Type	Installer (Jalview Test 2.11.5.0rc4-test - 20 August 2025)	Installation notes
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	macOS (Intel) Disk Image (.dmg) (100.8MB) SHA256: db2ef7a51f0e10d800fd0d44bc48576cc899771a5b598f58ad01c11aff99c3d1	Install on macOS
	macOS (Apple Silicon) Disk Image (.dmg) (96.5MB) SHA256: 1617293b525386f043a4ecff43e30615ada523fbb76aa2631082be377e964a76	Install on macOS
	Windows x64 EXE Installer (.exe) (86.8MB) SHA256: 9dccff1f0da0c04acc60284792ff0be53bbddfe36714f423c6093e29e6fa1377	Install on Windows
	Linux x64 Shell Installer (.sh) (86.2MB) SHA256: b9c9521d79aa4bf6ed9a8be6fb3bbed0e34cbfb0b4febb4761c5c5c39f41fe19	Install on Linux
	Linux aarch64 Shell Installer (.sh) (85.3MB) SHA256: e9c05908be759c2f09e27d0bdb6a6cb197d506b35ccf8ad316098abee251840b	Install on Linux
	Unix Shell Installer (.sh) (46.7MB) SHA256: d5735f483d84f5496e2e14f7f28bf8b8047c9474fe3b2012139914d7045c9d1e	Install on Unix
	Unix .tar.gz Archive (.tar.gz) (48.1MB) SHA256: 67b0b358d6db3a19dba6f36248cb93237cea1d5f2c691bea421acc1b4cbcb98d	Install on Unix

Test drive the next release of Jalview with the Jalview Test Desktop App! If you need to access the next version in order to test out teaching materials, or take advantage of hot-fixes for bugs not yet patched in the current release then we recommend you install the Jalview Test App. You’ll also find links to the latest release candidates for JalviewJS.

To find out what patches this release provides, please browse the latest test build on our build server.

Download Jalview Test

The Jalview Test App installs and runs as a separate application along side Jalview, in the same way as Jalview Develop. When launched, it updates from the Jalview Test channel (read about channels here). When first launched, it will read your ~/.jalview_properties, and but afterwards uses its own settings at ~/.jalview_test_properties, so your regular Jalview preferences are preserved.

You can find links for installation instructions in the notes for your platform or different ways of running Jalview Test in the table above. Some of these are the same instructions for the other native Jalview Apps, but should still work.

Other ways to install/launch Jalview Test

You can install Jalview Test in a number of ways other than the main desktop installer. You may find one of the methods below suits your needs better.

WARNING! Downloading this JVL file might automatically switch your Jalview installation to the TEST-RELEASE channel. To revert back to the Jalview RELEASE channel, please visit the Using the Jalview Launch file page. Download the Jalview Launch file (.jvl) for the TEST-RELEASE channel (56B)? OK	WARNING! Downloading this JVL file might automatically switch your Jalview installation to the TEST-RELEASE channel. To revert back to the Jalview RELEASE channel, please visit the Using the Jalview Launch file page. Download the Jalview Launch file (.jvl) for the TEST-RELEASE channel (56B)? OK Jalview Launch file (.jvl) for the Test-Release channel (56B) SHA256: 873b5b37c1db085d42f0c0104a22b2f0c7152e8af12b7633fb296f10003c800a	Launch via JVL file
	Jalview Test Executable JAR (.jar) Download SHA256 file: jalview-all-latest-test-release-j1.8.jar.sha256	Using the JAR file

If you install and use Jalview Test, you’re beta-testing the next release of Jalview. That means that if you find a problem, we’d really appreciate you let us know so we can fix it before the next version of Jalview is officially released. You can do this by signing up to the Jalview Discussion Forum and posting your comments in the Jalview Beta category.

You can also comment on issues directly via the Jalview Issue Tracker, and chat via the Jalview Developers gitter channel

Thanks to ej-technologies for granting a free install4j license to the Jalview Open Source Project. Jalview's desktop installers were built with the install4j multi-platform installer builder and Gradle.