Golly

Features Golly

Golly is an open source, cross-platform application for exploring Conways Game of Life and many other types of cellular automata.Key features:Supports bounded and unbounded universes, with cells of up to 256 states.Supports multiple algorithms, including Bill Gospers super fast hashlife algorithm.Many different types of CA are included: John von Neumanns 29-state CA, Wolframs 1D rules, WireWorld, Generations, Langtons Loops, Patersons Worms, etc.Reads RLE, macrocell, Life 1.05/1.06, dblife, and MCell files.Can extract patterns and rules from zip files.Can download patterns and rules from online archives.Includes a state-of-the-art pattern collection.Unlimited undo/redo.Extensive help, with an integrated Life Lexicon.