​Scythebill downloads

The current version of Scythebill is 14.1.1 and you can download versions for Windows, MacOS and Linux, as well as a cross-platform version that'll work everywhere else.

You can also download publicly available extended taxonomies from the bottom of his page.

Download links

More detailed instructions are below, but if you know what you're doing, download the appropriate file for your operating system:

Import note for Windows: If you install 14.1.1 over an existing installation, and see "Error: could not create the Java Virtual Machine", please rerun the installer as an administrator (by right-clicking on the installer .exe file).
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Windows installer
MacOS disk image
Linux installer (64-bit)

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Windows downloads

Windows installer

Instructions (installer version):

1. Download the installer, and run it.
2. Open "Launch Scythebill" inside the new Scythebill shortcut in the Start menu (or double-click on any existing .bsxm sightings file)

If you install 14.1.1 over an existing installation, and see "Error: could not create the Java Virtual Machine", please rerun the installer as an administrator (by right-clicking on the installer .exe file).

Many thanks to BitRock for making their installers freely available for open-source software.

MacOS downloads

​MacOS disk image 

Instructions:

1. Download and open the above .dmg file.
2. Open the now-available Scythebill 14.1.1 disk, and drag Scythebill from it into your Applications folder.
3. Open Scythebill (from your Applications folder)

Scythebill now requires MacOS 10.10 (Yosemite) or newer - which covers all versions of MacOS back to 2014.

Linux downloads

Linux installer (64-bit) 

Instructions:

1. Download the installer
2. Open a terminal, and type:
   chmod u+x ~/Downloads/Scythebill-14.1.1-linux-x64-installer.run; ~/Downloads/Scythebill-14.1.1-linux-x64-installer.run
3. Run Scythebill with ~/Scythebill/Scythebill.run

Scythebill no longer supports 32-bit Linux installations.

​Cross-platform JAR

Cross-platform JAR

You can use this file to run Scythebill on any operating system, but it requires a Java installation, and is missing many of the niceties of the native applications above.

It is possible to use this version to keep you going on 32-bit Windows or Linux - see the 32-bit Java 10 Java installations available from Azul.
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Instructions:

1. Download the .zip file and unzip into a JAR file
2. Install Java (Java 10)
3. Open the JAR file (or run from a terminal with "java -jar scythebill-14.1.1.jar")

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Extended taxonomies

Scythebill lets users define their own, custom taxonomies, and share them with other users.  Some of these have graciously been made available for others to download as well.  You must have Scythebill 13.0 or later!

• Southeast Asian Butterflies - courtesy of Susan Myers.
  Click to download. (Last updated May 7, 2018)
• Southeast Asian Reptiles - courtesy of Susan Myers.
  Click to download. (Last updated May 7, 2018)
• Mammals of the World - courtesy of Jon Hall at mammalwatching.com, via Rob Leslie.
  Click to download    (Last updated March 19, 2018)
• Butterflies of North America and the Caribbean - from Butterflies of America
  Click to download    (Last updated September 5, 2016)
• Moths of North America - from the Moth Photographers Group via Bill Dobbins
  ​Click to download (Last updated July 22, 2018)
  
• Odonates (Dragonflies and Damselflies) of the US and Canada - from Odonata Central
  Click to download  (Last updated July 25, 2016)
• Amphibians and Reptiles of the US and Canada - from ssaherps.org via John Thomlinson.
  Click to download    (Last updated September 5, 2016)
• Butterflies of the United Kingdom - from Edward Paxton
  Click to download  (Last updated July 25, 2016)
• Odonates (Dragonflies and Damselflies) of the United Kingdom - from Edward Paxton
  Click to download  (Last updated August 31, 2016)
• Reptiles of Australia - courtesy of arod.com.au, via Murray Lord
  Click to download   (Last updated July 21, 2016)
• Frogs of Australia - courtesy of Frogs of Australia, via Murray Lord
  Click to download  (Last updated July 21, 2016)

If you've built an extended taxonomy, and would like to share it with other users, please let me know.  Do make sure that you've obtained permission from the author of the taxonomy.