# New: next-version branch in openrndr-template

**URL:** <https://openrndr.discourse.group/t/new-next-version-branch-in-openrndr-template/562>\
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**Created:** [June 2, 2023, 2:30pm UTC](https://openrndr.discourse.group/t/new-next-version-branch-in-openrndr-template/562 "2023-06-02T14:30:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 2:30pm UTC](https://openrndr.discourse.group/t/new-next-version-branch-in-openrndr-template/562/1 "2023-06-02T14:30:37Z")

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Hi! 🙂 Since today there is a [next-version branch](https://github.com/openrndr/openrndr-template/tree/next-version) in the openrndr-template repo.

Why? As OPENRNDR and the ORX extensions are developed, sometimes an alpha version is released. You may want to use the latest version because it fixed some bug or because some new feature you can’t wait to try.

There are two ways to try the most recent versions. One is to to clone the openrndr and orx repos and build them yourself. But if you are less adventurous, you can use an alpha release instead.

The `next-version` branch of the `openrndr-template` will accumulate the alpha releases until the next proper release happens. A safer way to live a bit more on the edge 🙂

At the time of writing, the `next-version` branch adds [7 new orx extensions](https://github.com/openrndr/openrndr-template/compare/master...next-version) and uses the 0.4.3-alpha9 versions of openrndr and orx. Changelogs: [openrndr](https://github.com/openrndr/openrndr/compare/c063b39e09b992e977d5f3a9578b1fa865327925...0ee5625dfa21fbe015d8f2bfc958dfd337908b64) and [orx](https://github.com/openrndr/orx/compare/e4d983c683ee9c91506236f62433523ce4214a29...e5e82425f28b41c910248ca40fca021077377ae9).

## How to use `next-version`

### Clone & play

```plaintext
git clone https://github.com/openrndr/openrndr-template.git
cd openrndr-template/
git checkout next-version

```

Then have fun with the new features and orx’es 🙂

### Alternative: manually apply its changes to your own template

If you don’t want to clone the template again, you can manually apply [these changes](https://github.com/openrndr/openrndr-template/compare/master...next-version) to your existing one.

## orx-marching-squares

Here an image created with one of the new orx extensions to add some color to this post:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/openrndr/original/1X/a840edee0c29390908a625eadcb612c8dadaa06a.png)