Sparkle (software)
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 Sparkle's Test App showing a Software Update window. Release notes used are from Pixen. | |
| Original author(s) | Andy Matuschak |
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| 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's primary means of distributing updates is through "appcasting," a term coined for the practice of using an RSS enclosure to distribute updates and release notes.
Programs
It is used in over 100 programs, such as:
- Adium
- AppZapper
- Bookends
- Cog
- Colloquy
- Cyberduck
- Evernote
- ExpanDrive
- GPGMail
- Hulu Desktop
- iStumbler
- Mactracker
- Merlin
- OmniGraffle
- OmniWeb 5.6
- Path Finder
- Peel
- Pixelmator
- Pixen
- PwnageTool
- Quinn
- Scrivener
- Simple Comic
- SubEthaEdit
- Syncplicity
- TeXShop
- Transmission
- VLC Media Player
- WebKit
- Xslimmer
- Java Runtime Environment (JRE/JavaAppletPlugin) since JRE7u6
Other OS alternatives
There are several open source Windows alternatives to offer similar functionality to Sparkle:
- wyUpdate (BSD licensed) in tandem with the AutomaticUpdater (LGPL licensed)
- WinSparkle (MIT licensed)
There is also a REALbasic implementation of Sparkle that works on Mac OS X, Windows and Linux: RBSparkle.
External links
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