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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-1.14-win64.exe Size: 152229635 bytes MD5: a3eddc25f84e55c4c49ff6f6f6f7643b	Nov 13, 2019	Instructions Documentation Runs on Windows 7 or later.
Mac OS X 64-bit	chimera-1.14-mac64.dmg Size: 135741903 bytes MD5: c763aa87af928ae6dc7d39a8f6bf92d5	Nov 13, 2019	Instructions Documentation Runs on Mac OS X 10.10 or later.
Linux 64-bit	chimera-1.14-linux_x86_64.bin Size: 157644313 bytes MD5: d6e92ee2f988544cd68634a36015a3e1	Nov 13, 2019	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: 152232272 bytes MD5: a61966cadc3e2b71ab3635b08d458cf7	Mar 31, 2020	(See production version for installation instructions) Runs on Windows 7 or later. Release notes
Mac OS X 64-bit	chimera-alpha-mac64.dmg Size: 136007080 bytes MD5: 51982b7f436ab5a44498454b321a3ac0	Mar 31, 2020	(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: 157647882 bytes MD5: bf54d9af0e90fe75310a4d9c1b5babec	Mar 31, 2020	(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: 151589890 bytes MD5: b46b5f76af7fcdae00b7ec1cbc1327bc	Mar 31, 2020	(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-1.14-linux_x86_64_osmesa.bin Size: 151586712 bytes MD5: f89c312cfc85b604a88e6f9bcb3b926c	Nov 13, 2019	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).