Free and open-source. Available as a one-click install on macOS,
or run from source on Windows and Linux.
Signed & notarized · macOS 13+
The macOS app is signed and notarized by Apple.
Click the Download for macOS button above. Your browser will download Yearbirder_v1.50.dmg.
Double-click the downloaded .dmg file. A window will appear showing the Yearbirder app and your Applications folder.
Drag the Yearbirder icon into the Applications folder. That's the installation complete.
Launch Yearbirder from your Applications folder or from Launchpad. The first time you open it, macOS may ask you to confirm — click Open.
Go to ebird.org/downloadMyData, click Request My Observations, and wait for the email with your download link. Once you have the .zip file, use File → Open in Yearbirder to load it.
Windows 10 or 11 · 64-bit
Download Yearbirder_Setup.exe and run it. Yearbirder installs to Program Files and adds a Start Menu entry.
Click Download for Windows above. Your browser will download Yearbirder_Setup.exe.
Double-click Yearbirder_Setup.exe. If Windows shows a SmartScreen warning, click More info and then Run anyway. Follow the installer prompts — the defaults are fine.
Open Yearbirder from the Start Menu. You can also optionally create a desktop shortcut during installation.
Go to ebird.org/downloadMyData, click Request My Observations, and wait for the email with your download link. Once you have the .zip file, use File → Open in Yearbirder to load it.
Requires Python 3.10+
Yearbirder runs from Python source on Linux. Python 3.10 or later is required. Most modern Linux distributions include a suitable Python; check with python3 --version.
Open a terminal and run:
You need 3.10 or higher. If not, install it via your distribution's package manager (e.g. sudo apt install python3 on Debian/Ubuntu).
Many distros package pip separately. If pip3 --version fails, install it:
libxcb, install the Qt platform dependencies for your distro. On Debian/Ubuntu: sudo apt install libxcb-cursor0
Click the Download Yearbirder button above and unzip the downloaded file. Or, if you prefer to use git:
Go to ebird.org/downloadMyData, click Request My Observations, and wait for the email with your download link. Once you have the .zip file, use File → Open in Yearbirder to load it.
These are installed in step 3 above. Listed here for reference.