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Daily Builds
Snapshot Releases
Unsupported Releases
Old Releases

Current Production Releases

See the release notes for a list of new features and other information.
For more recent changes, use the snapshot and daily builds; they are less tested but usually reliable.

64-bit Releases:

Platform	Installer, Size, and Checksum	Date	Notes
Microsoft Windows 64-bit	chimera-1.13.1-win64.exe Size: 153275252 bytes MD5: 1cb7f1f4138fc4ff34a5c3383623b4a4	Nov 17, 2018	Instructions Documentation Runs on Windows 7 or later.
Mac OS X 64-bit	chimera-1.13.1-mac64.dmg Size: 136655070 bytes MD5: 62251f8677846e367de3cab4b5b1e8af	Nov 17, 2018	Instructions Documentation Runs on Mac OS X 10.10 or later.
Linux 64-bit	chimera-1.13.1-linux_x86_64.bin Size: 160061056 bytes MD5: 80d2c95f78c603da3acda42f4bbceca0	Nov 17, 2018	Instructions Documentation Compiled on CentOS 5.11.

32-bit releases are no longer supported.

Daily Builds

These are the results of our automated build procedure. They are untested but are usually reliable while including the latest Chimera features.

64-bit Builds:

Platform	Installer, Size, and Checksum	Date	Notes
Microsoft Windows 64-bit	chimera-alpha-win64.exe Size: 152238661 bytes MD5: 117d42ddb471c39021a1f33ef725df3a	Apr 22, 2019	(See production version for installation instructions) Runs on Windows 7 or later. Release notes
Mac OS X 64-bit	chimera-alpha-mac64.dmg Size: 136291098 bytes MD5: 0c137b71893e6a0d0dcbd6c9d32f8e3a	Apr 22, 2019	(See production version for installation instructions) Runs on Mac OS X 10.10 or later. Release notes
Linux 64-bit	chimera-alpha-linux_x86_64.bin Size: 157793480 bytes MD5: 38e40ca3868d002d77263d446dbf042c	Apr 22, 2019	(See production version for installation instructions) Compiled on CentOS 5.11. Release notes
Headless Linux 64-bit	chimera-alpha-linux_x86_64_osmesa.bin Size: 151754357 bytes MD5: 001763309e9cc436e93bc7515b9e77e4	Apr 22, 2019	(See production version for installation instructions) For (web) servers. Compiled on CentOS 5.11. Release notes

32-bit builds are no longer supported.

Snapshot Releases

These are development snapshots, not tested as much as the production releases.

Currently there are no snapshot releases.

Unsupported Releases

These are releases for platforms that we might support in the future or used to support.

64-bit Releases:

Platform	Installer, Size, and Checksum	Date	Notes
HP Tru64 Unix	chimera-1.3-tru64.exe Size: 95937093 bytes MD5: 7a84b2a39371a077c51bc348db057f28	Dec 09, 2008	Instructions Documentation Runs on Tru64 5.1B.
Headless Linux 64-bit	chimera-1.13.1-linux_x86_64_osmesa.bin Size: 154012939 bytes MD5: ead53d8e3746d46176a1570835a03b1c	Nov 17, 2018	Instructions Documentation For (web) servers. Compiled on CentOS 5.11.

32-bit Releases (for small memory computers):

Platform	Installer, Size, and Checksum	Date	Notes
Mac OS X	chimera-1.11.2-mac.dmg Size: 103774888 bytes MD5: fa2ccd9c17c456d71088e81129c862d6	Dec 02, 2016	Instructions Documentation Runs on Mac OS X 10.8 or later.
Mac OS X (X Windows)	chimera-1.11.2-mac_x11.dmg Size: 91230485 bytes MD5: a42b0463f5d51ff845cc459cd3de66c3	Dec 02, 2016	Instructions Documentation Runs on Mac OS X 10.8 or later.
Linux	chimera-1.11.2-linux.bin Size: 119742278 bytes MD5: 47dd12fbcbcfe01ea678599dd7001a6b	Dec 02, 2016	Instructions Documentation Compiled on Debian 4 (etch).
SGI IRIX	chimera-1.3-irix.exe Size: 91949632 bytes MD5: 503399e4bcddd58d736e686925feefeb	Dec 09, 2008	Instructions Documentation Runs on IRIX 6.5.10+ with current C++ runtime patches.
Headless Linux	chimera-1.11.2-linux_osmesa.bin Size: 113253259 bytes MD5: 4f8b829bf5838566ba7a3afefdccb02d	Dec 02, 2016	Instructions Documentation For (web) servers. Compiled on Debian 4 (etch).