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SurveyJS

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Velocity5.0

JavaScript library for building dynamic forms and surveys

SurveyJS ships a silent stable line while v3 rebuilds its rendering on theme adapters.

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Current state
SurveyJS publishes two streams into the same feed. The v1.12.x stable line releases roughly weekly with notes that say nothing beyond the version number and a CI skip marker, so the changelog carries no information about what shipped. The v3.0.0 beta line is where the visible work is, and it is a rendering and theming rewrite: theme adapters, a shadcn adapter, tokens for dropdown menus, a refactored boolean switch with a toggle-switch variant, and repeated theme refreshes, alongside SSR hydration and responsiveness fixes.
Where it's heading
The v3 betas point at a component layer that can be retargeted at a host application's design system rather than shipping one look. Theme adapters plus a shadcn adapter plus CSS variable patching describe a survey renderer that adopts the surrounding app's tokens, which is a different integration story from theming a fixed widget. The betas also carry regular Merge v2 commits, so the stable line is being folded forward continuously rather than forked away from. What cannot be read from this feed is the stable line itself, whose release notes are build stamps.
Prediction
The adapter work is the unfinished thread — expect further beta releases adding adapters for other component libraries before v3.0.0 leaves beta.

Recent moves

  1. 5d ago

    v1.12.67

    A stable-line release whose notes contain only the version and a pipeline skip marker. The changelog records that a release happened and nothing about its contents.

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  2. 12d ago

    v3 beta adds a shadcn adapter and reworks the boolean switch

    The v3 beta line continues its theming rebuild with a shadcn adapter, boolean switch styles for adapters, and a new displayMode property on boolean questions. Also fixes an SSR hydration mismatch, ranking text alignment, long slider labels, and progress bar behavior when default values are present.

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  3. 15d ago

    v1.12.66

    Another stable-line release published with only a version string and CI skip marker in its notes.

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  4. 21d ago

    v1.12.65

    A stable-line release with contentless notes, matching the pattern of the surrounding 1.12.x versions.

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  5. 1mo ago

    v1.12.64

    A stable-line release carrying no description of its changes beyond the version number.

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  6. 1mo ago

    v3 beta introduces theme adapters and dropdown menu tokens

    The beta where the adapter architecture becomes visible: a theme-adapters feature, token support for dropdown menus, patched component radius CSS variables, and a toggle switch in the component library. Paired with progress UI state work and fixes for customer themes overriding survey button styles.

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