Blogs

CiviCRM is growing and improving rapidly, ensuring that organizations around the world have access, more than ever, to an amazing open source CRM and that they have full control over their systems and data.

In fact, on February 1st, 2026, the number of known installations of CiviCRM hit 14,349, the highest in the history of the project!

Thanks to the hard work of CiviCRM’s incredible community of contributors, CiviCRM version 6.11.0 is now ready to download. This is a regular monthly release that includes new features and bug fixes. Details are available in the monthly release notes.

Your are encouraged to upgrade now for the most stable, secure CiviCRM experience:

Would you like to help shape decision-making in the CiviCRM community and bring forward the issues that matter to you? Consider running for the CiviCRM Community Council.

(re)Introducing Manchester Meetups

After a few years without regular CiviCRM Meetups in Manchester, we're looking to bring back a regular in-person networking and information-sharing sessions for CiviCRM users.

Meetups are open to anyone using CiviCRM in any capacity: regular users, developers and people who are exploring CRM options for their organisation, Come along, ask your questions and feel free to share your expertise.

The Entity Construction Kit (ECK) is a non-code solution to creating custom entities in CiviCRM. After an impressive development journey, we are happy to announce that the beta version of the extension just dropped!

In lieu of publishing an annual report this year, we're kicking off a monthly snapshot that provides an overview of 1) ecosystem growth and 2) project sustainability, along with a few extra tidbits.

Thanks to the hard work of CiviCRM’s incredible community of contributors, CiviCRM version 6.10.0 is now ready to download. This is a regular monthly release that includes new features and bug fixes. Details are available in the monthly release notes.

Your are encouraged to upgrade now for the most stable, secure CiviCRM experience:

Do you want to know how many members you have in each UK county or region? Perhaps you would like to send a targeted mailing to contacts in a specific parliamentary constituency? If so, please read on.

The “Extension of the Month” series aims to showcase some of the over 60 extensions and tools we've built for CiviCRM. This last issue on the ”Contact Identity tracker” extension is short and sweet: It tracks.

This October I spent five inspiring days in the Netherlands for CiviCamp Europe 2025 — a week that brought together users, developers, and implementers of CiviCRM to learn, share, and collaborate. From a packed one-day conference to hands-on training and a busy community sprint, it was a perfect mix of learning, teaching, and building together.