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Avida is the most widely used Artificial Life software platform for studying evolutionary processes, in which self-replicating computer programs—digital organisms—mutate and evolve within a user-defined computational environment. We have expanded its functionality to explore not only evolution but also coevolution—both between hosts and parasites (antagonistic interactions) and among mutualistic partners (e.g., cross-feeding interactions)—thereby broadening its scientific applications. Our code repository (https://gitlab.com/fortunalab/avida) is a fork of the original project developed at Michigan State University (USA).