Development builds
Nightly build
Nightly Builds are non stable XBMC builds that come from the bleeding edge code out of the XBMC GIT.
In contrast to the stable builds you don't have to wait for the release cycle in order to benefit from new features or fixes that made it into XBMC.
These builds are updated nightly by the buildbot and are only for the brave users that do not fear bugs or crashes.
ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR USERDATA FOLDER WHEN USING NIGHTLY BUILDS
http://mirrors.xbmc.org/nightlies/
Where can I get a nightly build?
Basically there are different ways of getting a nightly build on your machine. Remember, THESE BUILDS OFTEN DO NOT WORK! They are mostly used for development. If you want the latest version sure to work, this is not the place for you! Easiest way for the following operating systems is just to download the builds from the XBMC mirror:
- Nightly Builds for Windows
- Nightly Builds for Mac OS X
- Nightly Builds for Ubuntu
- Nightly Builds for iOS - iPad, iPhone, iPod touch
- 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:
Also there are some unstable ppa's that are not official. You might try google for how to find and use them.
Monthly build
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 one week they add new features, then for three weeks they fix things. The monthly is then taken from a nightly just before they start adding features again.
ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR USERDATA FOLDER WHEN USING NIGHTLY BUILDS
http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/
| Cycle | Month | Notes | Download links | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highlights | Change log | Android | iOS - iDevices | iOS - ATV2 | Linux | OS X | OS X (64 bit) | Windows | ||
| Alpha 1 | April '12 | XBMC blog post | changes | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | dl | n/a | dl |
| Alpha 2 | May '12 | XBMC blog post | changes | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | dl | n/a | dl |
| Alpha 3 | June '12 | XBMC blog post | changes | n/a | dl | dl | n/a | dl | dl | dl |
| Alpha 4 | July '12 | XBMC blog post | changes | n/a | (coming soon) | dl | n/a | dl | dl | dl |
Betas and release candidates
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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 buildbot. He makes the nightly builds of XBMC from git. He likes the big girls.