Overview: Different App Inventor Distributions and Versions

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Mar 9, 2016, 3:02:11 PM3/9/16
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Meanwhile there are several App Inventor server available online and offline. This thread tries to give an overview....


The main App Inventor version is provided by MIT online, which you can find at ai2.appinventor.mit.edu 
In case of questions, please ask in the MIT App Inventor forum

App Inventor is Open Source, so everybody can use the sources, add additional features and provide a server for the community online or offline.


There are the following App Inventor Distributions available, which offer additional features:

  • the Punya framework, more information see this forum thread. 
    In case of questions, you can reach the Punya team at punya...@csail.mit.edu, There is no Punya forum available.
    The framework has been updated on May 6th 2017, but  unfortunately does not support extensions...

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Kodular, formerly known as Makeroid, more information see https://www.kodular.io
in case of questions, please ask in the Kodular forum
Note: Appybuilder and Kodular will join, see the announcement here


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Block2Code, more information see here https://www.block2code.com/
in case of questions, please ask in the Block2Code forum

in case of questions, please ask in the MIOIO App Inventor forum

VEDILS - Visual environment for designing interactive learning scenarios with augmented reality and other 
cutting-edge features, more information see here http://vedils.uca.es/web/index.html 
in case of questions, please ask at ved...@uca.es


Note: Another distribution has been removed from this list because of plagiarism.


Important Note: If you use another server, you always have to think about
  1. is it a reliable service?
  2. will it be updated (bug fixes and new features)?
because once you create a project using another server, which uses other blocks, you will not be able to import your project back into MIT App Inventor anymore!


There are the following offline App Inventor personal server available (1:1 copy of the MIT online version): 
AI2 Offline by ramiro-pa (latest version nb180 as of Nov 11, 2019

 AI2 Ultimate by krupong (latest version AI2U 4.6 as of June 6, 2018, which is identical with MIT App Inventor Version nb168 as of June 4, 2018).
in case of questions, please ask in the Ai2U forum
This version is outdated meanwhile!

This are 1:1 copy of the MIT version without additional features. The main advantage is, that you do not need internet connection and you can build larger projects (> 10 MB). The disadvantage is, it takes time for the author to build a new version, so the offline version is not always identical with the current MIT version.

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Another offline version for Fosdem has been created by AppyBuilder on Jan 16th, 2019 and can be found here
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There is the following offline Appybuilder personal server available (1:1 copy of the Appybuilder online version): 
Appybuilder now also offers an offline version, for details see here 
in case of questions, please ask in the AppyBuilder forum

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There also is the FTC App Inventor version, which runs offline using Virtualbox,  but is not a "1:1 copy of the MIT online version"
This version for the FIRST Tech Challenge robotics competitions has additional features for controlling FTC robots. FIRST's download page is here: http://frc-events.firstinspires.org/FTCImages/2015
In case of questions related to FTC, please ask in the FTC App Inventor Forum


Build your own personal server 
in case of questions, ask in the Open Source group


Taifun
(updated on Nov 18, 2019)

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