Golly
For exploring Conway's Game of Life and many other types of cellular automata.
Andrew Trevorrow · net.sf.golly
UpdatedNov 17, 2025
PublishedApr 7, 2021
Packagenet.sf.golly
MD5ceaae505ccb5817e5c9e245f5be8fb8a
SHA1 (signer)35:46:95:F8:F3:58:E0:BC:F0:24:3E:A3:2B:E4:CF:09:26:96:D9:D9
Signed byCN=Andrew Trevorrow, OU=developer, O=Golly Gang, L=Melbourne, ST=Victoria, C=AU
Architecturesx86, x86-64, armeabi-v7a, arm64-v8a
Malware scanTRUSTED
Contact[email protected]
What's new
Fixed problem with hidden tool bars on devices using Android 15.
Description
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.
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.
Required features
- Faketouch android.hardware.faketouch
Permissions (2)
Golly requests the following Android permissions:
- Internet android.permission.INTERNET
- Write External Storage android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
