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Behavioral Observation Research Interactive Software

BORIS is an easy-to-use event logging software for video/audio coding and live observations.

BORIS is a free and open-source software available for GNU/Linux, Windows and MacOS.

Please acknowledge and cite the use of this software and its authors when results are used in publications or published elsewhere:
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12584.

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2024-04-18: v. 8.25.4 available

Fixed bug when importing a Noldus Observer project without modifiers

2024-04-07: v. 8.25 available

BORIS has the dark mode and a mute/unmute button for each media player!! See Preferences > Interface

2024-01-23: v. 8.22.17 available

Fix various bugs and introduce an improved zoom function

2024-01-18: Big bug in v. 8.22.16!

Current version rollback to 8.22.14 waiting for fix

2023-10-17: BORIS joined Bluesky @boris-behav-obs.bsky.social

I hope to see you there!