NumericalChameleon
the professional unit converter • Free Software • > 6000 units • for Linux, macOS and Windows
Features
| Numerical Chameleon 3.x | |
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the professional unit converter |
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| Core Attributs | |
| Supported Categories | 97 |
| Supported Units | 6000+ |
| Precision (Significant Figures / Places of Decimals) | 1000 |
| Documentation available in English / in German | ✔/✔ |
| First public release | 09/2001 |
| Latest public release | 02/2020 |
| Costs | |
| Free of charge for individuals / students / orgs / commercial users | ✔/✔/✔/✔ |
| Free of ads | ✔ |
| Free of registration | ✔ |
| Free of spionage | ✔ |
| No timelimits and no nags | ✔ |
| No network traffic for conversions | ✔ |
| Freedom | |
| License | GPLv3+ |
| Freeware / Open Source (as per opensource.org) / Free Software (as per FSF.org) | ✔/✔/✔ |
| Binaries available / sharing permitted | ✔/✔ |
| Source code available / sharing permitted | ✔/✔ |
| Source code modifiable / sharing permitted | ✔/✔ |
| Additional software required | Java 11+ |
| Additional software recommened | Java 11+ |
| Additional software is free of charge / Open Source (as per opensource.org) / Free Software (as per FSF.org) | ✔/✔/✔ |
| Operating Modes | |
| Standalone, online (with Internet connection) | ✔ |
| Standalone, offline (without Internet connection) | ✔ |
| on one computer for one user | ✔ |
| on one computer for multiple users | ✔ |
| on a server on the Network for multiple users | ✔ |
| portable application (e. g. on an USB-stick) | ✔ |
| Supported Platforms | |
| Windows | |
| Windows 10 x86 / x64 | ✔/✔ |
| Windows Server 2008 R2 / Server 2012 / Server 2016 / Server 2019 | ✔/✔/✔/✔ |
| Linux | |
| x64 / arm32 | ✔/✔ |
| Unix | |
| Mac OS X 10.10 / 10.11 | ✔/✔ |
| macOS 10.12 / 10.13 /10.14 / 10.15 | ✔/✔/✔/✔ |
| AIX ppc64 | ✔ |
| PC-BSD x64 | ✔ |
| Supported Installers | |
| Windows: .exe / .msi | ✔/− |
| Linux: .bin / .deb / .rpm / flatpak / snappy | ✔/✔/✔/−/− |
| Unix: .bin / .dmg / .pkg | ✔/✔/− |
| Without installation: .zip / .tar.gz / .tar.bz2 | ✔/−/✔ |
| Graphical User Interface | |
| Navigation | |
| Counting of Categories / Units | ✔/✔ |
| Searching of Categories / Units | ✔/✔(1) |
| Filtering of Categoreis / Units | ✔/✔(2) |
| Sorting of Categories / Units | ✔(2)/✔(2) |
| Editing of Categories / Units | ✔(2)/✔ |
| Removing of Categoreis / Units | ✔(2)/✔(2) |
| Managing of Favorites / always available (non-modale Dialog) | ✔/✔ |
| Input | |
| Support for a localespecific decimal separator (e. g. Comma) | ✔ |
| Automatic Converting (Convert while you are typing) | ✔ |
| Swapping between "from unit" and "to unit" | ✔ |
| Increasing and Decreasing of Values / using the mouse | ✔/✔ |
| Undo / Redo | ✔/✔ |
| Dialogs and Wizards available for entering input easily (details see below) | ✔ |
| Output | |
| Decimal Output / Scientific Output | ✔/✔ |
| convert Multiple / All Units of a Categorie | ✔/✔ |
| Interval can be specified for a multiple conversion | ✔ |
| Output is exportable / Output is customizable | ✔/✔ |
| GUI Elements | |
| Tooltips available / can be disabled | ✔/✔ |
| Contextsensitive Menus | ✔ |
| Icons available for both Menu and Dialogs | ✔ |
| Icons available for the unit (the country where a unit is valid) | ✔ |
| Icons available for categories | ✔ |
| Help/Documentation | ✔ |
| Windows attributes | |
| Windows can be resized / Windows size will be saved | ✔/✔ |
| Windows can be positioned / Windows position will be saved | ✔/✔ |
| Windows is maximizable | ✔ |
| Supported Views | 5 |
