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{{Short description|Amiga-compatible computer operating system}}
{{Infobox OS
| name = MorphOS
| logo = Spbu479.png
| logo size = 120px
| screenshot = MorphOS 3.18 screenshot.jpg
| caption = MorphOS 3.18 showing the Ambient desktop
| developer = The MorphOS Development Team
| family = [[AmigaOS]]-like
| source model = [[Closed source]] (with [[Open-source software|open source]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://morphos-team.net/sources|title = MorphOS - Source Code Releases}}</ref> components)
| released = 0.1 / {{Start date and age|2000|08|01}}
| latest release version = 3.19
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2025|01|18}}
| latest preview version = 
| latest preview date = 
| marketing target = 
| language = 19 languages
| kernel type = [[Microkernel|Micro/pico]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.morphos.org/kernelinfo.php3 |title=Basic Kernel Information |work=MorphOS Home Page |access-date=2007-03-21 |archive-date=2007-07-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070709170837/http://www.morphos.org/kernelinfo.php3 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| programmed in = [[C (programming language)|C]], [[C++]], [[Objective-C++]], [[Pascal (programming language)|Pascal]], [[Python (programming language)|Python]], [[Perl]], [[Amiga E]], [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]], [[Lua (programming language)|Lua]]
| ui = [[Ambient (desktop environment)|Ambient]]
| license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] with [[GNU General Public License|GNU GPL]] Ambient user interface
| working state = Current
| supported platforms = [[Genesi Pegasos|Pegasos]], some models of [[Amiga]], [[Efika]], [[Mac Mini]] G4, [[eMac]], [[Power Mac G4]], [[PowerBook G4]], [[iBook G4]], [[Power Mac G5]], [[Sam460ex|SAM 460]], [[AmigaOne]] X5000
| update model = 
| package manager = 
| website = {{URL|www.morphos-team.net}}
}}
'''MorphOS''' is an [[AmigaOS]]-like [[operating system]] designed for [[Power ISA|Power]] and [[PowerPC]] based computers. The core, based on the [[Quark (kernel)|Quark]] [[microkernel]], is [[Proprietary software|proprietary]], although several libraries and other parts are [[open source]], such as the Ambient desktop.

The project began in 1999 and it was produced for the [[Genesi Pegasos|Pegasos]] computer, as well as PowerUP accelerator equipped Amiga computers, and a series of [[Freescale]] development boards that use the [[Genesi]] firmware, including the [[Efika]] and [[mobileGT]]. Since then MorphOS has been ported to [[Apple Inc.|Apple's]] [[Mac Mini|Mac mini]], [[eMac]], [[Power Mac G4]] and limited support for [[Power Mac G5]]. It is binary compatible with software written for [[Motorola 68000|Motorola 68k]]-based [[Amiga]] computers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=By |date=2023-02-28 |title=MorphOS: A Modern Operating System For PowerPC |url=https://hackaday.com/2023/02/27/morphos-a-modern-operating-system-for-powerpc/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=Hackaday |language=en-US}}</ref>

==History==
{{Update section|date=December 2024}}[[File:AmigaOS 3 and clones.svg|right|thumb|200px|Amiga family development tree]]

The project began in 1999, based on the [[Quark (kernel)|Quark]] [[microkernel]].<ref>{{cite magazine |date=January 2000 |title=Nový projekt OS: MorphOS |magazine=Amiga Review |publisher=Atlantida Publishing |pages=7 |language=cs |issue=52 |issn=1211-1465}}</ref> The earliest versions of MorphOS ran only via PPC accelerator cards on the Amiga computers, and required portions of [[AmigaOS]] to fully function.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=July 2000 |title=MorphOS? What's that, then? |magazine=Amiga Active |publisher=Pinprint Publishing |pages=14–17 |issue=10 |issn=1467-3533}}</ref> A collaborative effort between the companies bPlan (of which the lead MorphOS developer is a partner) and Thendic-France in 2002 resulted in the first regular, non-prototype production of bPlan-engineered Pegasos computers capable of running MorphOS or Linux.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Schröder |first=Carsten |date=July 2002 |title=Pegasos-Verfügbarkeit steht möglicherweise kurz bevor |magazine=Amiga Future |publisher=APC&TCP |pages=4–5 |language=de |issue=37}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Dvorak |first=John C. |date=2004-04-06 |title=Inside Track |magazine=PC Magazine |publisher=Ziff Davis |pages=53 |volume=23 |issn=0888-8507 |number=6}}</ref> Thendic-France had financial problems and folded; however, the collaboration continued under the new banner of "[[Genesi]]".<ref>{{cite magazine |date=Spring 2003 |title=MorphOS Update & Pegasos |url=http://www.totalamiga.org/pdf/totalamiga_14.pdf |magazine=Total Amiga |publisher=South Essex Amiga Link |pages=8 |issue=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=November 22, 2002 |title=bplan and Thendic merge to GENESI (update) |url=http://www.amiga-news.de/de/news/AN-2002-11-00192-EN.html |access-date=December 29, 2016 |publisher=Amiga-News.de}}</ref> A busy promotional year followed in 2003, with appearances at conventions and exhibitions in several places around the world, including the [[Consumer Electronics Show]] (CES) in Las Vegas.<ref>{{cite web |date=February 4, 2003 |title=Weitere Bilder von der CES 2003 |url=http://www.amiga-news.de/de/news/AN-2003-02-00028-DE.html |access-date=December 29, 2016 |publisher=Amiga-News.de |language=de}}</ref>

