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layout: news_item
title: 'Jekyll 2.0.0 Released'
date: 2014-05-05 02:50:09 -0400
author: parkr
version: 2.0.0
categories: [release]
---
It's here. After nearly 1,000 commits and about 5 months, the Jekyll team is excited to announce the release of Jekyll 2.0! Jam-packed with some [highly-requested features and bugfixes galore][changelog], this is the best Jekyll yet. Notable changes:
1. [Collections](/docs/collections/)
2. Brand new site template for `jekyll new` (thanks [@jglovier][]!)
3. [Native Sass & CoffeeScript support](/docs/assets/)
4. [YAML Front-Matter defaults](/docs/configuration/#frontmatter_defaults)
5. Custom markdown processors
6. Addition of `where` and `sort_by` Liquid filters
7. Switch from Maruku to Kramdown as default markdown converter
Check out our [changelog][] for a complete list of all (200+) changes.
Happy developing!
[changelog]: /docs/history/
[@jglovier]: https://github.com/jglovier