| Supported Skins / Skins extendable | 15/✔ |
| Minimum size of the app on the Screen in Pixel | 630 x 230 |
| Supported Languages | |
| English / German / French / Spanish | ✔/✔/✔/✔ |
| Potuguese / Italian / Greek / Turkish | ✔/✔/✔/✔ |
| Hebrew | ✔ |
| Data exchange with other applications | |
| Import | |
| Copy from the clipboard | ✔ |
| Update of Exchange Rates (online) / Update of Exchange Rates (offline) / Supported Exchange Rate Websites | ✔/✔/30+ |
| Export | |
| Copy to the clipboard | ✔ |
| Copy of Source Unit / Source Unit Value / Target Unit / Target Unit Value to the clipboard | ✔/✔/✔/✔ |
| Fileexport for editors (UTF-8 / UTF-16-le / UTF-16-be) | ✔/✔/✔ |
| Fileexport for word processing software (Word, LibreOffice, etc.) | ✔ |
| Fileexport for spread sheet software (Excel, LibreOffice, etc.) | ✔(3) |
| Fileexport to the browser (as HTML) | ✔ |
| Fileexport of calendar data (iCal / vCal / xCal / dtcm / outlook / TWiki) | ✔/✔/✔/✔/✔/✔ |
| Supported Categories | |
| Categories of physical units | |
| International System of Units (SI) (e. g. Mega) | ✔ |
| Illuminance (e. g. Lux) | ✔ |
| Exposure (e. g. Luxsekunde) | ✔ |
| Acceleration (e. g. m/s², Gal) | ✔ |
| Bestrahlung (e. g. J/m²) | ✔ |
| Beweglichkeit von Ladungsträgern (e. g. m²/Vs) | ✔ |
| Brechkraft (e. g. Dioptrie) | ✔ |
| Pressure, Stress (e. g. Pascal, Bar) | ✔ |
| Dynamic Viscosity (e. g. Pascalsekunde) | ✔ |
| Elektrische Feldstärke (e. g. V/m) | ✔ |
| Elektrische Flussdichte (e. g. As/m²) | ✔ |
| Elektrische Kapazität (e. g. Farad, As/V) | ✔ |
| Elektrische Ladung (e. g. Coulomb) | ✔ |
| Elektrische Spannung (e. g. Volt) | ✔ |
| Elektrische Stromdichte (e. g. A/m²) | ✔ |
| Elektrische Stromstärke (e. g. Ampere) | ✔ |
| Elektrischer Leitwert (Wirkleitwert, e. g. Siemens) | ✔ |
| Elektrischer Widerstand (e. g. Ohm) | ✔ |
| Energie (e. g. Joule) | ✔ |
| Energiedosis (e. g. Gray) | ✔ |
| Fläche (e. g. m², square inch) | ✔ |
| Frequenz (e. g. Hertz) | ✔ |
| Geschwindigkeit (e. g. m/s, Knoten) | ✔ |
| Induktivität (e. g. Henry) | ✔ |
| Ionendosis (Exposition, e. g. C/kg) | ✔ |
| Katalytische Aktivität (e. g. kat, mol/h) | ✔ |
| Kinematische Viskosität (e. g. m²/s) | ✔ |
| Kraft (e. g. Newton, Kilopond) | ✔ |
| Kraftstoffverbrauch (e. g. mpg, liter/100 km) | ✔ |
| Leistung (e. g. Watt) | ✔ |
| Leistungsdichte (e. g. W/m³) | ✔ |
| Leistungsflächendichte (e. g. W/m²) | ✔ |
| Leistungsmassendihte (e. g. W/kg) | ✔ |
| Leuchtdichte (e. g. cd/m²) | ✔ |
| Lichtausbeute (e. g. Lumen/Watt) | ✔ |
| Lichtstrom (e. g. Lumen) | ✔ |
| Lichtstärke (Lichtintensität, e. g. Candela) | ✔ |
| Länge (e. g. Meter, inch) | ✔ |
| Längenbezogene Masse (e. g. g/m, Tex) | ✔ |
| Magnetische Feldstärke (e. g. A/m) | ✔ |
| Magnetische Flussdichte (Induktion, e. g. Tesla) | ✔ |
| Magnetische Spannung (e. g. Gilbert) | ✔ |
| Magnetischer Fluss (e. g. Weber) | ✔ |
| Masse (e. g. kg, Carat, Unze) | ✔ |
| Massenanteil (e. g. g/t) | ✔ |
| Massenfluss (e. g. kg/s) | ✔ |
| Massenkonzentration (e. g. kg/m³) | ✔ |
| Radioaktivität (e. g. Becquerel) | ✔ |
| Radioaktivität / Volumen (e. g. Bq/m³) | ✔ |
| Äquivalentdosis (e. g. Sievert, rem) | ✔ |
| Raumwinkel (e. g. Steradiant) | ✔ |
| Räumliche Energiedichte (e. g. J/m³) | ✔ |
| Schallpegel (e. g. Bel, Decibel) | ✔ |
| Spezifische Arbeit (e. g. J/kg) | ✔ |
| Spezifische Radioaktivität (e. g. Bq/kg) | ✔ |
| Spezifische Wärmekapazität (e. g. J/kg K) | ✔ |
| Spezifischer elektrischer Widerstand (e. g. Ohm-Meter) | ✔ |
| Spezifisches Volumen (e. g. m³/kg) | ✔ |
| Steigung (Prozent, Neigungswinkel) | ✔ |
| Stoffmenge (e. g. Mol) | ✔ |
| Stoffmengenanteil (e. g. Atomprozent) | ✔ |
