SageThumbs Version History: Every Released Version (2.0.0.23 and Earlier)
SageThumbs is a free, open-source Windows Explorer shell extension by Nikolay Raspopov (Cherubic Software), licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2 or later. This page lists the released versions that can be verified against the developer’s official history and the SourceForge project. The latest released version is 2.0.0.23, published on 9 May 2017. No newer binary has ever been published.
The current release: 2.0.0.23
Version 2.0.0.23 is the installer available from the official SourceForge project today: sagethumbs_2.0.0.23_setup.exe, 2,242,393 bytes, a combined 32-bit and 64-bit installer for Windows XP through Windows 10. Its official changes are deliberately modest, and they are worth stating exactly because inflated retellings circulate online: this release added a Finnish translation (by Ropsi) and the project was converted to Microsoft Visual Studio 2017. Nothing in the official record describes rendering changes, crash fixes or new format support in 2.0.0.23. You can verify the file with SHA-256 705d743e28b487e34a4a7245a0dbc303a10e45ba0fd9e4da4101c8cdf506839a and MD5 2af65abf462c9b3170c6e80428f90888.
Release table
| Version | Release date | Verified official changes |
|---|---|---|
| 2.0.0.23 | 9 May 2017 | Added Finnish translation (by Ropsi). Project converted to MS VS2017. |
| 2.0.0.22 | 10 March 2015 | Added Dutch translation. Italian translation updated. |
| 2.0.0.21 | 29 November 2014 | Added Greek translation. Silent installation improvements. Installer moved to NSIS v3. |
Earlier 2.0.0.x releases are also published on SourceForge and form the long development line of the project stretching back to 2004. Their individual changes are recorded in the developer’s official history; this page highlights only the three most recent releases in full, because those are the versions most often misdescribed elsewhere. Two milestones from that earlier line are worth noting in general terms: the installer became a combined 32-bit and 64-bit package from version 2.0.0.8 onwards, which is why a single setup file serves both architectures today.
About the 2.0.0.24 entry you may see mentioned
The changelog inside the SageThumbs source tree contains a 2.0.0.24 entry describing a fix for an oversized context menu preview and several additional translations. That entry is a source-tree changelog entry only: it was never released as a binary. There is no 2.0.0.24 installer or source package in the SourceForge files area, the developer’s site still presents 2.0.0.23 as the current version, and no release date for 2.0.0.24 has been published. Any site offering a SageThumbs 2.0.0.24 download is not offering an official release, and you should treat such files with suspicion and check hashes carefully before running anything.
Project status after 2017
There have been no further software releases since 2.0.0.23 in 2017. In May 2024 the project’s source repository was migrated from SVN to Git on SourceForge; that was a repository move, not a software update, and it did not change the program. SageThumbs should be understood as a finished, unmaintained tool that remains widely used because Windows still supports the shell extension interfaces it relies on. Its official system requirements end at Windows 10; it works on Windows 11 in practice, which is community experience rather than an official support statement.
Frequently asked questions
What is the latest version of SageThumbs?
Version 2.0.0.23, released on 9 May 2017, is the latest published release and the version available from the official SourceForge project.
Can I download SageThumbs 2.0.0.24?
No official 2.0.0.24 download exists. The number appears only as an unpublished entry in the source tree changelog, with no binary and no release date.
Is SageThumbs still being developed?
No new versions have been released since 2017. The only later activity was the 2024 migration of the source repository from SVN to Git, which did not change the software.
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