Latest revision as of 07:07, 25 June 2021

Development builds

Introduction

Development Builds are the next major version of Kodi. They are newer than the current stable release version, but are highly experimental and commonly contain bugs, breakages and experimental features. Some features may have been intentionally disabled while testing is in progress, while other features may have broken as a result of a new experimental feature. The developers use these builds as testing grounds to gauge the feasibility and reliability of future features to be incorporated into Kodi.

Development Builds should not be confused with the nightlies of the current stable version which are simply bug fixes and are, in most cases, safe to use.

This page deals with Development Builds, and not any releases pertaining to the current stable version.

The current stable release is: Kodi v21 Omega

The current development build is: Kodi v22 P...

Warnings

THESE BUILDS ARE OFTEN UNSTABLE and for users that do not fear bugs or occasional crashes. They are used to help us in testing for the future release. If you want a stable HTPC then please install a current stable release.

ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR SETTINGS WHEN USING THESE BUILDS

Kodi nightlies for MacOS will need at least 10.13 as the minimum OS version.

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.

Bugs: As development builds are bleeding edge code you might find a bug here and there. In order to rectify these bugs, it is important that these are 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: in the Kodi forum here.

Build Types

The following are the types of build releases you may encounter

Nightly builds

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 which can be found here... http://mirrors.kodi.tv/nightlies/

Beta and Release Candidate Builds

Beta: As Kodi approaches 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 reaches the point where it seems ready for a final release a "Release Candidate", or "RC", is released to flesh out any final bugs which may become apparent as more and more users upgrade to this version. Depending on any issues found, there may be multiple release candidates.

Final release: After release candidates comes a final stable build that becomes Kodi v22 P... stable release.; In some cases there are additional bugfix releases even after "final", but even those bugfix releases go through their own mini-cycle of testing and are recognised by increasing point version, eg vXX.1, vXX.2 etc.

