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Upgrade with Confidence: Automating CiviCRM Regression Tests with Behat

1 week 4 days ago

CiviCRM is a great fit for mission-driven organizations because it delivers what proprietary platforms typically can’t: true ownership of your data and the ability to meet unique business requirements. But, as we know from experience, the more complex the system, the more complex the upgrade process can be. “Complex” isn’t bad, but it should be planned for when looking ahead at projected costs for maintaining system security and functionality.

genadellett

CiviCRM Scotland Meetup, Thursday 9th October 2025

1 week 6 days ago

In this Meetup, Mads Mitchell of Pooka & Co and Humanist Society Scotland talks about how CiviCRM can be set to help charities and nonprofits UK Gift Aid workflows - including handling Gift Aid Declarations and reporting back to HMRC.

For existing CiviCRM users, there will be opportunities to meet and discuss CiviCRM with other organisations using the software in their day-to-day work, and to ask questions of experts.

marcusjwilson

CiviCamp Europe – Registration closes 5th of October

1 week 6 days ago

Did you register for CiviCamp Europe? If not, you have till the 5th of October to register to join us at CiviCamp.

CiviCamp will be in Lunteren in the Netherlands. We have a one day conference on Monday the 20th of October. A two day Administrator training (Tuesday and Wednesday), a two day Developer training (Tuesday and Wednesday) and a four day sprint (Tuesday till Friday).

You can find more information at https://civicamp.eu

jaapjansma

Skvare Extension: Enhanced Job Manager

2 weeks 6 days ago
Transform CiviCRM Scheduled Job Management with Enhanced Job Manager

CiviCRM's scheduled jobs are the backbone of automated processes for nonprofits and organizations. From sending scheduled reminders to processing recurring contributions, these background tasks keep your organization running smoothly.

sunil

CiviCRM 6.6 Release

3 weeks ago

Thanks to the hard work of CiviCRM’s incredible community of contributors, CiviCRM version 6.6.0 is now ready to download. This is a regular monthly release that includes new features and bug fixes. Details are available in the monthly release notes.

Your are encouraged to upgrade now for the most stable, secure CiviCRM experience:

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The Entity Construction Kit - a development journey

3 weeks 3 days ago

If you attended the San Francisco CiviCon in May this year, or watched Coleman's very entertaining "Less Code, More Features" presentation on the evolvement of how data structures have been modeled in CiviCRM over the years, you have seen a seemingly unconspicious CiviCRM extension in action, the Entity Construction Kit, or ECK in short.

jensschuppe

CiviCRM 6.5 Release

1 month 2 weeks ago

Thanks to the hard work of CiviCRM’s incredible community of contributors, CiviCRM version 6.5.0 is now ready to download. This is a regular monthly release that includes several security fixes. Your are strongly encouraged to upgrade now for the most stable, secure CiviCRM experience:

Download CiviCRM

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SYSTOPIA Extension of the Month #19: Event Invitation

1 month 3 weeks ago
How to streamline your event registration process in CiviCRM: In the last two decades, the CiviCRM toolbox has grown relentlessly. SYSTOPIA alone has built and maintained over 60 extensions to solve problems of CiviCRM user worldwide. This series aims to make our work a bit more visible – extension by extension. Maybe the missing software piece you are looking for is already out there?
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How we use and contribute to CiviCRM at the Tor Project

2 months 2 weeks ago

Hello CiviCRM community! We’re the Tor Project, long-time users of CiviCRM, and recently we shared a post on our own blog about how CiviCRM helps advance our goals as a nonprofit and our shared commitment to open source software. We also wanted to share some of the overlapping insights with the CiviCRM community.

alsmith

Stripe now supports TWINT/iDEAL payments

2 months 3 weeks ago
Stripe now supports TWINT/iDEAL payments

At MJW we develop and maintain quite a number of different extensions for CiviCRM. But the one that is by far the most popular and has helped us make a name for ourselves in the CiviCRM community is the Stripe payment processor.

mattwire

CiviCRM 6.4 Release

2 months 3 weeks ago

Thanks to the hard work of CiviCRM’s incredible community of contributors, CiviCRM version 6.4.0 is now ready to download. This is a regular monthly release. Upgrade now for the most stable CiviCRM experience:

Download CiviCRM

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SYSTOPIA Extension of the Month #18: CiviSEPA

2 months 3 weeks ago

At SYSTOPIA, we've built and maintain a wide range of tools, from CiviCRM extensions to specialized solutions for European organizations. With over 60 repositories under active management, we're dedicated to enhancing the CiviCRM ecosystem. This month, we're excited to present CiviSEPA – the comprehensive SEPA Direct Debit solution that has become essential for European nonprofits managing recurring contributions and membership fees.

SYSTOPIA

CiviCRM 6.3 Release

3 months 3 weeks ago

CiviCRM version 6.3.0 is now ready to download. In fact, since we're a bit late on these notes, 6.3.1 is already out and we'd recommend you start there. This is a regular monthly release. Upgrade now for the most stable CiviCRM experience:

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