## Features

| Numerical Chameleon 2.0.0 | For Comparison
| More than just a unit converter | Any other unit converter
Core Attributs |  |
Supported Categories | 93 |
Supported Units | 5200+ |
Precision (Significant Figures / Places of Decimals) | 1000 |
Documentation available in English / in German | ✔/✔ |
Mature status (development in years) | 12 |
Year of release | 2014 |
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 6+ |
Additional software is free of chare / 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 |  |
x86: Windows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8.x | ✔/✔/✔/✔(5) |
x86-64: Windows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8.x | ✔/✔/✔/✔(5) |
Windows Server 2003 / Server 2008 / Server 2008 x64 / Server 2012 x64 | ✔/✔/✔/✔(6) |
Windows on Itanium (IA64) | ✔(0) |
Linux |  |
Debian x86 / Debian x86-64 / Debian on ARM | ✔/✔/✔ |
Ubuntu x86 / Ubuntu x86-64 / Ubuntu on ARM | ✔/✔/✔ |
Fedora x86 / Fedora x86-64 / Mandriva x86 / Mandriva x86-64 | ✔/✔/✔/✔ |
CentOS x86 / CentOS x86-64 / REHL x86 / RHEL x86-64 | ✔/✔/✔/✔ |
openSUSE x86 / openSUSE x86-64 | ✔/✔ |
Linux Mint x86 / Linux Mint x86-64 | ✔/✔ |
Knoppix / Damn Small Linux / Puppy Linux | ✔/✔/✔ |
Unix |  |
Mac OS X PPC / Mac OS X x64 | ✔(7)/✔(7) |
PC-BSD x86 / PC-BSD x64 | ✔/✔ |
Solaris x86 / Solaris x64 / Solaris SPARC / Solaris SPARC 64 bit | ✔/✔/✔/✔ |
HP-UX Itanium / HP-UX PA-RISC | ✔/✔ |
IBM AIX 32 bit / IBM AIX 64 bit | ✔/✔ |
Others |  |
OS/2 (eComStation, 32 bit) | ✔(0) |
IBM z/OS (64 bit) | ✔ |
Antique Platforms |  |
DOS / Windows 3.x / OS/2 | −/−/− |
Mac OS Classic / Mac OS X 10.4 and earlier / Mac OS X 10.5 | −/−/✔(7) |
Windows 95 / 98 / 98 SE / ME | −/−/−/− |
Windows NT 3.x / NT 4.0 / Windows 2000 | −/−/✔(0) |
Supported Installers |  |
Windows: .exe / .msi | ✔/− |
Linux: .bin / .deb / .rpm | ✔/✔/✔ |
Unix: .bin / .app / .pkg | ✔/−/− |
Plattform independent: .zip / .jar | ✔/− |
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 | ✔ |
Datenaustausch mit anderen Programmen |  |
Import |  |
Copy from the clipboard | ✔ |
Update of Exchange Rates / Supported Exchange Rate Websites | ✔/ 30 |
Export |  |
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, OpenOffice.org, etc.) | ✔ |
Fileexport for spread sheet software (Excel, OpenOffice.org, 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 | ✔/31 / 869 |
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 | 20+ |
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:
(0) at the time of this writing, only Java 6 is available on that platform
(1) Category has to be selected first
(2) For now a manual modification of a config file is required
(3) by Comma Separated Values (CSV)
(4) Java 7 or later is required
(5) The NC has been tested successfully on Windows 8 Preview Evaluation copy, build 8400
(6) Windows Server 2008 is the server version of Windows 8
(7) Java 6 from Apple, at least Mac OS X 10.5 required or Java 7 from Oracle, at least Mac OS X 10.7.3 required or Java 8 from Oracle, at least Mac OS X 10.9 required
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