BBB 3.1 vs 4.0

[Piszczu]

Hi, 

I'm using BBB 3.1 for now contrary to BBB 3.0 is uses ReactMarkdown for chat messages. Now I'm wondering whether I should switch to 4.0 or it's not production ready? How will it differ from BBB 3.1? I guess some major changes are planned? Where I can read more?

[Piszczu]

Also, urls like this: https://docs.bigbluebutton.org/3.1/administration/install/ do not work anymore. Does it mean that 3.1 is now 4.0 and is not production ready? Which is the latest stable version that I could deploy?

[Anton Georgiev]

Hi!

BBB 3.1 was recently renamed to 4.0. Next BBB 4.0 iteration (a beta) will clear a bunch of the confusion up as it will help flush old links like the one you pointed.

4.0 will be ready for production use once it graduates from the beta and release candidate phase.

Stay tuned here in the -dev mailing list!

Anton

[Piszczu]

Great thank you!

[Piszczu]

Actually, chat message component again does not use ReatMarkdown (https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/blob/v4.0.x-release/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/chat/chat-graphql/chat-message-list/page/chat-message/message-content/text-content/component.tsx). Is it intentional? I recall that it was introduced in 3.1. 

poniedziałek, 16 marca 2026 o 14:43:52 UTC+1 Anton Georgiev napisał(a):