# What's New > DS Server versions 1.0 to 5.0 with release dates, TX Text Control and .NET versions and main features, how DS Server is versioned and how to find your version. - **Product:** DS Server - **Section:** Documentation - **Kind:** Topic - **Path:** DS Server > What's New - **863 words** - **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/whats-new/ - **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/whats-new/llms.txt - **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/whats-new/llms-full.txt --- DS Server 5.0, released in March 2026, is the current major version, and 5.0.2, released on July 2, 2026, is its latest update. Every major version since 1.0 has a page here that lists what it and its updates changed, area by area, and what to do when you upgrade to it. Use the pages to find out when a feature arrived, or what an upgrade means for your installation and your code. ### How DS Server Is Versioned DS Server has version numbers of its own, independent of TX Text Control. Each release is built on a release of TX Text Control, which provides the document processing engine of the Web API, the Document Editor and the Document Viewer. - **Major versions** such as 4.0 or 5.0 bring the larger changes: a new TX Text Control version, a new .NET version or a new way to install DS Server. - **Updates** such as 3.1.1 or 5.0.2 bring fixes and, in some cases, a newer release of TX Text Control, new endpoints or features. Update 3.2.0, for example, moved DS Server to TX Text Control 32.0. A version page covers the major version and all of its updates. - **Client packages** such as `TXTextControl.DocumentServices.DocumentProcessing` on NuGet and `@txtextcontrol/tx-ng-ds-document-editor` on npm use the version numbers of DS Server. Not every update of DS Server comes with new packages: use the latest package of your major version. ### Versions at a Glance | Version | Released | Based on | .NET | What it brought | |---|---|---|---|---| | [5.0](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/whats-new/0500/llms-full.txt) | March 12, 2026 | TX Text Control 34.0 SP3 | .NET 10 | Services for plugins, access tokens for plugin signing endpoints | | [4.0](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/whats-new/0400/llms-full.txt) | April 30, 2025 | TX Text Control 33.0 | .NET 8 | Linux support, the Core and Classic builds, plugins (4.1.0) | | [3.0](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/whats-new/0300/llms-full.txt) | October 7, 2022 | TX Text Control 31.0 | .NET 6 | Hosting without IIS, distributed OAuth authentication, vector rendering, footnotes | | [2.0](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/whats-new/0200/llms-full.txt) | December 20, 2021 | TX Text Control 30.0 | .NET Core 3.1 | Comments, SVG images, extended character attributes, a mobile view of the viewer | | [1.0](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/whats-new/0100/llms-full.txt) | January 21, 2021 | TX Text Control 29.0 | .NET Core 3.1 | The first release; PDF and barcode endpoints (1.1) | The "Based on" column names the TX Text Control version of the first release of each major version. Later updates moved to service packs: 3.5.0 is based on TX Text Control 32.0 SP4 and 4.1.0 on 33.0 SP3, for example. ### Find the Version You Run - **In the admin portal.** The footer of every page of the admin portal shows the version, for example "DS Server version 5.0.2". [Administration and Settings](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/administration/llms-full.txt) explains how to open the portal. - **In the archive.** The download archive is named after the version, such as *DS Server 5.0.2.zip*, and the *CHANGELOG.md* in its *core* and *classic* folders lists every release since 3.0.0 with its date. - **On the web.** The release pages on dsserver.io, such as [What's New in DS Server 5.0](https://www.dsserver.io/release/0500/), summarize each major version. ### Where to Start 1. **Upgrading an installation?** Read the Upgrading section of every version page between your version and the target, then follow [Upgrading](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/installation/upgrading/llms-full.txt). 2. **Looking for a feature?** Find it in the table above, then follow the links on its version page. 3. **New to DS Server?** Start with the [Overview](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/overview/llms-full.txt) instead; the version pages assume that you know the services. ### Pages in This Section - [Version 5.0](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/whats-new/0500/llms-full.txt): plugin services, .NET 10 and TX Text Control 34.0. - [Version 4.0](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/whats-new/0400/llms-full.txt): plugins, Linux and the Core and Classic builds. - [Version 3.0](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/whats-new/0300/llms-full.txt): .NET 6, distributed OAuth authentication and new DocumentProcessing options. - [Version 2.0](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/whats-new/0200/llms-full.txt): comments, SVG images and the mobile view of the Document Viewer. - [Version 1.0](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/whats-new/0100/llms-full.txt): the first release and the PDF and barcode endpoints of 1.1. --- ## In This Section - [What's New in DS Server 1.0](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/whats-new/0100/llms-full.txt): DS Server 1.0 and 1.1: the Document Editor, Document Viewer and Web API with OAuth, IIS installation, PDF and barcode endpoints and the first client packages. - [What's New in DS Server 2.0](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/whats-new/0200/llms-full.txt): DS Server 2.0 and 2.0.2: MS Word compatible comments, SVG images, extended character attributes, a new ribbon, the mobile viewer and the new editor script url. - [What's New in DS Server 3.0](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/whats-new/0300/llms-full.txt): DS Server 3.0 to 3.5: .NET 6 without IIS, Windows service, authentication servers, SVG thumbnails, flattened form fields, vector rendering and footnotes. - [What's New in DS Server 4.0](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/whats-new/0400/llms-full.txt): DS Server 4.0 and 4.1: Linux support, the Core and Classic builds, built-in fonts, the official Docker image, plugins with IPlugin and upgrading from 3.x. - [What's New in DS Server 5.0](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/whats-new/0500/llms-full.txt): DS Server 5.0 to 5.0.2: .NET 10, TX Text Control 34.0 SP3, IDocumentProcessingService and IDocumentEditorSessionService for plugins, fixes and upgrade steps. --- ## Nearby - **Previous:** [Linux](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/troubleshooting/linux/llms-full.txt) - **Next:** [What's New in DS Server 5.0](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/whats-new/0500/llms-full.txt)