What is the LTS Version
LTS stands for Long-Term Support. ROSI-LTS is the long-term support branch of ROSI v3.x. It stays on the v3 line and is not moving to v4. It receives yt-dlp updates and bug fixes, but it does not receive the new feature work in main ROSI.
NOTE: ROSI-LTS is installed in a different directory than ROSI. This is so that users can install both the LTS and NON-LTS versions at the same time without conflicting data between the two.
ROSI-LTS requires FFmpeg in your system PATH; main ROSI bundles FFmpeg. See the ROSI-LTS FFmpeg guide.
ROSI-LTS is separate from ROSI 4. ROSI-LTS stays on v3.x and is not moving to v4. ROSI 4 is the previous major release, and ROSI 4.4.0 and later can upgrade to ROSI 5 from inside the app.
Use the LTS version if you:
- Prefer the previous design of ROSI (v3 UI).
- Prefer a v3 workflow and a smaller maintenance change set.
- Do not want to move to ROSI 5 just yet.
Use the Normal (non-lts) version if you:
- Want the new features ROSI v5.x supports.
- Want the new ROSI v5 UI and themes.
- Prefer bundled FFmpeg with no separate install.
- Prefer smaller native installers from the Tauri build.
- Prefer to stay on the current main release pipeline with its newer features.