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About Golly

Golly is an open source, cross-platform application for exploring Conway's 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 Gosper's super fast hashlife algorithm.
Many different types of CA are included: John von Neumann's 29-state CA, Wolfram's 1D rules, WireWorld, Generations, Langton's Loops, Paterson's 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.

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Frequently Asked Questions(FAQ)

What is Golly?

Golly is an open source, cross-platform application for exploring Conway's Game of Life and many other types of cellular automata.

What are the key features of Golly?

The key features of Golly include support for bounded and unbounded universes with cells of up to 256 states, multiple algorithms including Bill Gosper's super fast hashlife algorithm, various types of cellular automata such as John von Neumann's 29-state CA, Wolfram's 1D rules, WireWorld, Generations, Langton's Loops, Paterson's Worms, etc. It also supports reading various file formats including RLE, macrocell, Life 1.05/1.06, dblife, and MCell files, extracting patterns and rules from zip files, downloading patterns and rules from online archives, offering an extensive pattern collection, unlimited undo/redo, and providing extensive help with an integrated Life Lexicon.
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Great
Existential
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Advanced and enjoyable
JFK
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Noice you can play around so much this allows to go to the mathematical lumits which are almost impossible to reach a 10^10^10^10^10^100000000000^G(10^10^100)*10 because it's also free thx I just can't stop ...
Molly Hatty
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The editing tools are unmatched, and the performance is fantastic
younes mlik
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The best simulator that contains all the features required like dezoom
Thorvald ter Meer
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This is great! I love the hash life and all of it. I also like how it's open source.
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