FileMaker End of Life (EOL) Dates & Support Timeline
Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all FileMaker versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | — | Mar 1, 2004 | Sep 26, 2008 | 6479 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8 | — | Aug 1, 2005 | Sep 23, 2010 | 5752 days past EOL | EOL |
| 9 | — | Jul 1, 2007 | Nov 15, 2011 | 5334 days past EOL | EOL |
| 10 | — | Jan 1, 2009 | Sep 27, 2014 | 4287 days past EOL | EOL |
| 11 | — | Mar 1, 2010 | Sep 25, 2015 | 3924 days past EOL | EOL |
| 12 | — | Apr 1, 2012 | Sep 23, 2016 | 3560 days past EOL | EOL |
| 13 | — | Dec 1, 2013 | Sep 22, 2017 | 3196 days past EOL | EOL |
| 14 | — | May 1, 2015 | Sep 21, 2018 | 2832 days past EOL | EOL |
| 15 | — | May 1, 2016 | Sep 20, 2019 | 2468 days past EOL | EOL |
| 16 | — | May 1, 2017 | Sep 18, 2020 | 2104 days past EOL | EOL |
| 17 | — | May 1, 2018 | Sep 18, 2020 | 2104 days past EOL | EOL |
| 18 | — | May 1, 2019 | Jun 25, 2021 | 1824 days past EOL | EOL |
| 19 | — | May 31, 2020 | May 31, 2022 | 1484 days past EOL | EOL |
| 19.1 | — | Sep 30, 2020 | Oct 31, 2022 | 1331 days past EOL | EOL |
| 19.2 | — | Mar 31, 2021 | Mar 31, 2023 | 1180 days past EOL | EOL |
| 19.3 | — | Jun 30, 2021 | Jul 31, 2023 | 1058 days past EOL | EOL |
| 19.4 | — | Dec 1, 2021 | Dec 31, 2023 | 905 days past EOL | EOL |
| 19.5 | — | Jun 30, 2022 | Jun 30, 2024 | 723 days past EOL | EOL |
| 19.6 | — | Dec 31, 2022 | Dec 31, 2024 | 539 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2023 | — | Apr 30, 2023 | Dec 31, 2025 | 174 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2024 | — | Jun 30, 2024 | Jun 30, 2026 | 7 days remaining | Warning |
| 2025 | — | Jul 31, 2025 | Jul 31, 2027 | 403 days remaining | Active |
What does FileMaker end of life mean for your organization?
When a version of FileMaker reaches end of life, the maintainers stop issuing security patches. Vulnerabilities discovered after this date are publicly disclosed on the National Vulnerability Database, exploit code appears on GitHub, and your systems remain permanently exposed.
The CVE blind spot: Most vulnerability scanners check for known CVEs but do not flag the accumulation of unpatched vulnerabilities in EOL software. With a zero-day, nobody knows about the vulnerability. With EOL software, the vulnerability is public — listed, rated, and often weaponized — but no patch will ever exist. This is the most dangerous gap in enterprise security posture.
Organizations running EOL FileMaker should treat it as a vulnerability class in their risk register, apply compensating controls (network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, access restriction), and prioritize migration to a supported version.
Extended Support Options
If you cannot migrate immediately, extended support vendors provide continued security patches for EOL FileMaker versions. This is a bridge, not a permanent solution — plan your migration in parallel.
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