= Welcome to the Avida Project =

Avida is a software platform for experiments with self-replicating and evolving computer programs. It provides detailed control over experimental settings and protocols, a large array of measurement tools, and sophisticated methods to analyze and post-process experimental data.

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== Download ==
Pre-compiled and version specific source code releases are available at [https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=46761 SourceForge.net].


== Source ==
You can checkout Avida the latest stable (https://avida.devosoft.org/svn/stable) and development (https://avida.devosoft.org/svn/development) branches of Avida using [http://subversion.tigris.org/ Subversion] or browse the source code here ([source:stable], [source:development]).


== Documentation ==
You can browse the [http://devolab.msu.edu/documentation current development branch documentation].


== Submit Bug Reports and Feature Requests ==
In order to reduce spam tickets, you must log in to the trac system to submit new tickets.  A guest account will be provided shortly to allow non-affiliated individuals to submit tickets.  Look for the details to be posted here. 


== Contact and Mailing Lists ==

We will post new version releases and binaries on our package website at [http://sourceforge.net/projects/avida SourceForge.net].  Please report any bugs, feature requests, or patch submissions using our [/newticket Trac ticket system]. If you would like to be involved in discussions about ongoing Avida research or development, you should join the Yahoo Group [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalEvolution/ DigitalEvolution].