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Gotham is the code name for the next version of XBMC, v13. These development builds, often called "pre-Gotham" or "pre-release" builds, are what will eventually lead to the final Gotham version. In contrast to the stable builds (v12 Frodo) you don't have to wait for the release in order to benefit from new features or fixes that made it into XBMC.
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{{highlight|color=#FFD900|<big>'''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!</big>}}


== 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}}.
 
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: '''{{Current_version}}'''
 
: The current development build is: '''{{big|{{Future_version}}}}'''
 
 
 
= 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 '''[http://kodi.tv/download/ current stable release]'''.


{{highlight|color=#FFB5B5|<big>ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR '''[[userdata|USERDATA FOLDER]]''' WHEN USING NIGHTLY BUILDS</big>}}
ALWAYS '''[[Backup|BACKUP]]''' YOUR SETTINGS WHEN USING THESE BUILDS


http://mirrors.xbmc.org/nightlies/
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.


* [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/nightlies/android/ Nightly builds for Android]
;Bugs
* [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/nightlies/win32/ Nightly builds for Windows]
: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]]'''.
** If you are using a Windows nightly build please also download the .pdb file with the same version from our mirrors, rename it to xbmc.pdb and place it alongside the XBMC.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.
;Feature requests
* [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/nightlies/osx/ Nightly builds for Mac OS X]
: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]'''.
* [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)


== Monthly build ==
Monthly builds 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 depending on various factors.


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. For this reason, they are often more stable than the average nightly build.
= Build Types =
The following are the types of build releases you may encounter


{{highlight|color=#FFB5B5|<big>ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR '''[[userdata|USERDATA FOLDER]]''' WHEN USING MONTHLY BUILDS</big>}}


http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/
== Nightly builds ==
{{anchor|Nightly build|Nightly builds}}


{| class="datatable plainlinks"
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.
! rowspan=2 | Cycle
! rowspan=2 | Month
! colspan=2 | Notes
! colspan=2| Database<br/>version<ref name="Database version">Particularly notable for [[MySQL]] compatibility, among other things. For reference, XBMC v12.2 "Frodo" is video DB version 75, music DB version 32. See [[database]] for more info.</ref>
! colspan=7 | Download links
|-
! Highlights !! Milestones !! V !! M !! Android !! colspan="2" | iOS: [[HOW-TO:Install XBMC on iPad/iPhone/iPod touch#Monthly_builds|iDevice]]/[[HOW-TO:Install XBMC on Apple TV 2#Monthly_builds|ATV2]] !! Linux !! colspan="2" | Mac OS X !! Windows
|-
! Alpha 1
| February  '13 || [http://xbmc.org/natethomas/2013/03/14/xbmc-13-gotham-february-cycle/ XBMC blog post] || [https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/issues?milestone=8&state=closed milestones] || 75 || 32 || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/android/xbmc-13.0-Gotham_alpha1-armeabi-v7a.apk dl] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/darwin/ios/org.xbmc.xbmc-ios_13.0-0~a1_iphoneos-arm.deb iDevice] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/darwin/atv2/org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2_13.0-0~a1_iphoneos-arm.deb ATV2] || [[HOW-TO:Install XBMC for Linux|dl]] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/osx/xbmc-13.0-Gotham_alpha1-i386.dmg normal] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/osx/xbmc-13.0-Gotham_alpha1-x86_64.dmg 64 bit] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/win32/xbmc-13.0-Gotham_alpha1.exe dl]
|-
! Alpha 2
| March  '13 || [http://xbmc.org/natethomas/2013/04/03/xbmc-13-gotham-march-cycle/ XBMC blog post] || [https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/issues?milestone=17&state=closed milestones] || 75 || 32 || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/android/xbmc-13.0-Gotham_alpha2-armeabi-v7a-repack.apk dl] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/darwin/ios/org.xbmc.xbmc-ios_13.0-0~a2_iphoneos-arm.deb iDevice] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/darwin/atv2/org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2_13.0-0~a2_iphoneos-arm.deb ATV2] || [[HOW-TO:Install XBMC for Linux|dl]] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/osx/xbmc-13.0-Gotham_alpha2-i386.dmg normal] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/osx/xbmc-13.0-Gotham_alpha2-x86_64.dmg 64 bit] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/win32/xbmc-13.0-Gotham_alpha2.exe dl]
|-
! Alpha 3
| April  '13 || <!-- [http://xbmc.org/ XBMC blog post]--> || [http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=161565 milestones] || 75 || 33 ||[http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/android/xbmc-13.0-Gotham_alpha3-armeabi-v7a.apk dl] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/darwin/ios/org.xbmc.xbmc-ios_13.0-0~a3_iphoneos-arm.deb iDevice] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/darwin/atv2/org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2_13.0-0~a3_iphoneos-arm.deb ATV2] || [[HOW-TO:Install XBMC for Linux|dl]] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/osx/xbmc-13.0-Gotham_alpha3-i386.dmg normal] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/osx/xbmc-13.0-Gotham_alpha3-x86_64.dmg 64 bit] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/win32/xbmc-13.0-Gotham_alpha3.exe dl]
|}


== Betas and release candidates ==
Make sure you always download and run the most recent builds which can be found here... http://mirrors.kodi.tv/nightlies/
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 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.


After release candidates comes a final stable build that becomes XBMC v13, aka Gotham.
== Beta and Release Candidate Builds ==
{{anchor|Monthly build|Monthly builds|Betas and release candidates|Beta|Betas|Release candidate|Release candidates}}
;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.


{{highlight|color=#FFB5B5|<big>ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR '''[[userdata|USERDATA FOLDER]]''' WHEN USING BETAS</big>}}
;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.


<big>'''No betas released yet for XBMC v13 Gotham'''</big>
;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.


<!--http://mirrors.xbmc.org/releases/


{| class="datatable plainlinks"
! rowspan=2 | Build
! colspan=2 | Notes
! colspan=9 | Download links
|-
! Highlights !! Milestones !! Android !! colspan="2" | iOS: [[HOW-TO:Install XBMC on iPad/iPhone/iPod touch#Frodo_RC|iDevice]]/[[HOW-TO:Install XBMC on Apple TV 2#Frodo_RC|ATV2]] !! colspan="2" | Mac OS X !! Ubuntu !! Windows !! colspan="2" | XBMCbuntu
|-
! Beta 1
|
|}-->


== Special notes about development builds ==
= See also =
;Bugs
* [[Development]]
: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]]'''.
* [[Jenkins]]
;Feature requests
* [[Samples]]
: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 ==
{{See|Jenkins}}


==Notes==
<references />


== See also ==
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* [[:Category:Gotham feature]]
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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.


See also


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