After some bitter disagreements within the MorphOS development team in 2003 and 2004, culminating with accusations by a MorphOS developer that he and others had not been paid,<ref>{{cite web |date=November 15, 2004 |title=Unklarheiten bezüglich der Veröffentlichung von MorphOS 1.5 für den Pegasos |url=http://www.amiga-news.de/de/news/AN-2004-11-00063-DE.html |access-date=December 29, 2016 |publisher=Amiga-News.de |language=de}}</ref> the Ambient desktop interface was released under [[GPL]]<ref>{{cite web |date=January 22, 2005 |title=Ambient source code under GPL released |url=http://www.amiga-news.de/de/news/AN-2005-01-00122-EN.html |access-date=December 29, 2016 |publisher=Amiga-News.de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gerber |first=David |date=2005-01-22 |title=Ambient, the MorphOS desktop, becomes free |url=https://www.osnews.com/story/9476/ambient-the-morphos-desktop-becomes-free/ |access-date=2024-05-30 |website=[[OSNews]] |language=en-US}}</ref> and is now actively developed by the Ambient development team. Subject to GPL rules, Ambient continues to be included in the commercial MorphOS product. An alternative MorphOS desktop system is ''Scalos''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Haynes |first=Chris |date=March 21, 2007 |title=Scalos: The Amiga Desktop Replacement |url=http://scalos.noname.fr/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922220139/http://scalos.noname.fr/ |archive-date=2018-09-22 |access-date=2007-03-21}}</ref>

==Characteristics and versions==
Developed for PowerPC [[CPU]]s from [[Freescale]] and [[IBM]], it also supports the original [[AmigaOS]] [[Motorola 68000 series]] (68k, MC680x0) applications via proprietary task-based emulation, and most AmigaOS PPC applications via API wrappers. It is [[API]] compatible with AmigaOS 3.1 and has a [[GUI]] based on the [[Magic User Interface]] (MUI).

Besides the Pegasos version of MorphOS, there is a version for Amiga computers equipped with [[PowerUP (accelerator)|PowerUP]] accelerator cards produced by [[Phase5]]. This version is free, as is registration. If unregistered, it slows down after each two-hour session. PowerUP MorphOS was most recently updated on 23 February 2006; however, it does not exceed the feature set or advancement of the Pegasos release.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amiga.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=6671 |title=Announcements: Updated MorphOS for PowerUP Users |author=Piru |date=February 23, 2006 |work=Amiga.org |access-date=2007-03-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070314010244/http://www.amiga.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=6671 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=2007-03-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Holwerda |first=Thom |date=August 24, 2005 |url=http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=11668 |title=MorphOS 1.4.5 Released for Classic Amiga |work=OSNews |access-date=2007-03-21}}</ref>

A version of MorphOS for the [[Efika]], a very small mainboard based on the ultra-low-power [[PowerPC 5000#MPC52xx|MPC5200B]] processor from Freescale, has been shown at exhibitions and user gatherings in [[Germany]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Holwerda |first=Thom |date=October 17, 2006 |url=http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=16209 |title=MorphOS 1.5 Running on Efika to Be Shown |work=OSNews |access-date=2007-03-21}}</ref> Current (since 2.0) release of MorphOS supports the Efika.

