Install on macOS

Birch Code ships as a self-contained .dmg for both Apple Silicon (M-series) and Intel Macs. No separate .NET install required.

Download

From the releases page (or the Download button on getbirch.dev), pick the file matching your CPU:

CPU	File
Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4)	Birch-X.Y.Z-osx-arm64.dmg
Intel	Birch-X.Y.Z-osx-x64.dmg

The landing page auto-detects your architecture and picks the right one.

Install

1. Open the .dmg.
2. Drag Birch.app to Applications.

Gatekeeper warning

The current builds are not yet signed or notarized. On first launch, Gatekeeper shows:

“Birch” cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified.

You have two options to launch it:

Option 1 — right-click trick (no terminal):

In Finder, right-click Birch.app → Open → click Open again in the dialog. After this once, macOS remembers your choice.

Option 2 — remove the quarantine attribute (terminal):

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Birch.app

Signed and notarized builds are planned for a future release.

Uninstall

Drag Birch.app from Applications to the Trash. App preferences live in ~/Library/Application Support/Birch.