FME Beta Program
IMPORTANT NOTE: FME beta builds offer the latest features and enhancements that FME has to offer. Although each FME beta build is put through a testing regime prior to being made publicly available, it is not tested as thoroughly as an official release of FME. For mission-critical production streams, we recommend using official FME releases.
Nightly Test Process
Each FME beta goes through an automated nightly test process involving thousands of translations whose results are verified. If you have some production workspaces or mapping files that you would like Safe to include in the overnight testing, please contact support and include the words "TestSuite Addition" in the subject line. Please include the relevant mapping files or workspaces, and input data. If your workspaces or mapping files work with databases, we will discuss with you the best ways to get a subset of the data to include in our testing. Thank you very much for your ongoing support.
Downloads
FME Beta Light (fme_beta_light.exe) - What's This? 
- Latest build: Build 5600
- also available via ftp at ftp://ftp.safe.com/fme/beta
- List of changes in latest beta
- Updated information on What's Great about the FME Beta on fmepedia
- FME Readers and Writers (FME 2009 BETA) (FMEReadersWriters_DRAFT2009.pdf)
- FME Functions and Factories (FME 2009 BETA) (FMEFunctionsFactories_DRAFT2009.pdf)
- FME Grid Shift Files (gridshift.exe) - What's This?
- Beta FTP site (for unix FME betas)