# Gramps v6.0.0 released **URL:** \ **Category:** Announcements\ **Created:** [March 19, 2025, 8:46pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/gramps-v6-0-0-released/7282 "2025-03-19T20:46:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![Nick-Hall](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/nick-hall/32/95_2.png) [@Nick-Hall](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/Nick-Hall)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 8:46pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/gramps-v6-0-0-released/7282/1 "2025-03-19T20:46:36Z")
# Version 6.0.0 A new **major release** , has been released on 2025-03-19. **Make sure to [backup](https://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=How_to_make_a_backup) before you upgrade.**. ## Highlights ### Reports The narrative web report has four main improvements: - New indexes for big databases. - Add heatmap. - Improve language and hamburger menus. - Show other roles for an event. Other report changes: - Add gender symbol option to the detailed descendant, detailed ancestral and descendant report. - Add Gramps ID option to Kinship Report. - Tree reports convert images to thumbnails for embedding. This allows cropped rectangles selected in the media references to be displayed. - Report options are now memorised on a per family tree (database) level. ### Gramplets The following updates have been made: - Improvements to the backlinks (References) gramplets: - Allow an object to be made active from within the backlinks gramplet. - Add a context menu to make “Edit” and “Make Active” more discoverable. - Allow objects in the backlinks gramplets to be dragged to the clipboard. - Add edit capability to the notes gramplets. - Enhanced version of the Filter gramplet. ### Selector dialogs The selector dialogs have been improved: - A standard search bar has been added to the person selector dialog. It may default to selecting men or women by default, but selecting on other columns is possible. - It is now possible to select multiple media objects in the media selector and gallery tabs. - The media selector has a new path column. ### Other changes - Improvements to the Probably Alive code. - New rules: “Has Event”, “Has Source” and “Having Note of Type”. - New Gedcom 7.0 event roles: “Father”, Mother", “Parent”, “Child”, “Multiple”, Friend", “Neighbour” and “Officiator”. - Allow web-accessible file references in media objects. - Add a preference option for the selection of the toolbar style. - Enhancements to the help display. This is ongoing though. - Enable Web Connection menu in all list views. ### Technical stuff These changes are probably less interesting to most people: - Many bug fixes. - Removal of deprecated features. - Adding type hints and static type checking. - Code quality improvements and clean-ups. - Extra unit tests. ### Database-related changes In layman’s terms, the following changes have been made to the database: - We now store objects in the database in a human-readable format. - Power users can now read the database directly without needing to use python. - Certain operations may be slower, but we don’t think by much. - Refactoring and optimisation of the filters/rules should make these much quicker. - The new storage format will make future maintenance and optimisations easier for the developers. ## Bug fixes ### v6.0.0 - Allow Gramps to continue if an addon rule fails to load. Fixes [#13676](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13676). ### v6.0.0-rc2 - Remove check that path exists in the media path unit test. Fixes [#13305](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13305). - Simplify logic for setting data, config and cache directories. Fixes [#13261](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13261), [#13686](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13686). - Migrate data from old the directory structure. Fixes [#13300](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13300). - Fix nested transaction error in the Test Case Generator tool. Fixes [#13680](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13680). - Fix schema upgrade errors. Fixes [#13674](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13674). ### v6.0.0-rc1 - Fix upgrades from bsddb. Fixes [#13633](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13633), [#13652](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13652). - Fix bug with surname rules in Quick Views. Fixes [#13657](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13657). - Provide new editor fallback icons for superscript and subscript. Fixes [#13548](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13648). - Add extra checks when changing a parent in the family editor. Fixes [#13642](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13642). - Hide navigation bar selector when only one sidebar plugin is loaded. Fixes [#13640](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13640). - Fix media manager bug with relative to absolute path conversion. Fixes [#13644](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13644). - Fix bug removing citation references after deleting a source. Fixes [#13639](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13639). - Fix citation filter rules that search the source. Fixes [#13635](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13635). - Fix crash in source/citation selector with an empty filter. Fixes [#13634](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13634). ### v6.0.0-beta2 - Narrative web: - Remote media cannot be opened. Fixes [#13628](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13628). - Fix crash with empty an database. Fixes [#13619](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13619). - Fix to show tree on print page. Fixes [#13614](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13614). - Center the progress bar in the main window status bar. Fixes [#13630](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13630). - Remove BSDDB version and duplicate Gramps version from About dialog. Fixes [#13624](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13624). - Fix crash during bsddb upgrade. Fixes [#13627](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13627). - Fix error when upgrading a database from 5.1 to 6.0. Fixes [#13622](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13622). - Ignore missing remote media in check and repair tool. Fixes [#13618](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13618). - Fix the match method in the GenericFilter class. Fixes [#13606](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13606). - Fix error when searching by name in the place selector. Fixes [#13605](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13605). - Enable key press on date fields in sidebar filters. Fixes [#13607](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13607). - Fix all\_people() simple access method to use new data format Fixes [#13603](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13603). - Translation fixes in probably alive code. Fixes [#13604](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13604). ### v6.0.0-beta1 - Memorise report options for each database. Fixes[#2455](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=2455) - Add help button to plugin selection dialogs. Issue [#13467](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13467). - Enhance display\_help utility function. Add unit tests. Fixes [#13562](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13562). - Crash with empty ADDR in narrative web. Fixes [#13479](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13479). - Display the source icon in the event tab of an editor if the event has either an event citation or event reference citation. Fixes [#13401](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13401). - Fix AttributeError in editor surname tab. Fixes [#13322](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13322). - Improve the ProbablyAlive code. Implements [#13443](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13443). - Skip TestImports if en\_US locale is not available on build host. Fixes [#13079](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13079). - Change layout of places and dates in familylines plugin. Adds symbols and changes format of birth and death events. Implements [#7788](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=7788), [#10699](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=10699). - Add missing tooltips in the [Addon Manager](https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Gramps_Glossary#addon) Implements [#13358](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13358). - Add support for ISO 639-3 part 3 standard language code. Fixes [#12772](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=12772). - Use preferred name instead of default name in name editor. Fixes [#13256](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13256). You can obtain Gramps 6.0.0 from the GitHub [release](https://github.com/gramps-project/gramps/releases/tag/v6.0.0) page. --- _[View the full topic](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/gramps-v6-0-0-released/7282)._