KodeLife 1.2.6 - App Store

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About KodeLife

Kodelife is a real-time GPU shader editor, live-code performance tool and graphics prototyping sketchpad. Lightweight App, Heavyweight Power KodeLife gives you 100% native real-time control over your GPU's power with one...

Kodelife is a real-time GPU shader editor, live-code performance tool and graphics prototyping sketchpad. Lightweight App, Heavyweight Power KodeLife gives you 100% native real-time control over your GPU's power with one lightweight app. Real-time Live-Coding Code is checked, evaluated and updated in the background as you type! Quick prototyping of visual effects without having to wait for compilation. Plug and Play Use your device's audio input and all available MIDI connections or connect a gamepad to drive your visuals. Support for external keyboards, mice and trackpads. Multilingual KodeLife supports all supported flavors of OpenGL GLSL, as well as the Metal Shading Language. Cross-platform Support Take your ideas with you! Exchange your projects with KodeLife running on other platforms. Also available on macOS, Windows and Linux.

Version History - Updated for upcoming App Store requirements - Updated game controller mapping database - Minor bug fixes and improvements 1.2.6 Apr 8 - Fixed example projects compatibility problems with OpenGL ES3 - Added menu actions and shortcuts - Fix for hidden menu bar on iOS 26 - Updated game controller mapping database - Minor bug fixes and improvements 1.2.5 12/06/2025 - Fixes for possible problems on iOS 26 1.2.4 11/06/2025 - Added ability to change order of passes - Fixed default shader compatibility problems with OpenGL ES3 - Fixed some editor options not being applied - Updated game controller mapping database - Minor bug fixes and improvements 1.2.3 10/25/2025 - Improved compatibility with latest iOS release - Fixed Bluetooth MIDI controller dialog issues on older iOS - Fixed UI layout issues on larger devices - Updated game controller mapping database - Minor bug fixes and improvements 1.2.2 09/16/2025 - Added Bluetooth MIDI controller connection UI - Mobile file browser improvements - Fixed potential problems on latest iOS - Updated text rendering and layout - Updated game controller mapping database - Minor bug fixes and improvements 1.2.1 06/24/2025 - Added texture format choice for final output to project properties - Added texture format choice to render pass properties - Added menu of common resolutions to project properties view - Fixed issues with Japanese localization - Middleware updates - Minor bug fixes and improvements 1.2.0 04/09/2025 - Fixed editing of parameter file path text fields - Fixed on-screen keyboard layout and appearance - Updated game controller mapping database - Minor bug fixes and improvements 1.1.9 11/22/2024 - Improved support for iOS/iPadOS 18 - Fixed issues with Japanese localization - Updated game controller mapping database - Minor bug fixes and improvements 1.1.8 10/08/2024 - Improved Metal syntax highlighting - Middleware updates - Updated game controller mapping database - Minor bug fixes and improvements 1.1.7 08/24/2024 - Added 14 new example shaders by Fabio Cortés - Updated game controller mapping database - Minor bug fixes and improvements 1.1.6 07/28/2024 - Moved renderer info to project properties panel - Improved renderer and extensions info - Improved Metal/DirectX code completion - Added optional author and comments to project properties - Added external links to example projects - Fixed handling of corrupted configuration files - Updated game controller mapping database - Minor bug fixes and improvements 1.1.5 06/24/2024 - Fixed document corruption when pasting certain characters - Updated game controller mapping database - Minor bug fixes and improvements 1.1.4 04/02/2024 - Added project file XML export - Fixed internal texture format inconsistencies - Updated game controller mapping database - Minor bug fixes and improvements 1.1.3 02/06/2024 - Improved compatibility with recent iOS/iPadOS updates - Updated game controller mapping database - Middleware upgrades - Minor bug fixes and improvements 1.1.2 10/25/2023 - Added new audio settings and audio file player to project panel - Improved compatibility of OpenGL ES 3 default shaders - Updated game controller mapping database - Minor bug fixes and improvements 1.1.1 08/01/2023 - Major "under the hood" changes to prepare for future updates (part2) - Added audio input example - Added MIDI input example - Added gamepad input example - Added compute shader example - Added renderer selection to document properties panel - Minor bug fixes and improvements 1.1.0 05/23/2023 - Major "under the hood" changes to prepare for future updates - Updated game controller mapping database - Minor bug fixes and improvements 1.0.9 04/08/2023 Minor bug fixes and improvements 1.0.8 12/08/2022 - Added 15 new example shaders by Jochen "Virgill" Feldkötter - Fixed cursor key navigation with external keyboards on iOS 15/16 - Fixed editor not preserving indentation when duplicating lines - Improved performance for modal dialog rendering - Minor bug fixes and improvements 1.0.7 11/06/2022 - Fixed loading of saved project clear color - Fixed certain render target textures not including alpha channel - Minor bug fixes and improvements 1.0.6 08/25/2022 - Fixed possible crash when connecting game controllers - Fixed possible corruption of documents caused by certain characters - Fixed multiple potential memory leaks - Minor bug fixes and improvements 1.0.5 06/28/2022 - Added 16 new example shaders by Paul Karlik - Added missing save warning when loading example projects - Improved handling of floating and undocked touch keyboards - Fixed editing gestures interfering with multi-touch operation - Fixed Apple Pencil input behavior - Minor bug fixes and improvements 1.0.4 03/02/2022 - Fixed save/load of blend equation setting - Fixed conversion of colors to hex strings - Fixed handling of invalid UTF-8 sequences - Fixed minor editor UI issues - Fixed some issues with Japanese localization - Minor bug fixes and improvements 1.0.3 01/13/2022 - Added 50(!) example shaders - Improved syntax highlighting - Fixed document save format consistency - Minor bug fixes and improvements 1.0.2 08/30/2021

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Previous Versions

Here you can find the changelog of KodeLife since it was posted on our website on 2023-09-05 23:23:11. The latest version is 1.2.6 and it was updated on 2026-06-23 17:24:44. See below the changes in each version.

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