Development builds
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These development builds, often called "pre-release" builds, are what will eventually lead to the final v17 "Krypton" version. In contrast to the stable builds (v15 "Isengard") you don't have to wait for the release in order to benefit from new features or fixes that made it into Kodi.
THESE BUILDS ARE OFTEN UNSTABLE and are only for users that do not fear bugs or occasional crashes. They are mostly used for development to help us in testing for the upcoming releases. If you want a stable HTPC then please install a stable build instead.
Unstable - Nightly builds
Note: Nightly builds are now based on v17 code, which is currently very unstable as the v17 cycle has just started.
Nightly Builds are made on a daily basis and contain the most recent changes. They are also the most unstable of the development builds, until "feature freeze" where only bug fixes are made.
Make sure you always download and run the most recent builds.
ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR SETTINGS WHEN USING THESE BUILDS
http://mirrors.kodi.tv/nightlies/
- Nightly builds for Android (ARM, most users)
- Nightly builds for Android (x86)
- Nightly builds for Windows
- Note: If you are using a Windows nightly build please also download the .pdb file with the same version from our mirrors, rename it to Kodi.pdb and place it alongside the Kodi.exe inside the installation folder. Re-download the correct file each time you are installing another nightly build. This helps us to identify possible crashes.
- Nightly builds for Mac OS X
- Nightly builds for Ubuntu
- Nightly builds for iOS - iPad, iPhone, iPod touch
Semi-stable - Monthly, Beta, and Release candidate builds
- Monthly
- Monthly builds ( http://mirrors.kodi.tv/snapshots/ ) are semi-stable nightly snapshots of the current development version. They are a step between (often) unstable nightly builds and stable release builds, though they can sometimes still be very unstable.
- Beta
- When Kodi gets close to a stable release, public betas will be released. These are similar to nightlies and monthlies in that they still contain bugs, but are more stable and are encouraged to be tried out. At the point where Kodi reaches beta, most known bugs have been fixed, and developers are now looking for bugs they might not know about.
- Release candidate
- When Kodi beta gets to a point where it seems ready for a final release a "Release Candidate", or "RC", is released to flesh out any final bugs. Depending on any issues found, there may be multiple release candidates.
- Final release
- After release candidates comes a final stable build that becomes Kodi v16.0. In some cases there are additional bugfix releases even after "final", but even those bugfix releases go through their own mini-cycle of testing.
ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR SETTINGS WHEN USING THESE BUILDS
Cycle | Month | Notes | Database version[1] |
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Highlights | Milestones | V | M | Android | iOS | Ubuntu | Mac OS X | Windows |
- Note: Windows testers: If you are using a Windows nightly build please also download the .pdb file and place it alongside the Kodi.exe inside the installation folder. Re-download the correct file each time you are installing another build. This helps us to identify possible crashes.
Other test builds
Keep an eye out here for special tests that developers want users to try out.
Android audio passthrough
http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=257190
http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=213352
External audio tracks
http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=263249
Linux - VAAPI with EGL interoperation
http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=231955
Media importing and library integration of UPnP
http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=224794
OpenELEC Testbuilds for Generic/Nvidia_Legacy
http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=238393
Raspberry Pi specific testing
Pi-specific tweaks based on the latest development builds.
- OpenELEC (v17) - http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=250817
- OSMC (v17) - http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=254558
RetroPlayer
Kodi with RetroArch game emulator support baked in: http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=173361
Steam OS repo testing
Test the new Kodi repo for easy install on Steam OS: http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=197422
Video Player - Windows
http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=245832
Special notes about development builds
- Bugs
- As development builds are bleeding edge code you might find a bug here and there. In order to get rid of this bugs, it's important that these will be reported: HOW-TO:Submit a bug report.
- Feature requests
- If you have a feature that you think should be added to appear in the next stable version of Kodi, you can make a feature request: HOW-TO:Submit an official feature request.
Notes
- ↑ Particularly notable for MySQL compatibility, among other things. See Databases/Version table for more details.