Hi everyone,
We are thrilled to announce the latest CMS release, Xibo v4.4.0. The codename for this version is “Schaumasse”.
24P/Schaumasse is a periodic comet in the Solar System. First discovered on 1st December 1911 as a 12th magnitude, the comet passed about 1 degree from Jupiter on 25th October 2025.
What’s new in Xibo 4.4.0?
Xibo v4.4.0 introduces new functionality and enhancements, with three key updates to scheduling and one new interactive feature, designed to help you schedule content more efficiently and create more flexible interactive experiences.
Scheduling Wizard
The CMS now includes a new Scheduling Wizard. This provides a streamlined, step-by-step approach to scheduling content that standardises how events are created in the CMS, helping you schedule content faster and more consistently than before.
Scheduling media and playlists
The experience of scheduling media and playlists has been improved by aligning it with the new Scheduling Wizard. You can now schedule content more quickly with fewer required steps, while still adjusting optional settings later if needed.
Schedule page enhancements
CMS v4.4.0 introduces improvements to the Schedule page to make it easier to view and manage scheduled events across your network.
Keyboard interactive actions (Android players only)
A new Interactive Trigger called Key Press has been added, allowing you to control interactive content created in Interactive Mode in the Layout Editor. This update provides a simple way to trigger interactive content with your keyboard, without the need for a touchscreen display.
MySQL 8.4
Xibo has updated its Docker configuration from MySQL 8.0 to 8.4.
Before upgrading, please ensure you have a full backup of your database. While every effort has been made to ensure your existing MySQL 8.0 CMS database will upgrade smoothly, having a full backup is critical to rollback if necessary.
Please also review this guide to check whether your MySQL database user credentials are compatible with MySQL 8.4, failure to do so could result in disruption to your CMS service while you recover.
Enhancements
v4.4.0 introduces over 40 fixes and enhancements.
You can find information on downloads, installing and upgrading, players, and change logs here.
Change Log
Detailed changes for this release here
The three alpha releases for 4.4 are listed below with further changes:
Xibo CMS 4.4.0-alpha1
Xibo CMS 4.4.0-alpha2
Xibo CMS 4.4.0-alpha3
Download
Please use the links below to download this release:
- Xibo for Docker - Linux / Windows
- Xibo for Apache/Nginx / WAMP/IIS
Visit our Downloads page for all the latest releases.
Install / Upgrade
Instructions for installation/upgrade can be found here.
The minimum version of PHP needed to run the CMS is PHP 8.1.
Please note: Xibo 4.4 does not require ZeroMQ/ZMQ dependencies for the web container, making it easier to install for those of you not using Docker. See the Apache/IIS notes for more information.
Players
We recommend using player software of the same version as your CMS. The latest player software is available here.
Earlier versions of the player will connect to a v4 CMS in legacy mode.
Please note: Xibo for webOS and Xibo for Tizen players require v3 R308 and above to function with a v4 CMS. View the latest player software here.
Cloud hosted
If you have a cloud hosted CMS and have not opted out of minor version updates, this update will be applied to all v4.3 instances with the release of 4.4.1. You can manually upgrade earlier from My Account.
Feedback
Please let us know what you think of v4.4.0.