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This page shows the highlights of the major GreenHopper releases since GreenHopper 4.0.

Current Release

For information about the latest release, please go to the Release Notes.

GreenHopper 6.1 — 10th December 2012

GreenHopper 6.1 saw the introduction of Epics to Scrum boards (satisfying around 200 votes).

Additional features since GreenHopper 6.0:

  • Configurable fields on the Issue Detail View (190 votes)
  • Customisable card colours (81 votes) 
  • Scope change shown in Burndown chart (53 votes)
  • Multiple active sprints ("Parallel sprints" — still in Labs)
  • Auto-refresh
  • Icons indicate board type (Scrum/Kanban)
  • Ability to rename future sprints
  • Expand/collapse all swimlanes
  • Burndown Report shows what didn't get done

  • Sub-tasks can be excluded from Column Constraints

  • Control Chart shows median time

  • Remaining Estimate is shown in sprint footer

  • Detail View is now closable

  • Count of Visible Issues shown in column header on Work mode

  • Sample data included

  • Performance improvements 

GreenHopper 6.0 — 13th August 2012

GreenHopper 6.0 saw the launch of the Rapid Board (now known as just the "board") completely out of Labs, becoming the default way of working in GreenHopper.

Features added to the Rapid Board since GreenHopper 5.8:

  • Multi Project Support (497 votes) 
  • Swimlanes (28 votes) 
  • Permalinks (42 votes) 
  • Separate Sprints from Versions (153 votes)
  • Custom - Invidiualised Boards 
  • WIP Limits 
  • Scope Change in Charts (36 votes) 
  • Quick Filters (Assigned to Me, Recently Updated) 
  • Avatars 
  • Global Ranking 
  • Cumulative Flow Diagram (Real-time)
  • Control Chart (Real-time)
  • Sub-tasks grouped under parent 
  • Number-of-days-in-column indicator 
  • Chart filtering (refine)
  • Multi-select ranking 
  • Keyboard shortcuts 
  • Separate filter for Work mode
  • Configurable columns (with multiple statuses in columns) 
  • Zero page reloads 
  • Calculating marker
  • Burndown chart
  • Rank to Top / Rank to Bottom issue operations 
  • Attachments in detail view
  • Add story to Sprint 
  • Instant Filter 
  • Sub-task tab 
  • Sprint Retrospective Report 
  • JIRA Agile Pane
  • Estimation & tracking statistics 
  • Tracking
  • Scope change 
  • Team calendars
  • Swimlanes by sub-task, assignee 
  • Remove story from sprint

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GreenHopper 5.10 — 30th May 2012

  • Scrum on the Rapid Board moves out of Labs
  • Enhancements to Sprint Report
  • JIRA 5.0 & 5.1 compatibility
  • More in release notes

GreenHopper 5.9 — 22nd February 2012

  • Enhancements to Scrum support ('Plan' mode) on the Rapid Board (available via Labs since GreenHopper 5.8.6)

  • Burndown chart (in Story Points) now available on the Rapid Board

  • JIRA 5.0 & 5.1 compatibility
  • More in release notes

GreenHopper 5.8 — 12th October 2011

  • Rapid Board moves out of Labs
  • JIRA 4.4.2 compatibility
  • More in release notes

GreenHopper 5.7 — 2nd August 2011

  • Enhancements to the Rapid Board (introduced in 5.6.2 via Labs, delivering URL addressing and multiple project support)
  • JIRA 4.4 compatibility
  • More in release notes

GreenHopper 5.6 — 7th April 2011

  • Improved Inline Editing of Fields
  • More Language Packs
  • More in release notes

GreenHopper 5.5 — 16th March 2011

  • Task Board Gadget for JIRA Wallboards
  • JIRA 4.3 compatibility
  • More in release notes

GreenHopper 5.4 — 14 December 2010

  • Time-Tracking Analysis for the Hour Burndown Chart.
  • More in release notes

GreenHopper 5.3 — 21 October 2010

  • Keyboard Shortcuts
  • One-Click Wallboards
  • Customisable Printing
  • Card Background Colour
  • More in release notes

GreenHopper 5.2 — 9 August 2010

  • Cumulative Flow Diagrams
  • Version release from the Task Board 'Done' column
  • Quick issue creation via the 'Issue Type' legend
  • More in release notes

GreenHopper 5.1 — 15 July 2010

  • Planning Board Categorisation of 'Assignee' and 'Component' Modes by Version
  • Task Board Categorisation of 'Version' Mode by Assignee
  • 'Bulk Change' available on the Planning Board
  • Drag-and-drop 'temporary' Markers
  • More in release notes

GreenHopper 5.0 — 10 June 2010

  • Inline editing
  • 'Action' dialogs
  • Quick filters
  • Drag-and-drop pagination
  • 'Minimum' column constraints
  • Dynamic 'Release Charts'
  • More in release notes

GreenHopper 4.4 — 7 April 2010

  • 'Days Remaining' Gadget
  • Jump from a JIRA issue direct to the Planning Board (or Task Board)
  • Marker Handling Enhancements
  • More in release notes

GreenHopper 4.3 — 1 March 2010

GreenHopper 4.2 — 23 November 2009

  • Statistical Markers
  • "Shift-select" Cards/Rows
  • More in release notes

GreenHopper 4.1 — 2 November 2009

  • Cross-Project Burndown Charts
  • GreenHopper Epics
  • Revised Searching
  • More in release notes

GreenHopper 4.0 — 6 October 2009

  • Multiple Saved Filters within Contexts
  • Unlimited Fields in List View
  • Agile Gadget
  • Task Board Transitions Just Got Smarter
  • Improvements to the GreenHopper Boards
  • Kanban Support
  • Time Tracking Enhancements
  • Navigation Improvements
  • More in release notes
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