The Amiga home computer was released in 1985 at the Lincoln Center in New York, USA.
On the 23rd of July 1985, Amiga 1000 was officially released. But it wasn’t until October 1985 that AmigaOS 1.0 was released. It was the very first release with lots of bugs, so AmigaOS 1.1 was quickly released.
I have only posted info about the full commercially released versions except for AmigaOS 1.4 which is a beta that was shipped with the early Amiga 3000 release.
Check out every AmigaOS release including all of the betas here.
This is the Classic Amiga AmigaOS Timeline
| Year | Release | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Workbench 1.0 | First release for Amiga 1000 (October, Commodore) |
| 1985 | Workbench 1.1 | Update for Amiga 1000 (December) |
| 1986 | Workbench 1.2 | Released for Amiga 1000, 2000, and 500 |
| 1988 | Workbench 1.3 | Released for Amiga 1000, 2000, and 500 |
| 1989 | Workbench 1.3.2 | Incremental update |
| 1990 | Workbench 1.3.3 | Released for Amiga 1000, 2000, and 500 |
| 1990 | Workbench 1.3.4 | Released for Amiga 1000, 2000, and 500 |
| 1990 | Workbench 1.4 | Early Amiga 3000 release (last OCS-based system) |
| 1990 | Workbench 2.0 | Introduced with ECS chipset, released with Amiga 3000 |
| 1991 | Workbench 2.04 | Released for Amiga 500+, 3000, and 3000T |
| 1992 | Workbench 2.05 | Released for Amiga 600 |
| 1992 | Workbench 2.1 | Update for ECS systems (Amiga 600) |
| 1992 | Workbench 3.0 | Introduced with AGA chipset (Amiga 1200 and 4000) |
| 1994 | Workbench 3.1 | Last release by Commodore before bankruptcy |
| 1995 | Workbench 3.1 | First release under ESCOM |
| 1996 | Workbench 3.1 | Commercially sold until ESCOM bankruptcy |
| 1996 | Kickstart 3.2 (planned) | Under development for Amiga Walker (never released) |
| 1999 | Workbench 3.5 | Released by Haage & Partner (October 18) |
| 2000 | Workbench 3.9 | Released by Haage & Partner (December 4) |
| 2018 | Workbench 3.1.4 | Released by Hyperion Entertainment (October 1) |
| 2021 | Workbench 3.2 | Released by Hyperion Entertainment (May 14) |
| 2021 | Workbench 3.2.1 | Update released by Hyperion Entertainment (December 21) |
The Nextgen AmigaOS systems differ from 68k Amiga systems. Both AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS are compatible with AmigaOS applications. All is based on AmigaOS for Classic Amiga. It is the one that made the Amiga possible to be loved by millions.
AmigaOS is surviving because of its amazing community. You can get the latest AmigaOS 3.2 today here.
