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Initial release | July 2005[1] |
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Stable release | v4.2
/ August 2022[1] |
Repository | sourceforge |
Written in | C++ (wxWidgets) |
Operating system | Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Windows, OS X, iOS, Android |
License | GNU GPLv2[2] |
Website | golly![]() |
Golly is a tool for the simulation of cellular automata. It is free open-source software written by Andrew Trevorrow and Tomas Rokicki;[3] it can be scripted using Lua[1] or Python. It includes a hashlife algorithm that can simulate the behavior of very large structured or repetitive patterns such as Paul Rendell's Life universal Turing machine,[4] and that is fast enough to simulate some patterns for 232 or more time units.[5] It also includes a large library of predefined patterns in Conway's Game of Life and other rules.[6]