MiKTeX Releases
All information on this page is subject to change.
Release life cycles
| | Status | Release Date | Bugfixing Ends | Availability Ends (1) |
| 2.4 | end-of-life | 2003-11-17 | 2006-12-31 | 2006-12-31 |
| 2.5 | end-of-life | 2006-08-03 | 2007-12-31 | 2008-12-31 |
| 2.6 | end-of-life | 2007-04-30 | 2008-12-31 | 2010-12-31 |
| 2.7 | end-of-life | 2007-12-17 | 2009-12-31 | 2010-12-31 |
| 2.8 | outdated | 2009-09-01 | 2010-12-31 | 2012-12-31 |
| 2.9 | current | 2010-10-09 | 2012-12-31 | 2013-12-31 |
| 3.0 | planned | n/a | n/a | n/a |
(1) As of this date, it will not be possible to install packages from the remote
package repository.
Supported Windows platforms
| | 98/ME | 2000 | XP | Server 2003 | Vista | Server 2008 | Windows 7 |
| 2.4 | Y | Y | Y | Y | | | |
| 2.5 | Y | Y | Y | Y | | | |
| 2.6 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| 2.7 | | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 2.8 | | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 2.9 | | | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 3.0 | | | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Component versions
| | pdftex | mpost | xetex | luatex |
| 2.4 | 1.30.3 | 0.901 | | |
| 2.5 | 1.30.6 | 0.901 | | |
| 2.6 | 1.40.4 | 1.000 | | |
| 2.7 | 1.40.9 | 1.005 | 0.999.7 | |
| 2.8 | 1.40.10 | 1.005 | 0.9995.1 | |
| 2.9 | 1.40.12 | 1.504 | 0.9997.5 | 0.70.1 |
| 3.0 | 1.40.12 | 1.504 | 0.9997.4 | 0.70.1 |