OpenLP - Free Church Worship Software / News: Recent posts

It's been a few months, but we've been working on fixing some of the most
frequently encountered bugs in version 3.1.0 and 3.1.1.

Blessed is the man who doesn't walk in the counsel of the wicked,

Nor stand in the way of sinners,

Nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

But his delight is in the law of Yahweh;

On his law he meditates day and night.

Psalm 1:1-2... read more

Hot on the heals of the 3.1 release is 3.1.1 which fixes a couple of bugs that
some people have encountered with the 3.1 release.

We also have an experimental Flatpak build for those on Linux who are feeling
adventurous.

So then the Lord, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven
and sat down at the right hand of God. They went out and preached
everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word by the signs
that followed. Amen.

Mark 16:19-20... read more

Today we are proud to announce that OpenLP 3.1.0 "Superb Seth" has been
released. On the surface, this might not seem like such a big release, since
there seem to be very few new features, but if you dig a little deeper, the
sheer number of bugs squashed tells another story. We have also made a number
of changes under the hood to help carry OpenLP into the future.... read more

We're happy to announce the fourth release candidate of OpenLP 3.1. This
release fixes or improves some of the biggest bugs and issues we've seen in
OpenLP. This is the last release candidate before the final release of OpenLP
3.1.

What then is my reward? That when I preach the Good News, I may present the
Good News of Christ without charge, so as not to abuse my authority in the
Good News.

1 Corinthians 9:18... read more

The OpenLP developers are pleased to announce the second release candidate of
OpenLP 3.1. This release candidate contains a multitude of bug fixes, a number
of enhancements, and even a new feature or two. There are also a number of
changes under the hood which puts OpenLP in a good position for the future.

Wait, what happened to the first release candidate?!... read more

Thank you so much!

We want to say a HUGE thank you to our community for the recent donations
we have received. The recent donations we have received have enabled us to
purchase the following items:

High DPI monitor

Many people have had issues on Windows with high DPI monitors and scaling.
Thanks to the community, we were able to purchase a 4K monitor so that we can
test OpenLP with high resolutions and hopefully narrow down these issues.... read more

We're happy to announce another bug fix release in the 3.0.x series.

Known Issues

These are the issues that we know about, and are busy working on.

Warning

Ubuntu 22.04, Linux Mint

The main view in the web remote does not update automatically on Ubuntu 22.04
due to Ubuntu/Mint shipping an old version of python3-websockets. This can be
fixed by downloading and installing an updated version of the package from
the official Ubuntu
archive.... read more

As we said in our previous
announcement, we are moving to rolling out fixes and updates faster. So here, hot
in the heels of our 3.0 release, is version 3.0.1 which contains a number of
fixes for issues you may have experienced.

Bugs Fixed

• Fix theme loading of presentations... read more

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, it's finally here! Yes, OpenLP 3.0 has
been released!

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,
knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance;
for you serve the Lord Christ.

Colossians 3:23-24 WEB

One of our original goals with OpenLP was to move to faster releases, and
while that didn't seem to happen for version 3.0, moving foward we are aiming
to roll out releases much faster. With that in mind, we decided that the worst
bugs have been fixed, and most people should be pretty happy with the 3.0
release.... read more

Today we are announcing the release of OpenLP 2.9.5. This is the second
release candidate of OpenLP 3.0, and contains a plethora of bug fixes.

Warning

Installing this version of OpenLP will override any other installation of
OpenLP you already have. Please make a backup of your data!

Warning

macOS may report OpenLP as damaged. If you encounter this problem, you can try
the following solution. From Applications / Utilities run Terminal. In
Terminal, type in the following command:... read more

Time for the first release candidate for 3.0 - we're getting really close
now!

Basically, if no issues are detected with this release it will become the 3.0
release.

Bug fixes since beta 2

• Dark mode fixes

• Fix of problem showing presentations after media items

• Fix issues when adding service items remotely... read more

Warning

It appears that a bug crept in at the last minute, which prevents Bibles and
Images from being added to the service. If you currently use either of these
features, please stick with either the previous beta release, or with version
2.4.6, which is the most current stable release. We hope to have a new release
of OpenLP in a few weeks with this bug (and a few more) ironed out.... read more

Yes! It's finally here! The second beta release of OpenLP 3.0 is available
for download immediately. Go and get it while it's hot!

