Newsletter Archive

October 21, 2026 · Release · Skipper 3.5.4

Skipper 3.5.4 refreshes the trusted root certificates after the emSign incident and fixes Apple Silicon project loading and bundle export paths.

September 10, 2026 · Release · Skipper 3.5.1

Skipper 3.5.1 adds native Apple Silicon, Windows on ARM and 64-bit Windows builds, plus Laravel, Knex and Doctrine 2 migration and attribute fixes.

July 3, 2026 · Release · Skipper 3.5.0

Skipper 3.5.0 adds a headless CLI and AI-assisted schema design, so scripts, CI pipelines and AI assistants can change a Skipper model.

April 29, 2026 · Release · Skipper 3.4.4

Skipper 3.4.4 understands PHP 8.0 to 8.2 syntax, imports Doctrine2 traits and controls the visibility of generated properties.

January 26, 2026 · Release · Skipper 3.4.1

Skipper 3.4.1 brings over 30 stability fixes: memory leaks, crash prevention, error handling and Laravel and migration fixes.

March 26, 2024 · Release · Skipper 3.3.7

Skipper 3.3.7 brings several enhancements and fixes for bugs that affected some users.

September 20, 2023 · Release · Skipper 3.3.5

Skipper 3.3.5 improves the Doctrine2 association import and export and exports Laravel enum casts to @property definitions.

May 3, 2023 · Release · Skipper 3.3.4

Skipper 3.3.4 fixes Laravel and Doctrine2 bugs and a critical error that caused random crashes on Windows.

November 14, 2022 · Release · Skipper 3.3.3

Knex.js joins the supported frameworks, with Doctrine2 attribute and MongoDB type fixes.

September 20, 2022 · Release · Skipper 3.3.2

Skipper 3.3.2 adds Custom Tasks that run after a project, migration or schema file export, for example a code formatter.

August 15, 2022 · Release · Skipper 3.3.0

Skipper 3.3.0 makes PHP attributes available for all users and converts annotations to attributes in existing projects.

June 22, 2022 · Beta

A Skipper beta of June 2022 adds PHP attributes support and converts annotations to attributes in existing projects.

February 9, 2022 · Release · Skipper 3.2.36

Skipper 3.2.36 brings small enhancements and fixes of errors reported by users of all supported frameworks.

September 7, 2021 · Release · Skipper 3.2.35

Skipper 3.2.35 imports Doctrine2 ::class notation and lets migrations move entities between modules without delete and create.

June 21, 2021 · Release · Skipper 3.2.34

Skipper 3.2.34 generates Laravel @property hints, aligns Doctrine2 with its XSD schema and updates the MongoDB ODM export for version 2.2.

April 12, 2021 · Release · Skipper 3.2.32

Skipper 3.2.32 supports the latest PHP language constructs, parses projects faster and fixes several crashes.

February 3, 2021 · Release · Skipper 3.2.31

Skipper 3.2.31 adds UUID and ULID data types for Doctrine2 and improves the Laravel export and the PostgreSQL and MySQL support.

December 10, 2020 · Release · Skipper 3.2.28

Skipper 3.2.28 adds a reworked dark skin for all operating systems and a set of fixes for macOS Big Sur.

November 5, 2020 · Release · Skipper 3.2.27

Skipper 3.2.27 updates the Qt framework, changes keyboard shortcuts and fixes bugs reported by users.

August 24, 2020 · Release · Skipper 3.2.25

Skipper 3.2.25 brings more than 30 changes to the Laravel framework support, based on user feedback.

June 29, 2020 · Release · Skipper 3.2.24

Skipper 3.2.24 supports High DPI monitors, brings fresh application themes and exports a project to an image or PDF from the command line.

April 3, 2020 · Announcement

In April 2020 the Skipper team asked users for small improvement ideas, bugs and new functions for a month of polishing.

March 19, 2020 · Release · Skipper 3.2.23

Skipper 3.2.23 adds an output window for external tools and asks before it discards unsaved changes in closing windows.

November 12, 2019 · Release · Skipper 3.2.21

Skipper 3.2.21 adds Laravel polymorphic relations, PHP 7.4 parsing and a notarized package for macOS Catalina.

September 10, 2019 · Release · Skipper 3.2.20

Skipper 3.2.20 improves the Laravel export, the MongoDB ODM storeAs property and the SQLite and MySQL database importers.

May 27, 2019 · Release · Skipper 3.2.19

Skipper 3.2.19 ends the Laravel beta and is the first version with stable Laravel Eloquent support.

March 18, 2019 · Release · Skipper 3.2.17

Skipper 3.2.17 brings the first public beta of Laravel Eloquent support, with migrations, model classes and database import.

March 5, 2019 · Release · Skipper 3.2.16

Skipper 3.2.16 adds dynamic field templates and imports projects directly from MySQL, SQLite, SQL Server and PostgreSQL databases.

January 17, 2019 · Release · Skipper 3.2.15

Skipper 3.2.15 adds migrations management, custom templates for new fields and Doctrine2 MappedSuperclass and orphan removal options.

October 29, 2018 · Release · Skipper 3.2.14

Skipper 3.2.14 adds Propel multi-level single table inheritance, the Doctrine2 @schema attribute for join tables and standalone embeddable classes.

July 13, 2018 · Release · Skipper 3.2.13

Skipper 3.2.13 lets derived entities use base-class fields, adds Doctrine2 field options and makes the PHP export comply with PSR-2.

March 22, 2018 · Release · Skipper 3.2.12

Skipper 3.2.12 exports Doctrine2 entities to trait classes and fixes Gedmo, Unicode folder and auto-update issues.

January 3, 2018 · Release · Skipper 3.2.11

Skipper 3.2.11 adds Symfony 4 support, the Propel validate behavior and new immutable and json data types for Doctrine2.