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Sparkle

Sparkle's Test App showing a Software Update window. Release notes used are from Pixen.
Original author(s)	Andy Matuschak
Initial release	January 9, 2006 (2006-01-09)
Stable release	1.5 b6 (1.5rc) / 2008-09-14; 14 months ago
Operating system	Mac OS X
Type	software update framework
License	MIT License
Website	sparkle.andymatuschak.org

Sparkle is a free Mac OS X software framework designed to simplify updating software for the end user of a program. Sparkle supports checking for updates via appcasting.

[edit] Programs

It is used in over 100 programs, such as:

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Sparkle

• Sparkle homepage
• Sparkle at VersionTracker.com

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