# ParaView 6.0.0 Release Candidate 2 has been released

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-6-0-0-release-candidate-2-has-been-released/16904
**Category:** Announcements
**Created:** [July 7, 2025, 8:27pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-6-0-0-release-candidate-2-has-been-released/16904 "2025-07-07T20:27:11Z")
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### Author: ![cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/cory.quammen/32/11193_2.png) [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2025, 8:27pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-6-0-0-release-candidate-2-has-been-released/16904/1 "2025-07-07T20:27:11Z")

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The ParaView team is pleased to announce the release of ParaView 6.0.0 Release Candidate 2. Download it now from [www.paraview.org/download](http://www.paraview.org/download).

ParaView’s [repository](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview) and the [ParaView superbuild](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview-superbuild) repository have been tagged with “v6.0.0-RC2”.

Preliminary release notes are available [here](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/blob/release/Documentation/release/ParaView-6.0.0.md?ref_type=heads).

Please let us know if you find any problems with this release candidate!

Thank you,  
Cory

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### Author: ![m41m41\_Ann](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/m41m41_ann/32/16679_2.png) [@m41m41\_Ann](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/m41m41_Ann)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2025, 4:53am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-6-0-0-release-candidate-2-has-been-released/16904/2 "2025-07-09T04:53:27Z")

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Regarding 6.0 RC2, I don’t see this version: “ParaView Server for Headless Machines”  
Is it merged with other versions or is it just not built?

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2025, 7:39am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-6-0-0-release-candidate-2-has-been-released/16904/3 "2025-07-09T07:39:39Z")

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It has been merged, see this: [https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/blob/release/Documentation/release/ParaView-6.0.0.md?ref\_type=heads#runtime-selection-between-headless-offscreen-and-onscreen-rendering-modes](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/blob/release/Documentation/release/ParaView-6.0.0.md?ref_type=heads#runtime-selection-between-headless-offscreen-and-onscreen-rendering-modes)