Comparison of oscillator analysis tools

This page compares tools used for analyzing still lifes, oscillators and spaceships alongside the information they output.

We assume that the input pattern runs in B3/S23, as these tools are used for computing information for wiki infoboxes.

Oscillators

Datum		Oscar	Oscillizer	Oscillizer-Web	Oscilloscope	Nakano	LifeViewer	CAViewer	Caterer	Catagolue
Period		Yes	≤1200	≤~1000	≤50000	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mod	Value	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
	Transformation	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Kinetic symmetry		No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Population	Minimum	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
	Maximum	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
	Average	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Active cells	Rotor	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Stator	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Total	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Volatility	Standard	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Strict	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Heat	Minimum	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
	Maximum	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
	Average	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Temperature	Active	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Rotor	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Bounding box	XY	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
	Area	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Supported by rules	Minimum (outer-totalistic)	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
	Maximum (outer-totalistic)	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
	Minimum (isotropic)	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Maximum (isotropic)	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
apgcode		No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes

Mapping

Map type	Oscar	Oscillizer	Oscillizer-Web	Oscilloscope	Nakano	LifeViewer	CAViewer	Caterer	Catagolue
Period map	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Frequency map	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Heat map	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Signature map	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Domain coloring	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No

Spaceships

Datum		Oscar	Nakano	LifeViewer	CAViewer	Caterer	Catagolue
Period		No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mod	Value	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
	Transformation	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Kinetic symmetry		No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Population	Minimum	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
	Maximum	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
	Average	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Direction		No	No	Yes	dx, dy	dx, dy	No
Slope		No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Speed	Unsimplified	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
	Simplified	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Heat	Minimum	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
	Maximum	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
	Average	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Bounding box	XY	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
	Area	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Supported by rules	Minimum (outer-totalistic)	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
	Maximum (outer-totalistic)	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
	Minimum (isotropic)	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Maximum (isotropic)	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
apgcode		No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes

Example maps

The p96 Hans Leo hassler is used for these demos due to its low period and diverse set of subperiods. Legends are not included.

LifeViewer does not display the initial pattern inside the period map as to do so would be redundant given that the input pattern is already accessible. In Oscilloscope, the pattern preview is animated.

Period maps

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  Oscillizer
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  Oscillizer-Web
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  Oscillizer-Web, interiors enabled
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  Oscillizer-Web, borders enabled
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  Nakano

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  Oscilloscope (v1.1.0)
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  Oscilloscope (v1.2.0)
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  Oscilloscope (v1.2.0, grayscale)

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  LifeViewer (builds 804-808)
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  LifeViewer (builds 809-814)
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  LifeViewer (build 815)
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  LifeViewer (builds 816-942)
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  LifeViewer (builds 943-956)
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  LifeViewer (builds 957-969)
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  LifeViewer (build 970)
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  LifeViewer (builds 971-1322)
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  LifeViewer (builds 1323-present)

Frequency maps

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  Oscilloscope (v1.1.0)
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  Oscilloscope (v1.2.0)
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  Oscilloscope (v1.2.0, grayscale)

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  LifeViewer (build 1250)
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  LifeViewer (builds 1251-1253)
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  LifeViewer (builds 1254-present)

Heat maps

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  Oscilloscope (v1.1.0)