=== Software ===
{{See also|List of MorphOS bundled applications}}
MorphOS can run any system friendly Amiga software written for 68k processors. Also it is possible to use 68k libraries or datatypes on PPC applications and vice versa. It also provides compatibility layer for PowerUP and [[WarpUP]] software written for PowerUP accelerator cards. The largest repository is [[Aminet]] with over 75,000 packages online with packages from all Amiga flavors including music, sound, and artwork. MorphOS-only software repositories are hosted at [http://morphos.lukysoft.cz MorphOS software], [http://www.morphos-files.net MorphOS files] and [http://www.morphos-storage.net MorphOS Storage]. MorphOS is delivered with several [[desktop application]]s in the form of [[pre-installed software]].

==Components==
[[File:Mos.svg|300px|thumbnail|System architecture]]

===ABox===
[[Quark (kernel)#ABox|ABox]] is an emulation sandbox featuring a PPC native AmigaOS API clone that is binary compatible with both 68k Amiga applications and both [[PowerUP (accelerator)#PowerUP software|PowerUP]] and [[WarpOS]] formats of Amiga PPC executables. ABox is based in part on [[AROS Research Operating System]]. ABox includes [[Trance JIT]] code translator for [[68k]] native Amiga applications.

===Other===
* [[AHI (Amiga)|AHI]] – audio interface: 6.7
* Ambient – the default MorphOS desktop, inspired by [[AmigaOS#Workbench|Workbench]] and [[Directory Opus]] 5
* [[CyberGraphX]] – graphics interface originally developed for Amiga computers: 5.1
* [[Magic User Interface]] – primary [[graphical user interface]] (GUI) toolkit: 4.2
* [[Poseidon (USB stack)|Poseidon]] – the Amiga USB stack developed by Chris Hodges
* [[TurboPrint]] – the printing system
* TinyGL – [[OpenGL]] implementation and [[Warp3D]] compatibility is featured via [[Rendering Acceleration Virtual Engine]] (RAVE) low-level API: V 51
* [[Quark (kernel)|Quark]] – manages the low level systems and hosts the A/Box currently
[[File:Amiga3dapi.svg|600px]]

===Ambient===

{{Infobox software
| name = Ambient
| title = Ambient
| logo = 
| screenshot = AmbientDesktop.png
| caption = A screenshot of the desktop with a panel on the bottom
| collapsible = 
| author = David Gerber
| developer = Ambient Open Source Team
| released = {{Start date and age|2005}}<ref name=davidrelease>{{cite web | url=http://zapek.com/?page_id=18 | title=Ambient | access-date=2008-11-21}}</ref>
| discontinued = 
| latest release version = 1.1599
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2008|06|08}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://morphosambient.sourceforge.net/changes.html|title=Ambient Open Source Team - shorted ambient.notes|website=morphosambient.sourceforge.net}}</ref>
| latest preview version = 
| latest preview date = <!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes/no}} -->
| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]]
| operating system = MorphOS
| platform = 
| size = 
| language = 
| status = 
| genre = [[Desktop environment]]
| license = [[GNU General Public License]]
| website = {{URL|http://morphosambient.sf.net}}
}}
Ambient is the built-in [[Magic User Interface|MUI]]-based [[desktop environment]] for MorphOS,<ref>http://morphos.de/files/src/3.11//ambient.tar.bz2 Source code of MorphOS 3.11</ref> the development was started in 2001 by David Gerber. Its main goals were that it should be fully asynchronous, simple and fast.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bhPWEAAAQBAJ |title=Linux: o guia definitivo |date=2023-09-08 |publisher=jideon francisco marques |language=pt-BR}}</ref> Ambient remotely resembles [[Workbench (AmigaOS)|Workbench]] and [[Directory Opus]] Magellan trying to mix the best of both worlds.

====Features====

Ambient does not strictly follow the Amiga Workbench interface paradigm but there are still many similarities: while programs are called tools, program attributes are called tooltypes, data files are projects and directories are drawers.

* support for [[ARexx]] scripting language
* default [[Icon_(computer)|icon]] library for hundreds of fileformats
* fully asynchronous, [[multi-threaded]] design
* fast asynchronous file I/O functions and file notifications
* support for [[Portable Network Graphics#Operating system support for PNG icons|PNG]] and other [[Amiga]] icon formats
* built-in icon, workbench and wbstart libraries
* built-in applications like [[disk formatting]] and commodities manager
* panels which are used as program launchers

Ambient is localised for various languages and while it is an intrinsic part of MorphOS, it is also available separately. There are various visual effects in Ambient that take advantage of hardware accelerated visual effects within MorphOS.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.powerdeveloper.org/morphos-article.php|title=MorphOS: The Lightning OS|date=2006-11-22|access-date=2010-09-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725135841/http://www.powerdeveloper.org/morphos-article.php|archive-date=2011-07-25|url-status=dead}}</ref>

====Desktop icons====
The native icon format in Ambient is PNG, but there is built-in support for other Amiga icon formats. Ambient introduced a special icon format called '''DataType Icons''' where the icon is simply any image file renamed to include the ''.info'' extension. Those icons are read using the [[AmigaOS#Datatypes|Amiga DataType]] system.

