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2025-11-062025-11-06

NEW Major Release: Tendenci OSS v15.0

Major Release: Tendenci v15.0 — Open Source Association Management Software (AMS)
Released March 30, 2024. As of October 8, 2025, Tendenci is currently on version 15.3.7.

A Heartfelt Thank You 🩵🐾`
First and foremost, we want to thank the GitHub community and all the developers contributing to the Tendenci project—your Tendenci project! Together, we continue to empower nonprofits and associations worldwide with open source freedom and transparency.

If you host your Tendenci website with us—great news: your site has already been upgraded. Yeii! 🤓🐾

Real People, Real Work 👩🏻‍💻🐾
It took a lot of planning and teamwork to cross the finish line for this major upgrade, and it wasn’t performed with Artificial Intelligence. It was done by real people—in particular, a strong programmer and developer who has passionately maintained the Tendenci repository for more than 15 years. Our team proudly celebrates our Chief Programmer, Jenny Qian, who continues to be a pillar of the Tendenci community.

Our Commitment to You 🐾
As always, we remain dedicated to providing our hosted clients with secure, scalable, and affordable managed hosting services in our AWS private cloud. Compared to other AMS platforms, our hosting stands out—
✅Security and privacy first

✅No per user or admin fees
✅No license fees
✅ Upgrades are included in the hosting plan that best suits your association

If your association is exploring a new Association Management System (AMS), we’d love to connect. Contact us for a free consultation and demo!

What’s New in Tendenci OSS v15.0?! 🙌

You can find the full list of software release and upgrade details in our CHANGELOG.md file.

Major Highlights ✨
🤓 Dropped support for Django 3.2 LTS — Tendenci now requires Django 4.2 LTS.
🤓 Database updates — Minimum supported version raised: PostgreSQL 12+ required.
🤓 Base template upgrade — Tendenci now uses Font Awesome v6 by default (older Font-Awesome links should be updated).
🤓 URL configuration changes — Outdated url() imports replaced with re_path() in urls.py, in line with Django 4.x best practices.

For step-by-step upgrade instructions from v14.x to v15.0, visit our documentation on Read the Docs.

More in v15.x ✨

Tendenci v15.x is packed with exciting new features and enhancements—from the Newsletter module to Payments and Donations, Membership and Event Management updates, Directories module updates, and more!

Check out our recent version blog post for details:
🤩 Version bump 15.3 and 15.3.1
🤩 Version bump 15.3.4
🤩 Version bump 15.3.5

Remember to upgrade your Tendenci site to the latest version. Post your issues on GitHub for full support!

TendenciDEV Team

2024-08-012024-08-01

Join Our New Free Tendenci Platform Training Workshops

tendenci graphic for event management training

Advance your Tendenci admin skills by joining our free Event Management and Chapter Memberships training workshops this September and October!

These complimentary workshops are offered to our Tendenci hosted nonprofit organizations, associations, and partners. Encourage your volunteer staff to join and discover new event management features and chapter membership opportunities to engage your members and boost your sales. Don’t miss out!

Check out all the upcoming tendenci platform training workshops here! https://www.tendenci.com/events/search/

2024-04-022024-08-01

Register for our FREE Tendenci PlatformTraining Events!

March | April | May | ????

The Tendenci Platform Training Workshop series with President Nicole Davis has begun! This series offers a fantastic opportunity for you to elevate your tech skills and enables you to effectively engage your members and community. Throughout the training workshops, we are covering basics such as Tendenci features and layouts, as well as advanced topics like recurring memberships and event management. These workshops will equip you with the skills to maximize your platform usage and enhance your overall Tendenci experience. Join us now to make the most of this valuable learning opportunity!

Read more here: ➡️ https://www.tendenci.com/events/search/

2023-07-112025-12-29

Are your users having issues with reCAPTCHA?

Seems like there are occasions when our hosting clients are experiencing trouble on their Tendenci site due to reCAPTCHA. This doesn’t necessarily mean it is a Tendenci software problem but rather a Google issue. It is a service provided by Google to protect websites from automated bots and spam. If you are experiencing issues such as your users having difficulty completing the verification process or encountering errors on your Tendenci site, it is typically related to the Google reCAPTCHA service.

Our suggestion is the following: Make sure the browser is up to date and try disabling extensions. Here is an article with more details https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/tech/chrome-recaptcha-not-working.

If you haven’t already, get in touch with us so our team can set up reCaptcha V3 on your Tendenci website to better protect your site against spam, and at no cost. If you continue to run into issues, please don’t hesitate to contact us via our support team for further assistance.

Stay groovy,
TendenciDEV Team
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2021-06-012025-12-29

JITO USA Chapter Goes Open Source with Tendenci

JITO Organization – USA Chapter continues to expand in the United States with the support of Tendenci – Open Source AMS software. The new association has recently launched a website for its U.S. members to join chapters in San Francisco and New York, as well as units – in the works to become chapters – in Chicago and Los Angeles.

There truly is no limit for JITO USA with Tendenci’s scalable entity-pointer system, which increases efficiency and productivity of their chapter leadership teams by allowing all chapters to operate under the same umbrella!

