Releases
Release and updates of Backend.AI

Lablup Releases 'mlxcel,' an Open-Source AI Inference Engine Optimized for Apple Silicon
By LablupLablup open-sources mlxcel, an AI inference engine optimized for Apple Silicon (M1 to M5) and NVIDIA CUDA. Built in pure Rust with no Python runtime, it delivers 119% of mlx-lm's decode throughput and supports 80+ model architectures.18 May 2026

Release: Backend.AI FastTrack 3 25.18
By LablupA rundown of the major changes in Backend.AI FastTrack 3 25.18.5 January 2026

Release: Backend.AI 25.15 (LTS)
By LablupBackend.AI 25.15 LTS is here, with broad system and UX optimization that strengthens reliability and scalability for large-scale AI training and deployment.2 October 2025

Release: Backend.AI 25.6 (LTS)
By LablupBackend.AI 25.6, the first LTS release of 2025, lands with better system monitoring, audit logging, and model-service auto-scaling for smoother operations.17 April 2025

Release: Backend.AI 24.09
By LablupBackend.AI 24.09, the second release of 2024, brings large-scale architectural improvements to Backend.AI Core and stronger integration for diverse accelerators and enterprise infrastructure.22 October 2024

Release: Backend.AI 24.03
By LablupBackend.AI 24.03, the first release of 2024, is here, with major UI and user-experience improvements that make installation and operations easier.29 March 2024

Update: Backend.AI 23.09
By LablupA rundown of the key changes and new features in the Backend.AI 23.09 release.26 September 2023

23.03: July 2023 Update
By LablupA rundown of the key changes in the July 2023 update for Backend.AI 23.03.31 July 2023

Release: Backend.AI 23.03
By LablupA rundown of the key changes in the Backend.AI 23.05 release.31 May 2023

23.03: March 2023 Update
By LablupA rundown of the key changes in the March 2023 release of Backend.AI 23.03.31 March 2023

Backend.AI Announcement: Graphcore IPU Integration
By LablupBackend.AI now supports Graphcore IPUs. A look at what an IPU is and how to use one on Backend.AI.29 September 2022

22.03: March 2022 update
By LablupThe Backend.AI 22.03 update: stronger MLOps support (AppProxy v2, batch session dependencies), heterogeneous cluster support, and GPU allocation optimization.31 March 2022