) on May 14th and 15th from 1:00pm…

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