Mzinga is a collection of open-source software to play the abstract board game Hive, with the primary goal of building a community of developers who create Hive-playing AIs.

To that end, Mzinga proposes a Universal Hive Protocol to support interoperability for Hive-playing software.

For more information on Mzinga and its projects, please check out the Mzinga Wiki.

Mzinga was written in C# and should run anywhere that supports .NET 6.0. It has been officially tested on:

• Windows 10 and 11
• Ubuntu 20.04
• macOS 10.15

The standard Windows release provides self-contained x86/x64/arm64 binaries which run on Windows 7 SP1 , 8.1, 10, and 11.

1. Download the latest Windows zip file (Mzinga.WinX86.zip, Mzinga.WinX64.zip, or Mzinga.WinArm64.zip) from https://github.com/jonthysell/Mzinga/releases/latest
2. Extract the zip file

Note: If you're unsure which version to download, try Mzinga.WinX64.zip first. Most modern PCs are x64.

A standalone version of MzingaViewer is available via an installer which can run on Windows 7 SP1 , 8.1, 10, and 11.

1. Download the latest Windows setup file (MzingaViewer.WinX86.Setup.msi, MzingaViewer.WinX64.Setup.msi or MzingaViewer.WinArm64.Setup.msi) from https://github.com/jonthysell/Mzinga/releases/latest
2. Open the installer

Note: If you're unsure which version to download, try MzingaViewer.WinX64.Setup.msi first. Most modern PCs are x64.

Note: This version does not contain the MzingaEngine, MzingaPerft, or MzingaTrainer binaries.

A standalone version of MzingaViewer is available via the Microsoft Store for Windows 10 and 11: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/mzingaviewer/9pm7p224hpgq

Note: This version does not contain the MzingaEngine, MzingaPerft, or MzingaTrainer binaries.

The MacOS release provides self-contained x64/arm64 binaries which run on OSX >= 10.15.

1. Download the latest MacOS tar.gz file (Mzinga.MacOSX64.tar.gz or Mzinga.MacOSArm64.tar.gz) from https://github.com/jonthysell/Mzinga/releases/latest
2. Extract the tar.gz file

Note: If you're unsure which version to download, try Mzinga.MacOSX64.tar.gz first. Most modern PCs are x64.

Note: If MacOS Gatekeeper prevents you from running Mzinga, you may need to run xattr -cr on the downloaded files.

The Linux release provides self-contained x64/arm64 binaries which run on many Linux distributions.

1. Download the latest Linux tar.gz file (Mzinga.LinuxX64.tar.gz or Mzinga.LinuxArm64.zip) from https://github.com/jonthysell/Mzinga/releases/latest
2. Extract the tar.gz file

Note: If you're unsure which version to download, try Mzinga.LinuxX64.tar.gz first. Most modern PCs are x64.

The Unpacked release provides loose, framework-dependent .NET 6 binaries.

1. Install the latest .NET Runtime
2. Download the latest Unpacked zip file (Mzinga.Unpacked.zip) from https://github.com/jonthysell/Mzinga/releases/latest
3. Extract the zip file

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