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-{{frodo}}
+{{mininav| [[Development]] {{l2| [[Installing]] }} }}
-Frodo is the code name for the next version of XBMC, v12 (Frodo). These development builds, often called "pre-Frodo" or "pre-release" builds, are what will eventually lead to the final Frodo version. In contrast to the stable builds (v11, Eden) you don't have to wait for the release in order to benefit from new features or fixes that made it into XBMC.
-{{highlight|color=orange|'''THESE BUILDS OFTEN DO NOT WORK''' and are only for the brave users that do not fear bugs or crashes. They are mostly used for development. If you want a stable HTPC, this is not the place for you!}}
-==Nightly build==
+= Introduction =
-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).
+Development Builds are the next major version of {{kodi}}. They are newer than the current stable release version, but are highly experimental and commonly contain bugs, breakages and experimental features. Some features may have been intentionally disabled while testing is in progress, while other features may have broken as a result of a new experimental feature. The developers use these builds as testing grounds to gauge the feasibility and reliability of future features to be incorporated into {{kodi}}.
-{{highlight|color=red|ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR '''[[userdata|USERDATA FOLDER]]''' WHEN USING NIGHTLY BUILDS}}
+Development Builds should not be confused with the nightlies of the current stable version which are simply bug fixes and are, in most cases, safe to use.
-http://mirrors.xbmc.org/nightlies/
+'''This page deals with Development Builds, and not any releases pertaining to the current stable version.'''
+: The current stable release is: '''{{Current_version}}'''
-* [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/nightlies/win32/ Nightly Builds for Windows]
+: The current development build is: '''{{big|{{Future_version}}}}'''
-* [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/nightlies/osx/ Nightly Builds for Mac OS X]
-* [https://launchpad.net/~team-xbmc/+archive/unstable Nightly Builds for Ubuntu]
-* [[HOW-TO:Install XBMC on iPad/iPhone/iPod touch#Nightly builds|Nightly Builds for iOS]] - iPad, iPhone, iPod touch
-* [[HOW-TO:Install XBMC on Apple TV 2#Nightly builds|Nightly Builds for iOS]] - Apple TV 2 (black)
-Also you can compile these builds yourself. See the appropriate Wiki article or Read Me for doing this:
-* [[HOW-TO:Compile XBMC for Windows]]
-* [[HOW-TO:Compile XBMC for Linux]]
-* [https://raw.github.com/xbmc/xbmc/master/README.osx HOW-TO:Compile XBMC for Mac OS X]
-==Monthly build==
+= Warnings =
-{{divbox|green||'''Notice:''' For XBMC v12 (Frodo), monthly builds are now done. There won't be another monthly build until after v12 is released. Development has moved on to [[#Betas and release candidates|Betas and release candidates]] (with nightlies still being made every day).}}
+'''THESE BUILDS ARE OFTEN UNSTABLE''' and for users that do not fear bugs or occasional crashes. They are used to help us in testing for the future release. If you want a stable HTPC then please install a '''[http://kodi.tv/download/ current stable release]'''.
-Monthly builds are semi-stable nightly snapshots of pre-release builds.
-XBMC developers have a merge cycle every month for new features and major changes. For ten days they add new features, then for the rest of the month they fix things. The monthly is then taken from a nightly just before they start adding features again.
+ALWAYS '''[[Backup|BACKUP]]''' YOUR SETTINGS WHEN USING THESE BUILDS
-{{highlight|color=red|ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR '''[[userdata|USERDATA FOLDER]]''' WHEN USING MONTHLY BUILDS}}
+Kodi nightlies for '''MacOS''' will need at least 10.13 as the minimum OS version.
-http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/
+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.
-{| class="wikitable plainlinks"
+;Bugs
-! rowspan=2 | Cycle
+:As development builds are bleeding edge code you might find a bug here and there. In order to rectify these bugs, it is important that these are reported: '''[[HOW-TO:Submit a bug report]]'''.
-! rowspan=2 | Month
+;Feature requests
-! colspan=2 | Notes
+: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: '''[https://forum.kodi.tv/forumdisplay.php?fid=9 in the Kodi forum here]'''.
-! colspan=7 | Download links
-|-
-! Highlights !! Milestones !! Android !! [[HOW-TO:Install XBMC on iPad/iPhone/iPod touch#Monthly_builds|iOS - iDevices]] !! [[HOW-TO:Install XBMC on Apple TV 2#Monthly_builds|iOS - ATV2]] !! Linux !! OS X !! OS X (64 bit) !! Windows
+= Build Types =
-|-
+The following are the types of build releases you may encounter
-! Alpha 1