{| class="wikitable" style="width: auto; text-align: center; table-layout: fixed;"
|-
! || Original Amiga icons || MagicWB || NewIcons || GlowIcons || GlowIcons32 || DT Icons || PNG || DualPNG || SVG
|-
! Colours
| 4 || 8 || 256 || 256 || 16M || 16M || 16M || 16M || 16M
|-
! Alpha blending
| {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{dunno|Not sure}}
|-
! Icon size
| {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || 36×40 || 46×46 || 46×46 || 128×128 || 128×128 || 128×128 || 128×128
|-
! Second state image
| {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}}
|-
! Embedded metadata
| {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{dunno|Not sure}}
|}

====Development status====
In 2005, David Gerber released Ambient source code under [[GPL]]<ref name=davidrelease /> and it is now developed by the Ambient development team.

==Supported hardware==
* Max. 1.72 GB RAM; [[virtual memory]] is not supported.
* Only [[Radeon]] cards have support; [[Nvidia]] cards are not supported.

===Amiga===
* [[Amiga 1200]] with [[PowerUP (accelerator)#Blizzard PPC|Blizzard PPC]] accelerator card
* [[Amiga 3000]] with [[PowerUP (accelerator)#CyberStorm PPC|CyberStorm PPC]] accelerator card
* [[Amiga 4000]] with CyberStorm PPC accelerator card

===Apple===
* [[Mac mini]] G4
* [[eMac]]
* [[Power Mac G4]]
* [[PowerBook G4]] (except for 12" aluminum models)
* [[iBook G4]]
* [[Power Mac G5]]
* [[Power Mac G4 Cube]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.morphzone.info/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?forum=11&topic_id=6835&post_id=107647&showonepost=1 |title=MorphOS on Apple G4 Cube? |author=Frank Mariak |date=December 25, 2013 |access-date=2013-12-25 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227012147/http://www.morphzone.info/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?forum=11&topic_id=6835&post_id=107647&showonepost=1 |archive-date=December 27, 2013}}</ref>
* [[iMac G5]] (only model A1145 – G5 2.1 20" (iSight))

===Genesi/bPlan GmbH===
* [[Efika]] 5200B
* [[Genesi Pegasos|Pegasos]] I G3, II G3/G4

===ACube===
* [[ACube Systems Srl]] company and their [[Sam460ex|Sam460 series mainboards]]

===A-Eon Technology===
* [[AmigaOne]] X5000 mainboard

== Version history ==

===Release history of 0.x/1.x series===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!|Version
!|Release date
!|Notes
|-
||0.1
||August 1, 2000
||Amiga
|-
||0.2
||October 17, 2000
||Amiga
|-
||0.4
||February 14, 2001
||3rd Release<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ann.lu/detail.cgi?category=news&file=0982207755.msg|title=New MorphOS 0.4 Release |date=February 15, 2001 |website= ann.lu|access-date=2016-11-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308162834/http://anna.amigazeux.org/detail.php?category=news&file=0982207755.msg |archive-date=March 8, 2016}} [http://anna.amigazeux.org/detail.php?category=news&file=0982207755.msg Alt URL]</ref>
|-
||0.5
||May 1, 2001
||Amiga
|-
||0.8
||August 2001
||Amiga, Pegasos I
|-
||0.9
||2002
||beta<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atZRdevOTn0 MorphOS 0.9 video]</ref>
|-
||1.0
||14 October 2002
||Pegasos I
|-
||1.1
||December 13, 2002
||Pegasos I
|-
||1.2
||February 9, 2003
||Pegasos I
|-
||1.3
||March 27, 2003
||Pegasos I
|-
||1.4
||August 7, 2003
||Pegasos I
|-
||1.4.4
||March 28, 2005
||Pegasos I/II
|-
||1.4.5
||April 30, 2005
||Pegasos I/II
|-
||1.4.5
||August 25, 2005
||Amiga<ref>{{cite web |url=http://powerup.morphos-team.net/changelog.html|title=MorphOS Change Log|date=June 6, 2006 |website= morphos-team.net|access-date=2016-11-22}}</ref>
|}

