Welcome to Gibbon v30.0.01 (Nam Chung)
Marking a milestone release and 15 years of development, Gibbon v30 includes two new core modules, both designed to improve school communication and workflow: Calendar and Student Alerts. This release also includes improvements to the Timetable, a new Pastoral heading in the main menu, a photo history to store user images from previous years, tools for admins to troubleshoot user accounts, and a host of other improvements.
Gibbon v30 is a recommended update for current installations. Please note that the minimum system requirements have increased to PHP 8.0 and MySQL 8.0. Our thanks to Ali Maharramli for his help to analyze and identify security improvements for Gibbon. Information about our security policy can be found on our GitHub repository.
Update: Gibbon v30.0.01 is a patch release, which includes useful fixes for v30. Our thanks to Nikolai Makaroff at Project Black Security Services for identifying areas of our codebase to improve. This patch includes security updates of a low severity, accessible to admin users only, so this has not been marked as a required update.
The Gibbon Foundation
The development of Gibbon is enabled by the Gibbon Foundation, a non-profit body that oversees the development, maintenance and long-term health of the Gibbon open source project.
If your organisation values what Gibbon offers, please consider supporting our work by becoming a Foundation Member or making a one-time donation. Learn more here.
Gibbon v30 also brings three new languages to production: Catalan, Japanese and Portuguese. Our continued thanks go out to our hard working Gibbon translators: powered by their efforts, Gibbon is now available in 29 languages. If you would like to volunteer to translate Gibbon into your language, please email support@gibbonedu.org.
“Nam Chung (Chinese: 南涌; pinyin: Nán Chōng) is an area in the north eastern New Territories of Hong Kong, west of Luk Keng and to the southwest of the Starling Inlet (Sha Tau Kok Hoi), opposite Sha Tau Kok. ” - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nam_Chung
In 1951, one of Hong Kong’s last known South China tigers, now known as the “Nam Chung Tiger” was involved in an “attack on a pig” near Nam Chung village, a reminder of Hong Kong’s wild and diverse ecological legacy - via The Last Tigers of Hong Kong by John Saeki
Important Notes for v30.0.01
- Gibbon requires a minimum PHP version of 8.0 and MySQL version of 8.0. Please check to ensure your server supports this requirement. Gibbon v30 supports up to PHP 8.3, which is currently the highest recommended version.
- Always backup your files and database before upgrading.
- See the Updating Gibbon guide for detailed steps.
- Our Gibbon Development Road Map includes our GitHub branch, project board and future release dates. Take a look at https://docs.gibbonedu.org/development/gibbon-road-map.