GUI About
Displays version information, credits, and provides access to the built-in update checker.
- Shows the current Amiberry version string
- Displays the copyright notice
- Shows the SDL version in use and the active SDL video driver
- Stable — Receive only official stable releases
- Preview — Receive preview/beta builds ahead of stable releases
- Queries GitHub for the latest release on the selected channel
- Displays the available version number if an update is found
- Shows "You are running the latest version." if no update is available
- Opens the GitHub release page for the available update in the system browser
- Only shown when an update is available
- Downloads the update package in the background and applies it automatically (self-update capable platforms only)
- A progress bar shows download progress with byte counts
- A Cancel button stops an in-progress download
- On completion, a Restart Now button relaunches Amiberry with the new version
- Opens the download page in the system browser (on platforms that support notify-only updates)
- Amiberry is released under the GNU General Public License v3 or later
- Full license text and a link to https://www.gnu.org/licenses are shown in a scrollable area
- Lists the authors and contributors who built Amiberry, including:
- Dimitris Panokostas (MiDWaN) — Amiberry author
- Toni Wilen — WinUAE author
- Romain Tisserand — Libretro implementation
- And additional contributors for ports, controller support, and other features