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 patch releases in between, as needed.
- Expect a major release in December 2026, see below.
- The master and release branches will split one month and a half before the scheduled release date. Please ensure that all feature branches are merged before the split.
- A proposed detailed release plan will be announced a few weeks before each release.
Following this schedule, the next planned releases are as follows:
- VTK v9.7.0 is planned for June 2026
- VTK v10.0.0 is planned for December 2026
As detailed in the blog, VTK 10 will contain a major change, the change of the default rendering backend from OpenGL to WebGPU, but it will be possible to opt-out and use OpenGL rendering.
VTK 9.7.0 will already contain all the WebGPU features required to be able to test this backend, but it will be an opt-in, that we strongly suggest users to test their workflow with.
As this is a major release, we may decide to postpone it dependending on feedback, or even to add another minor release before effectively releasing VTK 10.