List of updates in the nft command line tool

This page contains links to nftables release announcements. In addition to a summary of bug fixes and new features, each announcement typically includes examples of how to use new features.

See also List of updates since Linux kernel 3.13, for the kernel side of nftables development.

Date	Release Announcement	Comments
2022-02-21	nftables 1.0.2
2021-11-18	nftables 1.0.1
2021-08-19	nftables 1.0.0
2021-05-25	nftables 0.9.9
2021-01-15	nftables 0.9.8
2020-10-27	nftables 0.9.7
2020-06-15	nftables 0.9.6
2020-06-06	nftables 0.9.5	This release broke vmap support, this is fixed in 0.9.6.
2020-04-01	nftables 0.9.4
2019-12-02	nftables 0.9.3
2019-08-19	nftables 0.9.2
2019-06-24	nftables 0.9.1
2019-06-08	nftables 0.9.0
2018-05-10	nftables 0.8.5
2018-05-01	nftables 0.8.4
2018-03-03	nftables 0.8.3
2018-02-02	nftables 0.8.2
2018-01-16	nftables 0.8.1
2017-10-12	nftables 0.8
2016-12-20	nftables 0.7
2016-06-02	nftables 0.6
2015-09-17	nftables 0.5
2014-12-16	nftables 0.4
2014-06-25	nftables 0.3
2014-04-14	nftables 0.2
2014-01-20	nftables 0.099	The first released intended for users.
2009-03-18	nftables first alpha	First full public release, alpha quality not meant for users. Release notes include design summary, with differences from iptables.