JITO USA Responsive showcase on four iPhones by Tendenci

The Jain International Trade Organization – USA Chapter continues to pave the way and lead industries for its members’ continued success.

Click to read more!

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2019-11-072025-12-30

ISCWSA becomes a Major Resource for the Industry

We are proud to announce that The Industry Steering Committee of Wellbore Survey Accuracy (ISCWSA) is now the place of resource for industry professionals! All of this was possible with Tendenci Open Source AMS!

The new website design features a marvelous custom Resource Library where everyone interested in science, engineering, oil & gas, etc., is welcome to seamlessly search and explore the repository of documents.

Continue Reading!

Image Graphic for ISCWSA — The primary aim of The Industry Steering Committee on Wellbore Survey Accuracy group is to produce and maintain standards for the industry relating to wellbore survey accuracy. ISCWSA sets standards for terminology and accuracy specifications, and establishes a standard framework for modelling and validation of tool performance by raising awareness and understanding of wellbore survey accuracy issues across the industry.

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2012-04-032025-12-19

Historical Content: To Our Clients: We Love You! (And with Open Source We Love You More!)

To our Tendenci clients –

Today, we released the Tendenci CMS open source (view the Tendenci GitHub Repository here). Tendenci CMS, or Content Management System, is the software that powers your website. We value you, and all our clients, tremendously and want to make sure we reach out to answer some questions you may have about this announcement and how it affects you.

What Does “Open Source” Mean?

Open Source means that the Tendenci code will be available from Schipul for anyone to download and install on a server to create a Tendenci website. The code is free, but it does require a specific hosting environment and programming knowledge to deploy a site. Open Source also means that other developers outside of our programming team can contribute to the code – build plugins, make changes to the interface, etc. The Tendenci “committers” (lead programmers) will remain gatekeepers of the core code, and incorporate the work of these outside developers as we see the benefit to clients.

What Does Open Source Tendenci Mean for Current Tendenci Clients?

In the short term, you probably won’t notice a difference. Your hosting won’t change, your cost won’t change, and your site won’t appear or operate differently.

Long term – The goal in going open source is to develop a larger ecosystem of developers who can update, add on to, and create websites with Tendenci (outside of the Schipul team). For you, this means more features available in Tendenci that aren’t currently, and the ability to customize your site to your specific needs. This also means that if you decide to, you can host your website internally or have another developer host or make updates to your website without Schipul’s involvement. We will do our best to keep our pricing competitive and maintain excellent customer service to continue providing the most value to those hosting with us.

What About Tendenci 4.0 Websites?

If your dashboard looks like the screenshot to the right, your website is currently powered by Tendenci 4.0 – the previous version of the Tendenci software, written in the programming language .ASP.

Since 2009 we have been rewriting Tendenci – Tendenci 5.0 – in the programming language Python, a more advanced programming language that gives us greater flexibility.

All Tendenci 4.0 clients have the same set of modules and features. In the past if a client requested a custom feature, we had to either find a way to roll it out to all client sites, or say no. Several features (for instance a searchable database of Attorneys) are not applicable to all clients, but exist on every Tendenci 4.0 site. The latest version of Tendenci works in a different way. Tendenci 5.0 has a Core that include pages, forms, users, events, etc. that apply to virtually all clients. From there we install additional features that are custom to each client using Plugins. For instance, a client may want a Staff module, Video Gallery, or Locations Module depending on the organization’s needs. Things like workflow, interface, and design can be custom to your organization.

Tendenci 5 is the version of Tendenci that we will be taking Open Source.

WHAT VERSION IS YOUR TENDENCI OPEN SOURCE SITE ON? PLEASE UPGRADE TO THE LATEST VERSION 🙂

I Have a Tendenci 4 Site. Should I Upgrade to Tendenci 5?

Web technology changes frequently. We recommend clients consider revamping their website about every 5 years – so you are utilizing the latest technology and your website reflects your brand in the most current light. That being said, upgrading a website is a process and represents a cost, so for some organizations we understand that budget constraints mean a website redesign may not be at the top of your priority list. We aren’t going to stop supporting Tendenci 4, yet long term all of our clients will need to upgrade to keep up with the latest technology. We hope that the additional features of Tendenci 5 & the lower hosting cost as a result of new efficiencies is compelling to upgrade.

The caveat here is that while Tendenci 5 is far advanced beyond Tendenci 4.0 in many ways, there are specific features that are not yet available in Tendenci 5. For a list of Modules that have changed in the new version, visit this help file.

If you are interested in learning more about upgrading to Tendenci 5, please contact our Business Development team at 281.497.6567 ext 700

How Can I Learn More About Tendenci Open Source?

The details of Tendenci Open Source CMS are available at tendenci.org.

Also follow us online to keep up to date with the latest Tendenci Open Source details:

Twitter – @Tendenci
Facebook – facebook.com/tendenci
The Tendenci Blog – blog.tendenci.com

Additional Questions, Comments, Concerns, etc. please don’t hesitate to contact us at https://www.tendenci.com/contact

Thank you for being a client!