4.3.3

Downloads

• Windows 64 bit installer and zip
• Mac 64-bit dmg, tested on Sonoma 14.4
• Linux binaries:
  • Ubuntu 24.04 64-bit
• Online version at xaos.app

All platforms are built with Qt version 6.8.

Alternatively, Linux users can install the Flathub bundle which is built with Qt 6.7.

New Features

• New fractal type (clock) by prrt714.
• New outcoloring mode smoothlog by iaoesch.
• Official debut of build via cmake (for developers).

4.3.2

Downloads

• Windows 64 bit installer and zip
• Mac 64-bit dmg, tested on Big Sur 11.2.3
• Linux binaries:
  • Ubuntu 22.04 64-bit

New Features

• Turkish translation, contributed by Selen Galiç, Zuhal Ünan, Veysel Yıldız and Emine Nur Ünveren Bilgiç.
• Ctrl-C copies the current position to the clipboard as an URL at xaos.app.
• Some new keyboard shortcuts: Shift-F1 for Info on current fractal and Ctrl-+ for Autopilot.
• "Mathematical" coordinates of the mouse are shown in the status.
• Contributor's list is linked in Help > About.

4.3.1

Downloads

• Windows 64 bit installer and zip
• Mac 64-bit dmg, tested on Big Sur 11.2.3
• Linux binaries:
  • Ubuntu 22.04 64-bit

New Features

• Two new examples by Adam Majewski.

Bug Fixes

• Example files are loaded properly now.

The Windows binaries have been updated on 2023-10-09. Their previous versions did not include the mandatory files libgcc_s_seh-1.dll and libwinpthread-1.dll. Now this should be fixed.

4.3

Downloads

• HTML (WebAssembly)
• Windows 64 bit installer and zip
• Linux binaries:
  • Ubuntu 22.04 64-bit

New Features

• Migration to Qt 6.
• WebAssembly port, that is, a full-featured web version is available. Tested with Qt >= 6.5.2.
• Progress bar for time consuming operations (only on native platforms).

Bug Fixes

• Example files are loaded properly even if XaoS is not installed (that is, the examples are not flattened).
• User formulas are not duplicated in the history.

Known Issues

• File -> Load Random Example may cause XaoS hang if you have too many files on your system. We will fix this as soon as possible.

4.2.1

Downloads

• Windows 32-bit installer and zip
• Mac 64-bit dmg, tested on Catalina 10.15
• Linux binaries:
  • Ubuntu 20.04 64-bit
  • Raspbian Buster

New Features

• Vietnamese translation.

Bug Fixes

• Example files fixed that use the 'Octo' fractal.
• Fix crash for playing tutorials.

4.2

Downloads

• Windows 32-bit installer and zip
• Mac 64-bit dmg, tested on Catalina
• Linux binaries:
  • Ubuntu 18.04 64-bit, 20.04 64-bit
  • Raspbian Buster

New Features

• Palette editor, save/load palettes, storing user palettes in the .xpf file.
• The option 'User formulas' maintains a history of recently used formulas.
• Fractal info in the Help menu.
• Batch rendering.
• Enabled panning in rotate mode.
• Unified Open and Open Image option. Save Image option moved to Save as.

4.2 prerelease 1

Downloads

• Windows 32-bit installer
• Mac 64-bit dmg, tested on Catalina
• Linux binaries:
  • Ubuntu 18.04 64-bit, 20.04 64-bit

New Features

• Palette editor, save/load palettes, storing user palettes in the .xpf file.
• The option 'User formulas' maintains a history of recently used formulas.
• Fractal info in the Help menu.
• Batch rendering.
• Enabled panning in rotate mode.
• Unified Open and Open Image option. Save Image option moved to Save as.

4.1

Downloads

• Windows 32-bit installer and zip
• Mac 64-bit dmg, tested on Catalina
• Linux binaries:
  • Ubuntu 18.04 64-bit, 20.04 64-bit
  • Raspbian Buster

New Features

• Added option to show Cartesian coordinate grid.
• Custom palette helps visualizing palette before applying changes through slider selectable values now.
• PNGs exported using 'Save Image' option can be imported back and users can continue zooming on it.

A video is available on the new features.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed crash on recording XaoS animations.
• Fixed crash on rendering using command line.
• Fix handling non-ASCII paths on Windows.
• Only error messages are shown on incorrect commands.
• Some other small bug fixes.

4.1 prerelease 1

Downloads

• Windows 32-bit installer
• Mac 64-bit dmg, tested on Catalina
• Linux binaries:
  • Ubuntu 18.04 64-bit, 20.04 64-bit

New Features

• Added option to show Cartesian coordinate grid.
• Custom palette helps visualizing palette before applying changes through slider selectable values now.
• PNGs exported using 'Save Image' option can be imported back and users can continue zooming on it.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed crash on recording XaoS animations.
• Fixed crash on rendering using command line.
• Only error messages are shown on incorrect commands.
• Some other small bug fixes.

4.0

• Windows 32-bit installer or zip, tested on Windows 10
• Mac 64-bit dmg, tested on Catalina
• Linux binaries:
  • Ubuntu 18.04 64-bit (works also on Mint 19.3), 32-bit
  • Ubuntu 19.10 AMD 64-bit (for PC) or ARM 64-bit (for Raspberry Pi 3/4),
  • Debian Buster 64-bit (works also on MX-19),
  • Raspbian Buster

We acknowledge the kind help of Fractal Foundation in supporting our development.

What's new in 4.0

• The user interface is based on Qt, so XaoS has a modern look and feel.
• Works on macOS Catalina, which broke older versions.
• Animation rendering has been fixed.
• Menu entries are now standardized.
• TrueType text rendering so fonts look nicer and non-Latin alphabets are supported.
• Hindi, Icelandic, Russian, Serbian and Swedish translations.
• Several minor updates for the other languages.
• The language can be set in the View menu now.
• Lots of bug fixes.
• Zooming is possible also with the mouse wheel.
• Mouse cursor has been changed to cross.
• Iteration number N can be used in user formulas.
• Lots of source code cleanup and refactoring. It may not be obvious to end users but this will allow us to make better features and more frequent releases in the future.