Development builds
Template:Frodo Frodo is the code name for the next version of XBMC, v12. These development builds, often called "pre-Frodo" builds, are what will eventually lead to the final Frodo version.
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. 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!
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/
- 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 or the XBMC forums 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 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 YOUR USERDATA FOLDER WHEN USING MONTHLY 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 | dl | dl | n/a | dl | dl | dl |
| Alpha 5 | August '12 | XBMC blog post | changes | n/a | dl | dl | n/a | dl | dl | dl |
| Alpha 6 | September '12 | XBMC blog post | changes | n/a | dl | dl | n/a | dl | dl | dl |
Betas
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.
none released yet for XBMC v12 (Frodo)
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.
After release candidates are out a final stable build is released that becomes XBMC v12, aka Frodo.
none released yet for XBMC v12 (Frodo)
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 monthly builds of XBMC from git.