===Release history of 2.x/3.x series===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!|Version
!|Release date
!|Notes
|-
||2.0
||June 30, 2008
||Added support for Efika 5200B platform; native TCP/IP stack, an updated Sputnik release, AltiVec support, alpha [[Compositing window manager|compositing 3D layers]] for the graphical user interface, new USB components (including USB 2.0 support), new screenblankers, and Reggae, a new, modular, streaming multimedia framework<ref>[http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/2.0 MorphOS 2.0 release notes]</ref>
|-
||2.1
||September 6, 2008
||Support for the Efika's audio<ref>[http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/2.1 MorphOS 2.1 release notes]</ref>
|-
||2.2
||December 20, 2008
||[[TrueCrypt]]-compatible disk encryption suite<ref>[http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/2.2 MorphOS 2.2 release notes]</ref>
|-
||2.3
||August 6, 2009
||Origyn Web Browser as the default browser, read only HFS+ [[file system]] support<ref>[http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/2.3 MorphOS 2.3 release notes]</ref>
|-
||2.4
||October 12, 2009
||Added support for Mac mini G4; write support for Mac HFS disks, new charsets.library to provide better multilingual application support<ref>[http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/2.4 MorphOS 2.4 release notes]</ref>
|-
||2.5
||June 4, 2010
||Added support for eMac G4; drivers for [[Silicon Image|SiI3x1x]] based 2-port [[Serial ATA]] PCI cards<ref>[http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/2.5 MorphOS 2.5 release notes]</ref>
|-
||2.6
||October 10, 2010
||Added support for Power Mac G4; 2D drivers for [[ATI Rage#Rage 128 Pro|Rage 128 Pro]] graphics cards; Released at precisely 10.10.10 10:10<ref>[http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/2.6 MorphOS 2.6 release notes]</ref>
|-
||2.7
||December 2, 2010
||Improving support for Power Mac G4 platforms<ref>[http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/2.7 MorphOS 2.7 release notes]</ref>
|-
||3.0
||June 8, 2012
||Added support for PowerBook G4; performance improvements<ref>[http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.0 MorphOS 3.0 release notes]</ref>
|-
||3.1
||July 8, 2012
||Bug-fix release<ref>[http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.1 MorphOS 3.1 release notes]</ref>
|-
||3.2
||May 27, 2013
||Added support for further PowerBook G4 models, iBook G4 and Power Mac G5 model A1047; 3D drivers for Radeon [[R300]] based cards, wireless networking via [[Atheros]] chipset, major overhaul of TCP/IP stack ("NetStack") – improving networking performance<ref>[http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.2 MorphOS 3.2 release notes]</ref>
|-
||3.3
||September 18, 2013
||Fixes support for some iBook G4 models<ref>[http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.3 MorphOS 3.3 release notes]</ref>
|-
||3.4
||December 14, 2013
||Improved R300 3D and G5 video playback performance, support for non-native display resolutions on various PowerBook models<ref>[http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.4 MorphOS 3.4 release notes]</ref>
|-
||3.5
||February 15, 2014
||Support for [[Power Mac G5#Product revision history|PowerMac7,2]] Power Mac G5 models<ref>[http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.5 MorphOS 3.5 release notes]</ref>
|-
||3.6
||June 27, 2014
||Broadcom Wi-Fi support, AMD R400 support, SMBFS file system, VNC server and a Synergy client<ref>[http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.6 MorphOS 3.6 release notes]</ref>
|-
||3.7
||August 3, 2014
||Bug-fix release<ref>[http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.7 MorphOS 3.7 release notes]</ref>
|-
||3.8
||May 15, 2015
||Support for [[Sam460ex|Sam 460 series of mainboards]]; basic drivers for Radeon HD series graphics cards, 4K displays in native resolution<ref>[http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.8 MorphOS 3.8 release notes]</ref>
|-
||3.9
||June 19, 2015
||Bug-fix release<ref>[http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.9 MorphOS 3.9 release notes]</ref>
|-
||3.10
||March 25, 2018
||Extended hardware support ([[AmigaOne]] X5000 mainboard; new SATA controllers, network controllers, scanners and graphics cards), Flow Studio IDE with built-in debugger, support for time zones, new fonts, new themes, vector graphics, including SVG icons, overall bug fixes and performance improvements<ref>[http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.10 MorphOS 3.10 release notes]</ref>
|-
||3.11
||July 6, 2018
||Bug-fix release<ref>[http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.11 MorphOS 3.11 release notes]</ref>
|-
||3.12
||October 2, 2019
||Dual monitor support for select hardware, improved thermal management for select hardware, new [[FireWire]] stack, support for more printers and scanners, upgraded [[Odyssey_Web_Browser|Odyssey browser]] with HTTP/2 and TLS 1.3 and spell checking support, substantial upgrades and new features to Flow Studio IDE, UTF-8 support in MUI, ObjFW runtime with Automatic Reference Counting<ref>[https://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.12 MorphOS 3.12 release notes]</ref>
|-
||3.13
||February 7, 2020
||Bug-fix release<ref>[http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.13 MorphOS 3.13 release notes]</ref>
|-
||3.14
||October 4, 2020
||Kernel improvements for threading, improved TCP/IP network stack threading support, improved unix emulation layer, Magic User Interface improvements, improved ObjectiveC framework, improved translations for various languages, updated open source components for various libraries and classes, numerous bug fixes. Introduces ScoutNG system monitoring application<ref>[https://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.14 MorphOS 3.14 release notes]</ref>
|-
||3.15
||December 31, 2020
||Bug-fix release<ref>[http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.15 MorphOS 3.15 release notes]</ref>
|-
||3.16
||March 9, 2022
||Added notification system and email client Iris,<ref>[https://iris-morphos.com Iris IMAP client]</ref> replaced Odyssey web browser with Wayfarer web browser, added new application switcher. Improvements for Synergy client, added shared [[openSSL]] 3 library. Includes hundreds of bug fixes<ref>[https://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.16 MorphOS 3.16 release notes]</ref>
|-
||3.17
||May 1, 2022
||Bug-fix release<ref>[http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.17 MorphOS 3.17 release notes]</ref>
|-
||3.18
||May 13, 2023
||New features: Scriptable Hex/RAM/Disk editor, ArchiveIt archiver/unarchiver application, better cooling information display via Thermals application, Samba2/3 support, including integration with Ambient desktop. Extensive improvements to Radeon drivers and improvements to Realtek 8168 driver support. Issues in USB support for CyrusPlus 5040 systems has been corrected. Many system components and libraries have been bugfixed and improved, including MUI, Netstack and Filesysbox.<ref>[https://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.18 MorphOS 3.18 release notes]</ref>
|-
||3.19
||Jan 18, 2025
||Bug-fix release<ref>[http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.19 MorphOS 3.19 release notes]</ref>
|}