| Stoffmengenkonzentration (e. g. mol/l) | ✔ |
| Temperatur (e. g. Celsius, Fahrenheit, Kelvin) | ✔ |
| Volumen (e. g. m³) | ✔ |
| Volumenanteil (e. g. cl/l) | ✔ |
| Volumenfluss (e. g. m³/s) | ✔ |
| Wasserhärtegrade (e. g. mg CaO/l) | ✔ |
| Angle (Bogenmaß, Gradmaß, Zeitmaß, etc.) | ✔ |
| Time (e. g. Second) | ✔ |
| Non-physical Categories | |
| Counting (e. g. Dutzend) | ✔ |
| Roman Numerals (e. g. XLII) | ✔ |
| Positional Notations (Radix 2-36, e. g. Hexadecimal) / Number of Notations | ✔/35 |
| Fractions / with Periods | ✔/✔ |
| Exchange Rates / Historic Euroland | ✔/✔ |
| Spoken Numbers (as digits / as numbers / output as text / by audio) | ✔/✔/✔/✔ |
| Time in Words (colloquial / official / military / by audio) | ✔/✔/✔/✔ |
| Time Zones / with time delta / with distance delta | ✔/✔/✔ |
| Queries on a Date (Weekday, Sun Signs, etc.) | ✔ |
| Date- and Time Formats | ✔ |
| High Days and Holidays / supported countries | ✔/30+ / 1040+ |
| Calendar Systems (Gregorian Calendar, Maya, etc.) / supported calendar systems | ✔/3 |
| Digital fingerprints / Number of algorithms | ✔/58 |
| Farbcodes (e. g. RGB, HSB, etc.) | ✔ |
| Unicodes | ✔ |
| Data Storage (e. g. Gigabyte) | ✔ |
| Data Transfer (e. g. Kilobit/s) | ✔ |
| Performance of the Floating Point Unit (e. g. GFLOPS) | ✔ |
| Resolution (e. g. Megapixel) | ✔ |
| Phone Numbers, alphanumeric (e. g. 555-HELP) | ✔ |
| International Dial Codes | ✔ |
| Geographic Coordinates (Latitude/Longitue / ECEF
/ Maidenhead Locator / MGRS / UTM / GARS / USNG / GEOREF / Natural Area Code) |
✔/✔/✔/✔/✔ -/✔/-/- |
| Features of the Input Dialogs | |
| Date | |
| Setting of a date (Today / Week in Year) | ✔/✔ |
| Modification of a date (+Tage / +Wochen / + Monate / +Quartale / +Jahre) | ✔/✔/✔/✔✔ |
| Wikipedia-Link for the selected date | ✔ |
| Time | |
| Digital View / Analog View / View in Realtime | ✔/✔/✔ |
| Manual input of the time / automatic input of the current time | ✔/✔ |
| Duration | |
| Calculation of time differences (exact / colloquial / interest dates) | ✔/✔/✔ |
| timestamps can be time zone dependent | ✔ |
| leap seconds can be taken into account | ✔ |
| Methods of algorithms for the calculation of interest dates (ISMA, NASD, etc.) | 7 |
| Time differences can be arranged to different units of the time (e. g. 29 days = 4 weeks and 1 day) | ✔ |
| Random Numbers | |
| Sorting of the values / Vermeidung doppelter Zahlen | ✔/✔ |
| Grafische Darstellung mittels Würfel / max. Anzahl möglicher Würfel / Würfel können bunt sein | ✔/512/✔ |
| Protokollfunktion / auch als csv | ✔/✔ |
| Color | |
| Color RGB / HSL / HSV / CMYK | ✔/✔/✔(4)/✔(4) |
| Exchange Rates | |
| Supported exchange rate sites | 30+ |
| Update using graphical user interface / on the command line (e.g. for cronjobs or autostart) | ✔/✔ |
| Latest exchange rates / historic exchange rates can be loaded | ✔/✔ |
| Online / offline update possible | ✔/✔ |
Legend:
(1) Category has to be selected at first
(2) For now a modification of a config file is required
(3) by comma separated values (csv)
License of this page:
The composition of the features in the table above have been published under the terms of the CC BY-SA 3.0 License.
Version of this page:
Version 20200229
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The Team
The founder of this project is Johann N. Löfflmann from Germany. Since 2001 he has been working with talented people all around the world in order to improve the NumericalChameleon, and learning new areas of knowledge. The list of contributors can always be found in the latest download package and in the copyright section.
