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System Requirements

HeuristicLab is based on the Microsoft .NET Framework. In order to be able to run HeuristicLab properly, you have to downland and install the following software package:

• ​Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 Full Version

Please note that we are working on porting HeuristicLab to ​Mono but are unable to provide any support at the moment. You can have a look at this Blog post for more information about the current status of the port. If you have gained any experience with Mono and HeuristicLab, we would be thankful for any kind of feedback.

License

HeuristicLab is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

HeuristicLab is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the ​GNU General Public License (GPL) as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the license, or (at your option) any later version.

Download Binaries

The latest stable version of HeuristicLab is 3.3.8 and was released on May 10th, 2013. A ZIP archive containing the binaries of HeuristicLab 3.3.8 built for all CPU types is attached to this page:

Check the ChangeLog to see what's new or to download previous versions of HeuristicLab.

Builds and Sources from the Stable Branch

We additionally provide source code archives and daily builds from the HL stable branch. This branch is a staging area for already finished and tested features and bug fixes which will be shipped with the next HeuristicLab release. To try out the latest improvements of HeuristicLab or to get the latest bug fixes, download the daily build of the stable branch:

• ​HeuristicLab stable branch binaries (ChangeLog)
• ​HeuristicLab stable branch sources

Additional packages

There are some plugins which are developed inside the branches and are currently not part of HeuristicLab. For some of these branches we also provide daily builds:

• Additional packages (daily builds of branches)?

Installation / Upgrade

HeuristicLab does not contain a setup and does not have to be installed. After extracting the HeuristicLab ZIP archive from this page, double click on the file HeuristicLab 3.3.exe to start.

Please note that it is recommended to check for and install new updates regularly, as the development of HeuristicLab is an ongoing and active process.