Aladin Desktop

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Aladin Desktop is the main application of the Aladin Sky Atlas suite. Developed in Java, Aladin Desktop is able to run on any configuration (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc) even on small machines (>128MB RAM). Aladin Desktop is free, distributed under GPL3 licence (see acknowledgement). Download it and install it according to your operating system. Several versions are provided: the official, the beta version, etc, and also some source packages. As any Java tool, Aladin Desktop requires a Java Virtual Machine on your machine.

Official version v12.060

  • Any Operating System (WebStart java installer)
    Download aladin.jnlp
    1) Click here
    2) Follows the instructions...

  • OS specific packages
    with or without Java runtime
    Download Aladin.msi (size: 53.17MB) Windows
    1) Download the MSI installer (*)
    2) Execute it (**)    		 Download Aladin.exe (size: 6.7MB) Windows - without Java
    1) Download it on your desktop
    2) Launch it (**)

    Download Aladin.amd.deb (size: 73.47MB) Linux
    1) Download the installer
    2) Double-click on it    		 Download Aladin.tar (size: 6.91MB) Linux - without Java
    1) Download it and untar it
    2) Use aladin shell launcher

    Download Aladin.arm.dmg (size: 52.05MB) Mac ARM
    1) Download the installer (*)
    2) Execute it (**)    		 Download Aladin.tar (size: 6.91MB) Mac - without Java
    1) Download it and untar it
    2) Use aladin shell launcher (Ctrl-click + Open With + Terminal)

    Download Aladin.amd.dmg (size: 53.17MB) Mac AMD x86
    1) Download the installer (*)
    2) Execute it (**)


    (*) Multi-platform installer graciously generated by Install4J
    (**) It may be necessary to manually authorize this execution via an exception (Windows) or by holding down the Ctrl key during launch (MacOs).


  • Piece by piece:

Beta version v12.646 → 30/9/2025

The beta version incorporates new features in test phase for the next official Aladin version. The stability of these features is not totally guaranteed. The beta version is regularly updated following the progress of the Aladin developement team. Contrary to the official Aladin version, Aladin Beta version is not open source, all rights are reserved to the right owner.

New features and performance improvements:

  • Support for AVM tags in iTXt PNG chunk
  • Spectrogram for HiPS3D (proto,SFMOC)
  • Supporting HiPS cube with depth tiles (proto)
  • Extension for FMOC and FSMOC display
  • JSAMP lib update (jsamp-1.3.8.jar M.Taylor lib)
  • Web Authentication & Authorization support (auth.jar M.Taylor lib)
  • Stack backup Instrumental FoVs support
  • VODML support for MIVOT/MANGO
  • Resource tree double-click fix for avoiding unintentional multiple loads
  • Global menu "Remote Tools" (S-Extractor, ...)
  • Supporting resolver of solar system bodies (IMCCE resolver)
  • Supporting Data origin INFO tags in VOTable (IVOA R&D)
  • Time tool improvements (Unix time, Regular date)
  • Hipsgen improvements:
    • Fits HiPS tile compression suppor (RICE)
    • R&D: HiPS3D (test, APNG, PNG|JPEG mosaic, byRegion, RGBvisu)
    • PACK/UNPACK actions (tile agregation)
    • COUNT action (progenitor counting HiPS generation)
    • EXPTIME (progenitor ponderation),
    • Generic/remote index.html template,
    • t_min,t_max autoupdate,
    • dataMin/Max (HiPS real data range)
    • overlayMeanMax mode (progenitor limit),
  • Hipslint improvements: Properties file syntax check
Fixed bugs:
  • Hipsgen skyval with cut param
  • JPEG/PNG huge image loading regression fixed
  • Bug fix for target History exceeding 40 items
  • Bug fix to support JD or MJD date not expressed in 'd' unit
  • Bug fix for Hipsgen CONCAT incremental weigth
  • TAP support improvement (use of hard limit)
  • Bug fix for "spectrum" tool a.getstatistics plugin method.
  • Hipsgen RGB MOC bug fix
  • Hipsgen MIRROR bug introduced in 12.06 (master properties)
  • Hipsgen MIRROR java bug workaround for HTTPS truncated tiles

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