---
name: "golly"
section: "6"
platform: "linux"
package: "golly"
version: "3.3-1.1+b4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/golly"
---

# golly(6)

Conway's Game of Life

## NAME

golly - Conway's Game of Life

## SYNOPSIS

**golly** \[*wxoptions*\]*pattern-file*

## DESCRIPTION

**golly** is a program to simulate Conway's Game of Life.

## AUTHOR

Golly was written by Tomas Rokicki \<rokicki@gmail.com\> and Andrew Trevorrow \<andrew@trevorrow.com\>.