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There are two different versions of MakeHuman, and it can be confusing for new users to understand which is stable and/or current. The available versions are:
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TL;DR: At this point in time, you are best off downloading the stable release of MakeHuman Community 1.2.0. See http://www.makehumancommunity.org/content/makehuman_120.html.
  
* MakeHuman releases (currently 1.0.x): These are formal releases from the stable branch of makehuman. They are updated seldomly and are well tested.
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If you want newer features, it is usually also safe to download the nightly build. For windows, it is available from [http://download.tuxfamily.org/makehuman/nightly/ the download directory]. Look for the file named "*-nightly-windows.zip". Linux users are encouraged to run from source, but there is also a PPA at https://launchpad.net/~makehuman-official/+archive/ubuntu/makehuman-community
* MakeHuman nightly builds (currently what is to become 1.1.x): These are builds of the unstable branch and are updated nightly. They do thus contain all the latest changes. Note that late in the development cycle, the term "unstable" is something of a misnomer as it is then often at least as stable as the last release.
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Early on after a release we recommend that you download and use a formal release.  
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There are three different versions of MakeHuman, and it can be confusing for new users to understand which is stable and/or current. The available versions are:
  
If you need the new features and/or some time have passed (several months) since the last release, we recommend that you download the nightly build.  
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* MakeHuman nightly builds (of what is to become the next version): This is the latest code, and it is published every night. It thus contains all the latest changes, although theoretically a mistake could have been introduced. At this point in the development cycle, this is a mostly stable build.
 
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* Makehuman alphas and betas (of what is to become the next version): These are points in time where the development code was released together with release notes and a version number (such as "1.2.0-alpha4"). In practice it is basically the same as an old nightly build.
If you find and report a bug in the stable release, you will more often than not be directed to try the nightly build instead.
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* MakeHuman releases (currently 1.2.x): These are formal releases from the stable branch of makehuman. They are updated seldomly and are well tested. At this point in time the last formal release is 1.2.0. We do not recommend using older releases.

Latest revision as of 12:40, 6 November 2020

TL;DR: At this point in time, you are best off downloading the stable release of MakeHuman Community 1.2.0. See http://www.makehumancommunity.org/content/makehuman_120.html.

If you want newer features, it is usually also safe to download the nightly build. For windows, it is available from the download directory. Look for the file named "*-nightly-windows.zip". Linux users are encouraged to run from source, but there is also a PPA at https://launchpad.net/~makehuman-official/+archive/ubuntu/makehuman-community

There are three different versions of MakeHuman, and it can be confusing for new users to understand which is stable and/or current. The available versions are:

  • MakeHuman nightly builds (of what is to become the next version): This is the latest code, and it is published every night. It thus contains all the latest changes, although theoretically a mistake could have been introduced. At this point in the development cycle, this is a mostly stable build.
  • Makehuman alphas and betas (of what is to become the next version): These are points in time where the development code was released together with release notes and a version number (such as "1.2.0-alpha4"). In practice it is basically the same as an old nightly build.
  • MakeHuman releases (currently 1.2.x): These are formal releases from the stable branch of makehuman. They are updated seldomly and are well tested. At this point in time the last formal release is 1.2.0. We do not recommend using older releases.