The computer program avida is an auto-adaptive genetic system designed primarily for use as a platform in Digital or Artificial Life research. The avida system is based on concepts similar to those employed by the tierra program developed by Tom Ray. This site is meant for those people interested in using avida as a tool for themselves.
All distributions come with all of the source code.
Anyone is welcome to modify the code for fun or for their own experiments. The most recent version is 1.6.0. Patches will be made available in Updates and announced on the avida mailing lists as they are written. Please let us know if you implement any new features or bug fixes you think should be included in a patch or a new distribution. Many new features.