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	Nakano	LifeViewer	Catagolue
Period		Yes	≤1200	≤~1000	Yes	≤4194303	Yes
Mod	Value	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
	Transformation	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Kinetic symmetry		No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Population	Minimum	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Maximum	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Average	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Active cells	Rotor	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Stator	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Total	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Volatility	Normal	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Strict	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Heat	Minimum	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
	Maximum	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
	Average	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
Temperature	Active	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
	Rotor	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
Bounding box	XY	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Area	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	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	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
	Maximum (isotropic)	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
apgcode		No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes

Mapping

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

Spaceships

Datum		Nakano	LifeViewer	Catagolue
Period		Yes	≤4194303	Yes
Mod	Value	Yes	Yes	No
	Transformation	No	Yes	No
Kinetic symmetry		Yes	No	No
Population	Minimum	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Maximum	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Average	Yes	Yes	No
Direction		No	Yes	No
Slope		No	Yes	No
Speed	Unsimplified	Yes	Yes	No
	Simplified	Yes	Yes	No
Heat	Minimum	Yes	Yes	No
	Maximum	Yes	Yes	No
	Average	Yes	Yes	No
Bounding box	XY	Yes	Yes	No
	Area	Yes	Yes	No
Supported by rules	Minimum (outer-totalistic)	Yes	No	No
	Maximum (outer-totalistic)	Yes	No	No
	Minimum (isotropic)	Yes	No	Yes
	Maximum (isotropic)	Yes	No	Yes
apgcode		Yes	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.

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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  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-present)