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Software

This category is for sites dealing with software used to generate fractals, or software used for chaotic behavior computation (dynamic systems).

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Aros Fractals

A free, high-resolution, true-color fractal program for Windows 95/NT, and Macintosh.

Artlandia

A Mathematica-based software for creating mathematical, and algorithmic art.

ArtMatic

Power Macintosh shareware generator that renders still and animated images.

ChaosPro

Freeware fractal generator. Can do 24 bit and 3D transforms, including Quaternions. Includes history of program, gallery and fractal theory information.

Chaotic Dynamic Systems

Interactive applets that show billiard dynamic system motion in various shaped tables. Addresses mathematical concept.

Chaotic Processes Analyzer (CPA) Project

Downloadable software for calculating the correlation dimension of reconstructed attractor. Based on algorithms from the TISEAN project.

Double Fractal

Freeware fractal generator that can export images as POVRay files.

Easy Fractal for Macintosh

Fractal Generator with real-time zoom and large variety of effects.

Fracplanet

GPL-ed free software for generating fractal planets and terrain. It uses Qt and OpenGL.

Fractal eXtreme

Win32 shareware program for exploration of the Mandelbrot set and other fractals.

The Fractal Farm

An on-line tool for viewing and breeding IFS fractal images.

Fractal Image Generator

Practice making fractals with this online tool. Features preview of image and dwell and frequency table.

Fractal Links - Amazing Seattle Fractals

Fractal art tutorials and free fractal software.

Fractal Studio

Complex, quaternion and phase-plane raytracer, featuring many different lightning models. Includes mathematical background and downloads. [German, English]

FractalPoster

Tool to discover fractals and add them to a personal gallery.

Fractalyse

Measures fractal dimension of image and curve with several methods. Includes documentation and related publications. [English, French]

FractSurf

Zoom through a library of fractals. Free download, Windows.

Fracture: A fractal screensaver

Fracture is a screensaver for Mac OS X that can generate a wide variety of fractal images, including the Mandelbrot Set, Julia sets, Self-Squared Dragons, and Attraction Basin fractals.

Fraqtive

Open source program for drawing Mandelbrot and Julia fractals using optimized navigation algorithms. Includes snapshots and features overview.

Ghost Diagrams

Software for assembling sets of tiles. Includes samples and downloads.

Glito

A free explorer of 2D Iterated Function System fractals for GNU/Linux and Windows. Includes gallery and formula information.

Gnofract 4D

Four-dimensional, inter-relational Mandelbrot and Julia set generator. Includes gallery, manuals, mathematical concepts, downloads and contact information.

HOP

DOS/Windows shareware fractal generator and screensaver, based on Martin (Hopalong) and Gumowski/Mira attractors.

Into the Mystic

Software to excite the imagination and help create intriguing two and three-dimensional images. Includes news, software, FAQs, gallery and contact.

Java Lindenmayer Systems

Java desktop program rendering two-dimensional Lindemayer sets. Includes technical background, download, installation instructions and screenshots.

LSysEdit

Creates fractal plant images from a few bytes of text. LSysEdit edits and views Lsystems, and saves the images created by them as .bmp files. Free download.

Mandelbrot Applet

Generator with color selection and auto-zoom feature. Uses java.

Mandelbrot Explorer

Freeware package allowing simple, colourful, customisable exploration of the Mandelbrot and Julia sets.

Montagne 3D

A virtual landscape generator, based on fractal technology. After creation, the landscape can be modified by a graphic editor part of the application. Windows 95/98/NT shareware.

Quintessential Sophistry

Offers several Michael Sargent's QS-series DOS and Windows fractal generators.

Robert Inventor's Programs

Fractal music generator; animated 3D virtual flowers in compressed VRML format.

Softology

Windows application that generates fractals, cellular automata, attractors, IFS, L-systems, music, and other related simulations. Supports 2D and 3D fractal generation and movies.

Two-dimensional L-systems

Also called Lindenmayer systems or parallel string-rewrite systems, a compact way to describe iterative graphics using a turtle analogy. Mathematica examples.

Ultra Fractal

Shareware Windows 95/98/NT fractal plotter. A fractal consists of one or more layers, which are merged in Photoshop-like fashion. Each layer has its own fractal formula, location, and coloring algorithms.

Video For FRACTINT

This site describes a freeware Fractal Image Sequence Generator based on FRACTINT. It contains example videos of what can be achieved with it.

XaoS

Fast portable realtime fractal zoomer.

XenoDream

Generator that renders 3D IFS fractal images, and enables lighting post-processing.

Zuk

Dynamic, real-time Mandelbrot fractal viewer for DOS.

µFrac

Distributed fractal explorer for mobile devices (phones and PDAs). Current supported platform is the J2ME, plus MIDP.