Golly

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v1.5 by Andrew Trevorrow

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

About Golly

Golly (Package Name: net.sf.golly) is developed by Andrew Trevorrow and the latest version of Golly 1.5 was updated on January 29, 2025. Golly is in the category of Simulation with the feature Portable. You can check all apps from the developer of Golly and find 200 alternative apps to Golly on Android. Currently this app is for free. This app can be downloaded on Android 5.0+ on APKFab or Google Play. All APK/XAPK files on APKFab.com are original and 100% safe with fast download.

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.

Golly 1.5 Update

Fixed problem with hidden tool bars on devices using Android 15.

Golly Features

Simulation Portable

Previous Versions More

Golly 1.5 APK

January 29, 2025 7.04 MB

Requires Android: Android 5.0+

Architecture: arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64

Screen DPI: 160-480dpi

SHA1: c1a9c683968942efb7a157a428757bdfbab61218

Size: 7.04 MB

What's New:

Fixed problem with hidden tool bars on devices using Android 15.

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Golly 1.4 APK

August 19, 2024 7.04 MB

Requires Android: Android 5.0+

Architecture: arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64

Screen DPI: 160-480dpi

SHA1: aaf850451897ba28e76445a56c82bd2865f0da4e

Size: 7.04 MB

What's New:

Two-finger pinching can be used to change the font size in the Open/Help/Rule screens.
Fixed a problem with the Open screen's font size being too large on small devices.
Fixed an error that prevented Rule info from being displayed.
Fixed a bug that could prevent pasting into a bounded grid.
Most links in Help > Online Archives and References should now work (some will fail if using Android 7 or older).
Supplied patterns no longer include .lua/zip/rle3 files.

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Golly 1.3 APK

May 24, 2024 7.3 MB

Requires Android: Android 5.0+

Architecture: arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64

Screen DPI: 160-480dpi

SHA1: faecd091b7f2bd673bbf600281231cedb056f356

Size: 7.3 MB

What's New:

Added a new Super algorithm.
The Larger than Life algorithm now supports HROT rules, B0 emulation, and many new neighborhoods.
Fixed a number of bugs.
Lots of new patterns.

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Golly 1.2 APK

October 13, 2018 5.3 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.0+

Architecture: arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64

Screen DPI: 160-480dpi

SHA1: 02782c46cab6f479611f5e5685bbf943d4463748

Size: 5.3 MB

What's New:

Added the Larger than Life algorithm.
Added support for non-totalistic rules.
Fixed various bugs.
See Help -> Changes for more details.

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