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{{highlight|color=#FFD900|<big>'''THESE BUILDS MAY BE LESS STABLE''' and are only for users that do not fear bugs or occasional crashes. They are mostly used for development. If you want a stable HTPC, this is not the place for you! They do help us in testing for the upcoming releases. </big>}}
{{highlight|color=#FFD900|<big>'''THESE BUILDS MAY BE LESS STABLE''' and are only for users that do not fear bugs or occasional crashes. They are mostly used for development. If you want a stable HTPC, this is not the place for you! They do help us in testing for the upcoming releases. </big>}}


== Nightly build ==
== Unstable - Nightly builds ==
{{anchor|Nightly build|Nightly builds}}
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Make sure you always download and run the most recent builds.
Make sure you always download and run the most recent builds.


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


http://mirrors.kodi.tv/nightlies/
http://mirrors.kodi.tv/nightlies/
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* [[HOW-TO:Install Kodi for iOS#Nightly builds|Nightly builds for iOS]] - iPad, iPhone, iPod touch
* [[HOW-TO:Install Kodi for iOS#Nightly builds|Nightly builds for iOS]] - iPad, iPhone, iPod touch


== Monthly build ==
== Semi-stable - Monthly, Beta, and Release candidate builds ==
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.
{{anchor|Monthly build|Monthly builds|Betas and release candidates|Beta|Betas|Release candidate|Release candidates}}
;Monthly
: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.


Kodi 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.
;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.


{{highlight|color=#FFB5B5|<big>ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR '''[[userdata|USERDATA FOLDER]]''' WHEN USING MONTHLY BUILDS</big>}}
;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.
 
After release candidates comes a final stable build that becomes Kodi v15.
 
{{highlight|color=#FFB5B5|<big>ALWAYS '''[[BACKUP]]''' YOUR SETTINGS WHEN USING THESE BUILDS</big>}}


http://mirrors.kodi.tv/snapshots/
http://mirrors.kodi.tv/snapshots/


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| [http://mirrors.kodi.tv/snapshots/win32/kodi-15.0-Isengard_alpha2.exe DL]
| [http://mirrors.kodi.tv/snapshots/win32/kodi-15.0-Isengard_alpha2.exe DL]
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== Betas and release candidates ==
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.
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.
After release candidates comes a final stable build that becomes Kodi v15.
{{highlight|color=#FFB5B5|<big>ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR '''[[userdata|USERDATA FOLDER]]''' WHEN USING BETAS</big>}}
{{bigger|'''No betas have been released yet for v15'''}}
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! colspan=2 | Notes
! colspan=2| [[Databases/Version table|Database<br/>version]]<ref name="Database version">Particularly notable for [[MySQL]] compatibility, among other things. See '''[[Databases/Version table]]''' for more details.</ref>
! colspan=8 | Download links
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! Highlights !! Milestones !! V !! M !! colspan="2" | Android !! colspan="2" | iOS: [[HOW-TO:Install Kodi for iOS#Monthly builds|iDevice]]/[[HOW-TO:Install Kodi on Apple TV 2#Monthly builds|ATV2]] !! Linux !! colspan="2" | Mac OS X !! Windows
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! 15 Alpha 1
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| [http://kodi.tv blog post]
| [https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/milestones/Helix%2015.0-alpha1 github]
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| [http://mirrors.kodi.tv/snapshots/android/arm/kodi-15.0-Isengard_alpha1-armeabi-v7a.apk ARM ]
| [http://mirrors.kodi.tv/snapshots/android/x86/kodi-15.0-Isengard_alpha1-x86.apk x86]
| [http://mirrors.kodi.tv/snapshots/darwin/ios/org.xbmc.kodi-ios_15.0-0~a1_iphoneos-arm.deb iDevice]
| [http://mirrors.kodi.tv/snapshots/darwin/atv2/org.xbmc.kodi-atv2_15.0-0~a1_iphoneos-arm.deb ATV2]
| [[HOW-TO:Install Kodi for Linux#Installing a development build|See PPA]]
| [http://mirrors.kodi.tv/snapshots/osx/i386/kodi-15.0-Isengard_alpha1-i386.dmg 32-bit]
| [http://mirrors.kodi.tv/snapshots/osx/x86_64/kodi-15.0-Isengard_alpha1-x86_64.dmg 64-bit]
| [http://mirrors.kodi.tv/snapshots/win32/kodi-15.0-Isengard_alpha1.exe DL]
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== Other test builds ==
== Other test builds ==

Revision as of 23:20, 1 May 2015

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▶ Installing		 ▶ Development builds

Isengard is the code name for the next version of Kodi, v15. These development builds, often called "pre-release" builds, are what will eventually lead to the final v15 version. In contrast to the stable builds (v14 Helix) 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 MAY BE LESS STABLE and are only for users that do not fear bugs or occasional crashes. They are mostly used for development. If you want a stable HTPC, this is not the place for you! They do help us in testing for the upcoming releases.

Unstable - 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.

ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR SETTINGS WHEN USING THESE BUILDS

http://mirrors.kodi.tv/nightlies/


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.

Semi-stable - Monthly, Beta, and Release candidate builds

Monthly
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.
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.

After release candidates comes a final stable build that becomes Kodi v15.

ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR SETTINGS WHEN USING THESE BUILDS

http://mirrors.kodi.tv/snapshots/

Cycle Month Notes Database
version[1] 		Download links
Highlights Milestones V M Android iOS Linux Mac OS X Windows
15 Alpha 1 January - February 2015 blog post github 91↑ 49↑ ARM x86 DL See PPA DL DL
15 Alpha 2 March 2015 blog post github 91 49 ARM x86 DL See PPA DL DL

Other test builds

Keep an eye out here for special tests that developers want users to try out.

Steam OS repo testing

Test the new XBMC/Kodi repo for easy install on Steam OS: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=197422

Android deinterlacing

Android deinterlacing with hardware video decoding: http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=213600

DirectX 11 testing

http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=218274

BluRay java menus

http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=213352

Media importing and library integration of UPnP

http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=224794

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 Kodi, you can make a feature request: HOW-TO:Submit an official feature request.

Notes

  1. ↑ Particularly notable for MySQL compatibility, among other things. See Databases/Version table for more details.

See also

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