XBMC Media Center is currently available for Ubuntu Linux, Mac OS X (PowerPC/PPC or Intel-based Leopard, Tiger, and Apple TV), Microsoft Windows, and the original (first-generation) Xbox. Currently, the latest official release is version 9.04, (codenamed Babylon). Below you can download ready to install packages of XBMC for your platform. (Note: XBMC requires OpenGL support.*)
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OSX 10.4 and 10.5 for Intel and PowerPC. Development builds can be found here. |
Binaries for Ubuntu are available as Ubuntu PPA (Personal Package Archives). Development builds can be found here. |
Windows XP and Windows Vista are supported. Development builds can be found here. |
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Instructions for very easy installation of XBMC for Mac onto Apple TV via ATV USB Creator. |
ISO image for creating a bootable CD to try XBMC. Also installable to a USB flash drive, or a internal hard disk drive. |
For legal reasons we cannot host or distribute binary builds of XBMC for Xbox. Try google to find third-party binary builds. |
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Source Code and Development Version
The latest development version of XBMC, (often referred to as “SVN builds”), are updated as soon as developers commit any changes, which is normally on a daily basis, and is hosted in our Subversion repository kindly provided to us by by SourceForge. Development version of XBMC is recommended only for developers, experienced testers, or those otherwise interested in compiling the very latest cutting edge XBMC from source code. XBMC can be checked out using a Subversion client: Linux, Mac OS X (and Apple TV), and Windows branch of XBMC: # svn co http://xbmc.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/xbmc/branches/linuxport/ Xbox branch of XBMC: # svn co http://xbmc.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/xbmc/trunk/
*OpenGL
XBMC Media Center software requires that your computer graphics hardware (meaning video adapter/controller) supports OpenGL 1.3 (with GLSL), at a minimum, to function. We do however recommend a ATI/AMD, Intel, or NVIDIA graphic controller that support OpenGL 2.0 or better to fully experience XBMC Media Center at its best. Please also check your graphics device drivers to see what version of OpenGL your GPU (graphics processing unit) hardware supports, always start by downloading and updating to the very latest graphics device drivers available from your graphics chipset hardware manufacturer if possible. If your platform of choice is Mac OS X and your system has an Intel graphics chipset (Mac Mini, MacBook or a MacBook Air), then even though the graphics device drivers only support OpenGL 1.2, XBMC Media Center will still run smoothly since most of the required functionality in the graphics device drivers is implemented through OpenGL GLSL/ARB extensions which are support in those particular graphics device drivers on Mac OS X.
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