Work with us to develop new features with Jalview Development Builds

Type	Installer (Jalview Develop - latest)	Installation notes
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	macOS (Intel) Disk Image (.dmg) Download SHA256 file: sha256sums	Install on macOS
	macOS (Apple Silicon) Disk Image (.dmg) Download SHA256 file: sha256sums	Install on macOS
	Windows x64 EXE Installer (.exe) Download SHA256 file: sha256sums	Install on Windows
	Linux x64 Shell Installer (.sh) Download SHA256 file: sha256sums	Install on Linux
	Unix Shell Installer (.sh) Download SHA256 file: sha256sums	Install on Unix
	Unix .tar.gz Archive (.tar.gz) Download SHA256 file: sha256sums	Install on Unix

We provide automated builds of the Jalview Desktop and JalviewJS from Jalview’s main development branch so you can try out new features as they are being developed, and let us know if they can be improved.

To run a development build:

Install the Jalview Develop App by following the installation instructions below.
Try the latest JalviewJS development build.

You can also browse the latest development build on our build server.

Let us know how you get on via the Jalview Discussion Forum or the Jalview Issue Tracker, or even better - the jalview developers chatroom.

Since you’re running the development build - there will be bugs !

Please remember development builds haven’t been thoroughly tested, so you probably shouldn’t be using them to produce analyses or figures for publication. You might instead want to try Jalview Test if you need features scheduled for the next release.

Installing Jalview Develop

The Jalview Develop App installs and runs as a separate application along side Jalview, in the same way as Jalview Test. When launched, it updates from the Jalview Develop channel (read about channels here). When first launched, it will read your ~/.jalview_properties, but afterwards uses its own settings at ~/.jalview_develop_properties, so your regular Jalview preferences are preserved.

You can find links for installation instructions in the notes for your platform or different ways of running Jalview Develop in the table above. Some of these are the same instructions for the other native Jalview Apps, but should still work.

Other ways to install/launch Jalview Develop

You can install Jalview Develop in a number of ways other than the main desktop installer. You may find one of the methods below suits your needs better. Jalview Develop is compiled for Java 11 so you will need a Java 11 JVM for the executable JAR.

WARNING! Downloading this JVL file might automatically switch your Jalview installation to the DEVELOP channel. To revert back to the Jalview RELEASE channel, please visit the Using the Jalview Launch file page. Download the Jalview Launch file (.jvl) for the DEVELOP channel (50B)? OK	WARNING! Downloading this JVL file might automatically switch your Jalview installation to the DEVELOP channel. To revert back to the Jalview RELEASE channel, please visit the Using the Jalview Launch file page. Download the Jalview Launch file (.jvl) for the DEVELOP channel (50B)? OK Jalview Launch file (.jvl) for the Develop channel (50B) SHA256: 799ab57f164b37ce7f643a622ac9d5c3a9b037ec67dc8ab04758f98bebf509c6	Launch via JVL file
	Jalview Develop Executable JAR (.jar) Download SHA256 file: jalview-all-latest-develop-j11.jar.sha256	Using the JAR file

Thanks to ej-technologies for granting a free install4j license to the Jalview Open Source Project. Jalview's desktop installers were built with the install4j multi-platform installer builder and Gradle.