Golly

Explore Conway's Game of Life and other types of cellular automata

CaskEducation & ScienceApple silicon · Intel
From homebrew/cask
30-day installs5#2751 in App
1-year installs129Last 365 days
Latest version5.02 days ago · Oct 7
Download size25MBarm64 / x86_64 · dmg
Release cadenceIrregular0 releases in 30 days
System requirements
Not confirmed
Platform availability
  • macOS 27 · Intel · 5.0 Not confirmed
  • macOS 27 · Apple chip · 5.0 Not confirmed
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{
  "macos": {}
}
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homebrew/cask
Also known as
Golly · golly
Commands
bgolly
SHA-256
cf03c5b7941566f6…

Installation and removal contents

  • Install suite

    Source file: golly-5.0-mac

    Declared destination: /Applications/golly-5.0-mac

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    {
      "suite": [
        "golly-5.0-mac"
      ],
      "target": "/Applications/golly-5.0-mac"
    }
  • Install binary

    Source file: $APPDIR/golly-5.0-mac/bgolly

    Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/bgolly

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    {
      "binary": [
        "$APPDIR/golly-5.0-mac/bgolly"
      ],
      "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/bgolly"
    }
  • Remove user data zap

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    {
      "zap": [
        {
          "trash": [
            "~/Library/Application Support/Golly",
            "~/Library/Preferences/net.sourceforge.golly.plist",
            "~/Library/Saved Application State/net.sourceforge.golly.savedState"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }

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