Hi Aman! Welcome! First, I want to make sure you're in the right place - you mention Lucene, but this is the Lucene.NET mailing list. Lucene.NET is the .NET port of Lucene, which is written in Java. Are you looking for our project, or the Java version of Lucene?
Assuming you are in the right place, I can say that while we're still in the process of getting the 4.8.0 release done, we are pretty responsive on the mailing list and GitHub issues. We are currently finishing up our last beta for 4.8.0, after that we'll work through at least one RC and then the final release. But, many people are successfully using our current beta 17 release in production with good results. After 4.8.0, we will continue to maintain that release into the future (we probably need to better define a support policy for it before we release), while we work towards catching up with the latest Lucene changes. Your reaching out here on the mailing list is one great way to stay engaged and get support, but we also have GitHub and we monitor for Stack Overflow questions. Here's more information on that via our new GitHub Discussions page: https://github.com/apache/lucenenet/discussions/1180 Thanks, and hope this helps. Paul Irwin On Fri, Sep 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM Kumar, Aman <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Team, > > We're currently evaluating the Lucene framework for a long-term project > and wanted to check in on the current activity level of the community. > Specifically, we're interested in understanding how active the development > and support channels are, and whether there's ongoing maintenance and > roadmap planning for future releases. > Additionally, could you please share the best way to stay engaged with the > community or reach out for support when needed? > Looking forward to your insights. > > Thanks, > Aman >
