# openHAB 2.5 Release

DevFeed: [openHAB 2.5 Release](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/openhab-2-5-release-16721.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://openhab.org/blog/2019-12-14-openhab-2-5-release.html>)

Published: 2019-12-15T11:26:55Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [openHAB](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/openhab.md>)

Topics: [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/releases.md>), [Release notes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/release-notes.md>), [Automation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/automation.md>), [build times](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/build-times.md>), [ide](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ide.md>), [Refactoring](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/refactoring.md>)

Tags: [automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automation.md>), [build-times](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/build-times.md>), [ide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ide.md>), [integration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/integration.md>), [refactoring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/refactoring.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [release-notes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release-notes.md>), [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/releases.md>)

## AI overview

openHAB 2.5 is announced after a year-long gap since version 2.4. The release includes a new build system, Eclipse SmartHome reintegration, 46 new add-ons, and the Ephemeris feature for more fine-grained automation rules.

## Source excerpt

A full year has passed since openHAB 2.4 and a lot has happened meanwhile. A new release is overdue and we are happy to announce the new 2.5 release to all of you today!