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arara version 8
This is a repost of an arara blog post.
We are preparing arara version 8 for 7 February 2027, the start of TeX Live 2027 pretest. With this release, we are making Lua the preferred language for rules and extending the project support introduced in version 7. We have also worked on making build results and problems easier to follow in the terminal.
Posted February 7, 2027 ‐ 8 min read
arara maintenance
This is a repost of an arara blog post.
It's been a while since we published anything regarding arara development. We are still here and listening to user feedback. arara's current maintenance mode does not require regular updates but here's what we've been up to and a few notes to questions we have been asked repeatedly over the last few years.
Posted March 7, 2026 ‐ 5 min read
The island's new website
After more than three years and being known to quite a number of “known faces” in the TeX community, we finally present our official website to present the Island of TeX to the wider public. With this website comes a new visual identity which will successively be rolled out to all our projects.
Posted April 12, 2023 ‐ 4 min read
arara version 7 released
This is a repost of an arara blog post.
After more than one year of on-and-off work, we are proud to announce the release of arara version 7, the TeX Live 2022 major release of arara. With this release, we implemented many long-standing feature requests and finally settled several technical questions concerning the future of arara.
Posted May 1, 2022 ‐ 7 min read
arara version 6 released
This is a repost of an arara blog post.
After approximately one year, we are proud to announce the release of arara version 6. Just ready for TeX Live 2021, we have finished many exciting new features and are already prepared to work on a technically even more intriguing version 7.
Posted February 26, 2021 ‐ 11 min read