MorphOS 2 includes a native [[TCP/IP]] stack ("Netstack") and a Web browser, Sputnik or [[Origyn Web Browser]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amigamccc.org/journal/0809eric.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120720044010/http://www.amigamccc.org/journal/0809eric.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=July 20, 2012 |title=MorphOS 2.0 |access-date=2010-06-19}}</ref> Sputnik was begun under a user community bounty system<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.morphzone.org/modules/bounty/ |title=Morph Bounties |work=MorphZone |access-date=2007-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070306150915/http://www.morphzone.org/modules/bounty/ <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=2007-03-06}}</ref> that also resulted in MOSNet, a free, separate TCP/IP stack for MorphOS 1 users. Sputnik is a port of the KHTML rendering engine, on which [[WebKit]] is also based. Sputnik is no longer being developed and was removed from later MorphOS 2 releases.
[[File:Tcps.svg|All TCP/IP stacks|right]]

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==See also==
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* [[Amiga]]
* [[Workbench (AmigaOS)|Amiga Workbench]]
* [[APUS (computer)]]
* [[AROS Research Operating System]] (AROS)
* [[Magic User Interface]] (MUI)
* [[Scalos]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website}}
*[http://www.aminet.net Aminet Amiga/MorphOS software repository]
*[http://www.morph.zone MorphZone], [http://library.morph.zone/Supported_Computers Supported Computers]
*[http://morphos.lukysoft.cz/ MorphOS Software Database]
*[http://www.morphos-files.net MorphOS software repository]
*[https://www.osnews.com/story/15209/morphos-the-lightning-os/ MorphOS: The Lightning OS]
*[http://obligement.free.fr Obligement] – Magazine about AmigaOS and MorphOS
*[http://www.warmup-asso.org www.warmup-asso.org] – Portal dedicated to MorphOS users
*[http://www.morphos-storage.net/ MorphOS Storage] – MorphOS Software Storage

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