It’s been 5 years since the release of Crystal 1.0 . This anniversary is an opportunity to celebrate. :tada: We’re going to do that with a live-streamed video call in which we look back at that big milestone, what happened since then, and what’s coming next. On the call will be members from the Cor…

Crazy question when do we get 2.0 and what changes are gated by the version bump?

I would say that the landing of new multi-thread features could be a good reason for a 2.0 major bump.

For anyone who missed the event, a video recording is available on Youtube: [Crystal 1.0 anniversary 5 years AMA] Thanks for all the good questions and the participants who helped answering them splendidly :clap: Let’s do this again sometime!

I saw thsi video today. I noticed that one of the most important topics we’re discussing is incremental compilation (or modular compilation), and how to avoid the intrusive requirement of forcing users to add types to every method in order to achieve better compilation performance. I have an idea: …

5 Years Anniversary of Crystal 1.0

straight-shoota March 20, 2026, 5:54pm 2

In case this sounds familiar, we did a similar event a couple of years ago to commemorate Crystal’s first commit: 10 years of Crystal celebratory AMA

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