Consulo Versioning

Consulo uses a simple linear versioning scheme. There are no separate release branches or fix versions for older releases. All development happens on the main branch.

Platform Version

Each Consulo build produced by jenkins.consulo.io is assigned an incrementing platform version number. Plugins declare the platform version using the <platformVersion> element in plugin.xml:

<platformVersion>SNAPSHOT</platformVersion>

The value must always be set to SNAPSHOT in source code. During deployment, the actual platform version number is substituted automatically.

Maven Artifacts

All Maven artifacts are published under a single shared snapshot version — 3-SNAPSHOT. There are no release artifacts or versioned releases for older platform versions. When building a plugin, use 3-SNAPSHOT as the dependency version:

<version>3-SNAPSHOT</version>

Differences from IntelliJ Platform

Unlike the IntelliJ Platform, Consulo does not use:

• Multi-part build numbers (e.g. IU-162.94.11)
• Branch-based versioning (e.g. YYYY.R)
• since-build / until-build attributes
• <idea-version> element
• Release versions or fix branches for older versions

Instead, Consulo uses <platformVersion>SNAPSHOT</platformVersion> (resolved at deploy time), and 3-SNAPSHOT for all Maven dependencies.