-| April '12 || [http://xbmc.org/natethomas/2012/05/02/xbmc-11-0-april-cycle/ XBMC blog post] || [https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/issues?milestone=1&state=closed changes] || n/a || n/a || n/a || n/a || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/osx/xbmc-12.0-Frodo_alpha1-x86.dmg dl] || n/a || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/win32/xbmc-12.0-Frodo_alpha1.exe dl]
-|-
+== Nightly builds ==
-! Alpha 2
+{{anchor|Nightly build|Nightly builds}}
-| May '12 || [http://xbmc.org/natethomas/2012/06/05/xbmc-11-0-may-cycle/ XBMC blog post] || [https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/issues?milestone=2&state=closed changes] || n/a || n/a || n/a || n/a || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/osx/xbmc-12.0-Frodo_alpha2-x86.dmg dl] || n/a || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/win32/xbmc-12.0-Frodo_alpha2.exe dl]
-|-
+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.
-! Alpha 3
-| June '12 || [http://xbmc.org/natethomas/2012/07/12/xbmc-11-0-june-cycle/ XBMC blog post] || [https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/issues?milestone=3&state=closed changes] || n/a || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/darwin/ios/org.xbmc.xbmc-ios_12.0-0~a3_iphoneos-arm.deb dl] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/darwin/atv2/org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2_12.0-0~a3_iphoneos-arm.deb dl] || n/a || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/osx/xbmc-12.0-Frodo_alpha3-x86.dmg dl] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/osx/xbmc-12.0-Frodo_alpha3-x86_64.dmg dl] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/win32/xbmc-12.0-Frodo_alpha3.exe dl]
+Make sure you always download and run the most recent builds which can be found here... http://mirrors.kodi.tv/nightlies/
-|-
-! Alpha 4
-| July '12 || [http://xbmc.org/natethomas/2012/08/14/xbmc-11-0-july-cycle/ XBMC blog post] || [https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/issues?milestone=4&state=closed changes] || n/a || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/darwin/ios/org.xbmc.xbmc-ios_12.0-0~a4_iphoneos-arm.deb dl] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/darwin/atv2/org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2_12.0-0~a4_iphoneos-arm.deb dl] || n/a || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/osx/xbmc-12.0-Frodo_alpha4-x86.dmg dl] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/osx/xbmc-12.0-Frodo_alpha4-x86_64.dmg dl] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/win32/xbmc-12.0-Frodo_alpha4.exe dl]
+== Beta and Release Candidate Builds ==
-|-
+{{anchor|Monthly build|Monthly builds|Betas and release candidates|Beta|Betas|Release candidate|Release candidates}}
-! Alpha 5
+;Beta
-| August '12 || [http://xbmc.org/natethomas/2012/09/06/xbmc-august-2012-cycle/ XBMC blog post] || [https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/issues?milestone=5&state=closed changes] || n/a || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/darwin/ios/org.xbmc.xbmc-ios_12.0-0~a5_iphoneos-arm.deb dl] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/darwin/atv2/org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2_12.0-0~a5_iphoneos-arm.deb dl] || n/a || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/osx/xbmc-12.0-Frodo_alpha5-x86-repack.dmg dl] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/osx/xbmc-12.0-Frodo_alpha5-x86_64-repack.dmg dl] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/win32/xbmc-12.0-Frodo_alpha5.exe dl]
+:As {{kodi}} approaches 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.
-|-
-! Alpha 6
-| September '12 || [http://xbmc.org/natethomas/2012/10/10/xbmc-september-cycle/ XBMC blog post] || [https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/issues?milestone=6&state=closed changes] || n/a || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/darwin/ios/org.xbmc.xbmc-ios_12.0-0~a6_iphoneos-arm.deb dl] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/darwin/atv2/org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2_12.0-0~a6_iphoneos-arm.deb dl] || n/a || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/osx/xbmc-12.0-Frodo_alpha6-x86.dmg dl] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/osx/xbmc-12.0-Frodo_alpha6-x86_64.dmg dl] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/win32/xbmc-12.0-Frodo_alpha6.exe dl]
-|-
-! Alpha 7
-| October '12 || [http://xbmc.org/natethomas/2012/11/03/frodo-feature-freeze-and-the-october-cycle/ XBMC blog post] || [https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/issues?milestone=7&state=closed changes] || n/a || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/darwin/ios/org.xbmc.xbmc-ios_12.0-0~a7_iphoneos-arm.deb dl] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/darwin/atv2/org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2_12.0-0~a7_iphoneos-arm.deb dl] || n/a || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/osx/xbmc-12.0-Frodo_alpha7-x86.dmg dl] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/osx/xbmc-12.0-Frodo_alpha7-x86_64.dmg dl] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/win32/xbmc-12.0-Frodo_alpha7.exe dl]
