## Lithium 0.5, half way there. #### The Lithium team is happy to announce the release of [version 0.5](http://rad-dev.org/lithium/versions). Judging by the version number, we are half way to the first stable release of Lithium. The Lithium team continues it's steady progress with a release every 3 weeks, and even the formation of [wiki:/blog/iteration-friday iteration friday] to help along the way. Some of new features in this release include: - Library command for managing apps/plugins/extensions - Creation commands for code generation of Models, Controllers, Tests - Internationalized validators for some common uses - Reorganized bootstrap for greater flexibility and maintainability - Adaptable Authentication API - View element rendering - More docs - More tests Lithium is actually quite stable and includes some exciting features. Building an application using MongoDB or CouchDB is ready to roll, but if you think you need an ORM, there is a plugin for [Doctrine ](http://rad-dev.org/li3_doctrine/source/branches/0.1). Otherwise, you'll have to wait for another release to see the Lithium implementation. Creating extensions and helpers is really simple and you could even port some from other frameworks. Use the create commands for code generation and you can get up and running quickly. #### Along with 0.5, the Lithium team would like to announce some other updates. - We have found a new home: [http://lithify.me](http://lithify.me) - The pre-release of [lab.lithify.me](http://lab.lithify.me). The Laboratory and the Library command are part of the goal of making Lithium extensible through plugins. Combined with the plugin/extension server provided by the [li3_lab plugin](http://rad-dev.org/li3_lab), Lithium apps will have an easy way to reuse and share code across applications. The Library command enables you to archive and extract apps and plugins and we included some base archives to help start your projects. Check out `li3 help Library` for some more information. Stay tuned. The Lithium world is moving fast and coming on strong. ~gwoo