BORIS is an easy-to-use event logging software for video/audio coding or live observations.
BORIS is a free and open-source software available for GNU/Linux and Windows.
You can not longer run BORIS natively on MacOS (since v.8). Some alternatives to run the last version of BORIS are available, see BORIS on MacOS <https://www.boris.unito.it/download_mac/>_.
It provides also some analysis tools like time budget and some plotting functions.
The BORIS paper has more than 
See the official BORIS web site.
The user guide provides a good starting point for learning how to use BORIS.
Some video tutorials are available.
To search for bugs, report them or request a feature, please use the github tracker: https://github.com/olivierfriard/BORIS/issues
Please acknowledge and cite the use of this software and its authors when results are used in publications or published elsewhere. You can use the following BibTex entry
@article {MEE3:MEE312584,
author = {Friard, Olivier and Gamba, Marco},
title = {BORIS: a free, versatile open-source event-logging software for video/audio coding and live observations},
journal = {Methods in Ecology and Evolution},
issn = {2041-210X},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12584},
doi = {10.1111/2041-210X.12584},
pages = {1324--1330},
year = {2016},
}
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
Distributed with a GPL v.3 license.
Copyright (C) 2012-2024 Olivier Friard