Sparkle's Test App showing a Software Update window. Release notes used are from Pixen. |
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| Original author(s) | Andy Matuschak |
| Initial release | January 9, 2006 |
| Stable release | 1.5 b6 (1.5rc) / September 14, 2008 |
| Operating system | Mac OS X |
| Type | Software update framework |
| License | MIT License |
| Website | sparkle.andymatuschak.org |
Sparkle is a free Mac OS X software framework designed to simplify updating software for the end user of a program. Sparkle supports checking for updates via appcasting.
It is used in over 100 programs, such as:
There are several open source Windows alternatives to offer similar functionality to Sparkle:
There is also a REALbasic implementation of Sparkle that works on Mac OS X, Windows and Linux: RBSparkle.