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Habari 0.6 has been released into the wild. It's been a long time coming, but we're very happy to send a new release out the door. As the official release statement says

Executive Summary: New release. Get.

Noteworthy additions in the new version includes the new ACL permissions system, new API features and general improvements to the administration system

Grab your copy now and give it a test! We're confident you'll like it!

The first few Habari screencasts has been available on habariproject.org

First off is is a screencast showing the LiveHelp Plugin and how it enables IRC inside the Habari interface. It's a great way to get help if you need it, without having to go through the hassle of installing and configuring a local IRC client on your own.

While the first screenshot targets users, the second one targets developers.

In the "The Power of FormUI" Owen explains the magic that is FormUI, and how you can utilize it to modify Habari trough plugins. The possibilities of the FormUI class are endless, and the example given in the screencast is just the beginning.

Hopefully this is just the beginning of a long series of screencasts made available by the Habari community. If there are any requests and ideas for future screencasts, please let us know and we'll do our best to oblige.

Brokenkode.com is now powered by Habari. About freaking time, Khaled! Seriously, Khaled has a nice writeup outlining his views on the current state of Habari market penetration.

Khaled, pls, get your themeing on!

Did you know that currently there are thirteen publicly available themes ready for download and usage for your Habari install? Some of the themes that are available are ported from other blogging platforms, others are "pure" Habari themes that doesn't originate anywhere else.

Head over to the available themes section on habariproject.org and have a look at what is available to you as a Habari user.

In other Habari news, the project has recently announced  "Habari Summer of Collaboration". While Habari as a project can't sponsor full time internship and payment for your open source work like Google can, we still want to use the summer to improve the project as much as we can.

So, if you do have some time available we would love to see you help us make Habari a better product. Whether you have a personal itch to scratch or just want to feel the warm fuzziness of contributing to a open source project, you are sure to receive a warm welcome from the Habari community.

The Habari team has just released version 0.4, which incorporates over 230 code changes and quite a few very nice improvements since the last release. For more details, check out the release notes and commit log.

Hopefully this is the last Developer Review release, before Habari enters official beta status.