-|}
-==Betas and release candidates==
+;Release candidate
-When XBMC 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 XBMC reaches beta, most known bugs have been fixed, and developers are now looking for bugs they might not know about.
+:When {{Kodi}} beta reaches the point where it seems ready for a final release a "Release Candidate", or "RC", is released to flesh out any final bugs which may become apparent as more and more users upgrade to this version. Depending on any issues found, there may be multiple release candidates.
-When XBMC 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 {{Future_version}} stable release.
+:In some cases there are additional bugfix releases even after "final", but even those bugfix releases go through their own mini-cycle of testing and are recognised by increasing point version, eg vXX.1, vXX.2 etc.
-After release candidates comes a final stable build that becomes XBMC v12, aka Frodo.
-{{highlight|color=red|ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR '''[[userdata|USERDATA FOLDER]]''' WHEN USING BETAS}}
-{| class="wikitable plainlinks"
+= See also =
-! rowspan=2 | Build
+* [[Development]]
-! colspan=2 | Notes
+* [[Jenkins]]
-! colspan=8 | Download links
+* [[Samples]]
-|-
-! Highlights !! Milestones !! Android !! [[HOW-TO:Install XBMC on iPad/iPhone/iPod touch#Frodo_beta|iOS - iDevices]] !! [[HOW-TO:Install XBMC on Apple TV 2#Frodo_beta|iOS - ATV2]] !! OS X !! OS X (64 bit) !! Ubuntu !! Windows !! XBMCbuntu
-|-
-! Beta 1
-| [http://xbmc.org/natethomas/2012/11/15/xbmc-12-0-frodo-beta-1/ XBMC blog post] || [https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/issues?milestone=9&page=1&state=closed changes]|| n/a || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/apt/pre-release/ios/deb/org.xbmc.xbmc-ios_12.0-0~b1_iphoneos-arm.deb dl] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/apt/pre-release/atv2/deb/org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2_12.0-0~b1_iphoneos-arm.deb dl] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/releases/osx/xbmc-12.0-Frodo_beta1-x86.dmg dl] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/releases/osx/xbmc-12.0-Frodo_beta1-x86_64.dmg dl] || [https://launchpad.net/~team-xbmc/+archive/unstable PPA] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/releases/win32/xbmc-12.0-Frodo_beta1-repack.exe dl] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/releases/XBMCbuntu/xbmcbuntu-12.00-beta1-repack.iso dl (ISO)]
-|-
-! Beta 1
-| [http://xbmc.org/natethomas/2012/12/02/xbmc-12-frodo-beta-2-now-with-android/ XBMC blog post] || [https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/issues?milestone=10&page=1&state=closed changes]|| [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/releases/android/xbmc-12.0-Frodo_beta2-armeabi-v7a.apk dl] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/apt/pre-release/ios/deb/org.xbmc.xbmc-ios_12.0-0~b2_iphoneos-arm.deb dl] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/apt/pre-release/atv2/deb/org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2_12.0-0~b2_iphoneos-arm.deb dl] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/releases/osx/xbmc-12.0-Frodo_beta2-x86.dmg dl] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/releases/osx/xbmc-12.0-Frodo_beta2-x86_64.dmg dl] || [https://launchpad.net/~team-xbmc/+archive/unstable PPA] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/releases/win32/xbmc-12.0-Frodo_beta2.exe dl] || <!--[http://mirrors.xbmc.org/releases/XBMCbuntu/xbmcbuntu-12.00-beta2.iso dl (ISO)]--> Coming soon
-|}
-== 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 proper bug report]]'''.
-;Feature requests
-:If you have a feature that you think should be added to appear in the next stable version of XBMC, you can make a feature request: '''[[HOW-TO:Submit an official feature request]]'''.
-==Buildbot==
-Billy the [http://buildbot.net buildbot]. He makes the nightly and monthly builds of XBMC from [https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc git].
-* http://buildbot.xbmc.org
-==See also==
+{{Top}}
-*[[:Category:Frodo feature]]
+{{updated|20}}
 [[Category:Development]]
-[[Category:Compiling]]
 [[Category:Installation]]
-[[Category:XBMC Manual]]
+[[Category:Karellen]]

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Introduction

Warnings

Build Types

Nightly builds

Beta and Release Candidate Builds

See also

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