Support Policy
Community support (via our Github & Discord) is offered for the current major version of Marten. The previous major version is supported for high-priority bug and security patches for up to 6 months after a new major version is released.
Customers with a JasperFx Support Plan are granted priority for questions, feature requests and bug fixes. Support for previous versions of Marten is also available under these plans.
| Marten Version | End-of-Life | Status | Support Options |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Current | Current | Community/JasperFx |
| 7 | Dec 2025 | P1 Fixes Only | Community/JasperFx |
| 6 | Sep 2024 | EoL | JasperFx |
| 5 | Nov 2023 | EoL | JasperFx |
| 4 | Sep 2022 | EoL | JasperFx |
| 3 | May 2021 | EoL | JasperFx |
.NET Version Compatibility
Marten aligns with the .NET Core Support Lifecycle to determine platform support. Marten currently targets net8.0, net9.0.
| Marten Version | .NET Framework | .NET Core 3.1 | .NET 5 | .NET 6 | .NET 7 | .NET 8 | .NET 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| 7 | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| 6 | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
| 5 | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| 4 | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| 3 | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
Postgres Version Compatibility
Marten aligns with the PostgreSQL Support Lifecycle to determine platform support. Marten currently targets versions 13 and onwards.