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            <title><![CDATA[openHAB 5.2 Release]]></title>
            <link>https://openhab.org/blog/2026-07-05-openhab-5-2-release.html</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Can you believe it's already been a year since the major release of openHAB 5.0?
We are thrilled to introduce openHAB 5.2, packed with exciting new features, plenty of bug fixes, and amazing new AI features!]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[openHAB 5.1 Release]]></title>
            <link>https://openhab.org/blog/2025-12-22-openhab-5-1-release.html</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[But that's not all!
Following the release of openHAB 5.0 this summer, this release includes many enhancements and bug fixes.
Several changes of the openHAB 5.1 release are "under the hood", but often those are the important changes that make our codebase ready for the future, so openHAB can continue to develop steadily.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[openHAB Garmin App]]></title>
            <link>https://openhab.org/blog/2025-07-27-openhab-garmin-release.html</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2025 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[No matter whether you want to quickly turn on the garden lighting from your wrist or open the garage door from your bike — your sports watch or your bike computer now provide convenient access to openHAB.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[openHAB 5.0 Release]]></title>
            <link>https://openhab.org/blog/2025-07-21-openhab-5-0-release.html</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2025 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[As this is a major release, we have a number of breaking changes that are required for the new features and improvements.
So, please have a look at our official release notes to learn about all breaking changes, new add-ons, enhancements and fixes.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[FOSDEM 2025 Recap]]></title>
            <link>https://openhab.org/blog/2025-02-05-fosdem.html</link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2025 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Many conversations have shown, that the attendees of the booth recognize the benefits and importance of open-source solutions at the heart of their home,
no matter which open-source platform is actually used.
In the open-source community, it is important to understand that openHAB and other platforms are no competitors, but rather alternatives with their unique strengths.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[openHAB 4.3 Release]]></title>
            <link>https://openhab.org/blog/2024-12-15-openhab-4-3-release.html</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2024 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[It is worth to mention, that our other repositories have also received numerous contributions (e.g. documentation), but listing them all would probably be too much here.
Big thanks to all our contributors for driving openHAB forward!]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[openHAB @ Linux Magazine]]></title>
            <link>https://openhab.org/blog/2024-10-12-linux-magazine.html</link>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 12 Oct 2024 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[openHAB 4.2 Release]]></title>
            <link>https://openhab.org/blog/2024-07-07-openhab-4-2-release.html</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jul 2024 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[One year has passed since our big openHAB 4.0 release, and we are thrilled to announce our first summer minor release of the openHAB 4.x series: openHAB 4.2.
openHAB 4.2 adds a number of exciting new features, including some long awaited notification enhancements, as well as a multitude of smaller improvements and bug fixes.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[openHAB 4.1 Release]]></title>
            <link>https://openhab.org/blog/2023-12-22-openhab-4-1-release.html</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 22 Dec 2023 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[This new version not only includes a multitude of smaller improvements and bug fixes, but also introduces several exciting new features.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[openHAB 4.0 Release]]></title>
            <link>https://openhab.org/blog/2023-07-23-openhab-4-0-release.html</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 23 Jul 2023 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Java 17 brings a wealth of benefits to our user and especially our developers, including security enhancements, performance improvements and reduced memory usage as well as new language features and APIs.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[FOSDEM 2023 is over. It was a blast.]]></title>
            <link>https://openhab.org/blog/2023-02-08-fosdem.html</link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2023 22:44:57 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Thank YOU community for the great work!]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[openHAB 3.4 Release]]></title>
            <link>https://openhab.org/blog/2022-12-19-openhab-3-4-release.html</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2022 13:38:57 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[It is worth to mention that the times are over where I was one of the main contributors to the code base - the community definitely took the lead here by now and I would like to do a shout-out to our top 4 code contributors (having done the most commits in 2022):]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[openHAB 3.3 Release]]></title>
            <link>https://openhab.org/blog/2022-06-26-openhab-3-3-release.html</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2022 07:30:48 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Our community has been growing as well over the last 6 months with an additional 1400 new users signed up, with over 800 of these users posting for the first time. Additionally our forums saw over 135,000 user visits and over 26,000 user posts. Impressive numbers indeed.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[openHAB 3.2 Release]]></title>
            <link>https://openhab.org/blog/2021-12-19-openhab-3-2-release.html</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2021 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Having said this, I would like to also make sure that our openHAB committers are recognized for their work. While I often do the announcements, I don't contribute to the code base that much anymore - the major work is on the shoulders of many individuals that - most of the time silently - keep coding and contributing to our common project. I therefore like to thank every contributor, especially the ones of the 18 new add-ons that are included in the 3.2 release and would now like to give the word directly to some of our maintainers that worked on outstanding new features:]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[openHAB 3.1 Release]]></title>
            <link>https://openhab.org/blog/2021-06-28-openhab-3-1-release.html</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2021 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Our summer release openHAB 3.1 is out! It improves many details over 3.0 and again comes with a huge list of new add-ons.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[openHAB 3.0 Release]]></title>
            <link>https://openhab.org/blog/2020-12-21-openhab-3-0-release.html</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2020 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The next major release has arrived with openHAB 3! This is exciting news for our community, as it makes openHAB more modern, simpler and yet more powerful.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[openHAB 2.5 Release]]></title>
            <link>https://openhab.org/blog/2019-12-14-openhab-2-5-release.html</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2019 11:26:55 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A full year has passed since openHAB 2.4 and a lot has happened meanwhile. A new release is overdue and we are happy to announce the new 2.5 release to all of you today!]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Smart Home Day @ Hochschule Darmstadt 2019]]></title>
            <link>https://openhab.org/blog/2019-07-18-smart-home-day-darmstadt-2019.html</link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2019 10:14:45 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Already on May 25, the openHAB Foundation hosted another Smart Home Day colocated with its yearly general assembly.
The event took place at Hochschule Darmstadt and was packed with some interesting talks before the Foundations general assembly was held.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why should we – as the openHAB community – be present at events?]]></title>
            <link>https://openhab.org/blog/2019-06-06-why-should-we-be-present-at-events.html</link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[My call to action for our community: Keep in mind (at every occasion) that we have marketing goals. Let's turn interested people into amateurs and turn amateurs into community members. Let's grow the community!]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[openHAB 2.4 Release]]></title>
            <link>https://openhab.org/blog/2018-12-17-openhab-2-4-release.html</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2018 23:57:45 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[As for the past few years, the openHAB maintainers have decided to do a new release just in time for the holiday season, which is the busiest time of the year in our community. So what could be more welcome than a brand new stable release?]]></description>
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