From here on out, we will only be fixing bugs and making release candidates in
an effort to get version 3.0 out the door.

Warning

Installing this version of OpenLP will override any other installation of
OpenLP you already have. Please make a
backup of your data!... read more

As the song says "Come now is the time to - test a new version of OpenLP!"

Apart from some select as-yet implemented features, this beta contains all the
features that will be in the final release of OpenLP 3.0. This beta release
should be stable enough for people to try it out and report back any bugs they
encounter. Please make sure you know how to generate a debug log
file and submit a log file when something
goes wrong.... read more

It has been a few months since the first alpha release and now the time has
come for the next alpha release. We expect to have implemented most of the new
features that will be in the upcoming 3.0 release, so the next release will be
a beta release, marking the shift to focus on bugfixes and stability.

Release Highlights... read more

At long last, we are proud to announce the first alpha release of OpenLP 3.0!

The biggest new feature in version 3.0 is the new renderer. Still based in
HTML, but using the new Chrome-based QtWebEngine component, it should deliver
much better performance, and it also enables us to offer something people have
been requesting for a long time: transitions!... read more

One of the steps toward OpenLP 3.0 was moving to git and GitLab, and this has now been completed. After many years on Launchpad and using Bazaar, it was clear to us that unfortunately there was no future in either of those, due to them being all but abandoned by their developers.

You can now find OpenLP on GitLab: https://gitlab.com/openlp/openlp... read more

Over the last few days we have received a TON of reports about OpenLP's integration with BibleGateway being broken. Users who rely on web Bibles from BibleGateway are telling us that they get an error message whenever they try to look up new passages (verses are downloaded from Bible Gateway on an as-needed basis in order to comply with Bible translation copyright terms).... read more

As of today, the 1st of May 2019, OpenLP is officially licensed under version 3 (or higher) of the GNU General Public License.

Simply put, we're updating to a newer version of the license we already use.

Does this affect me?

People reading this blog post will no doubt be asking themselves, "does this affect me?" and the answer depends on what your role within OpenLP is.... read more

It has been almost 2 years since the release of 2.4.6 and understandably we are getting a lot of questions as to when the next release will be ready. The answer is always the same: "When it is ready". So what does "ready" mean? Currently there are 2 major features that we need to finish before we feel we can begin the release process:... read more

Due to a lack of resources within the OpenLP team we have decided to close down the e-mail support system (not to be mistaken for the forums which will not be affected).

For some time now a single person has answered almost all the support requests the support system has received. And since that person is also one of the most active developers of OpenLP, it has drawn a lot of time away from actual development. In order to free up more time for development the only solution was to close down the support system.... read more

Many years ago, when OpenLP was first released, computer screens with millions of colours were very new, and most people had what are tiny screens by today's standards. I remember getting my first 17" monitor, and it was positively HUGE - it could even show 1024 by 768 pixels (a pixel is a single dot on your screen). Wow!

In those days, most icons were 16 by 16 pixels because if they were any bigger, they'd get in the way of the rest of the user interface. And so we created static icons that were stuck at 16 by 16 pixels. Time moves on, but sadly without a designer, OpenLP was unable to move on too, and now we're stuck with tiny icons and 4K screens.... read more

Over the years, we have tried to have a multi-lingual website. Unfortunately each time has ended up with the same scenario:

1. User gets excited
2. User joins the translation team
3. User translates 50% to 80% of the website
4. User forgets about translation
5. Translation is no longer maintained, and we get requests to fix a language we don't speak... read more

This blog post is written by Phill Ridout, one of our developers.

Like many other open source projects, OpenLP uses even version numbers to denote a stable release, and odd version numbers to denote an unstable (or development) release.

Currently we're in the process of working on OpenLP 2.5, which is the current unreleased and unstable version. We're still not in a position to make a new release, but I thought I'd write this blog post to assure you that lots of work is being done behind the scenes.... read more

Over the last few years since we started accepting donations we're received a couple of enquiries from people looking to be able to donate via credit card or Bitcoin, and without needing a PayPal account. We're pleased to announce that you can now donate to OpenLP in Bitcoin or with a debit or credit card.

Just head on over to the donate page which now has options for Bitcoin and debit/credit card too. Debit/credit card payments are powered by Stripe. As always, if you run into any issues please let us know.... read more