Nightshade (astronomy software)

Nightshade
Developer(s)Digitalis Education Solutions, Inc
Stable release
Nightshade NG 17.8.1 / 23 August 2017; 7 years ago (2017-08-23)
Preview release
Nightshade NG 17.11.1 / 19 November 2017; 6 years ago (2017-11-19)
Repository
Written inC++, OpenGL, Lua
Operating systemCross-platform (Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux)
TypePlanetarium, Educational software
LicenseNightshade Public License
Websitenightshadesoftware.org/

Nightshade is a simulation and visualization software for teaching and exploring astronomy, Earth science, and related topics. Its focus is on use in digital planetarium systems or as an educational tool,[1] with additional features to allow it to also be used on desktop or laptop computers. It operates on Linux, macOS and Windows.

Nightshade Legacy was open source and is no longer developed. A completely new codebase, Nightshade NG (Next Generation) is licensed under the "Nightshade Public License",[2] a non-free license with field of use restrictions but with source available.[3]

  1. ^ "New Nightshade version released". IYA2009. 2010-07-20. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  2. ^ "An Open Letter". Nightshade. nightshade.org. 2013-03-22. Retrieved 2015-07-03.
  3. ^ "Nightshade Public Repository". Bitbucket. nightshade.org. 2017-11-19. Retrieved 2017-11-19.