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Install Feather

Choose your system. The file comes straight from GitLab's servers, where Feather's releases are published. After that, Feather updates itself.

Mac

.dmg file · 6.6 MB · Apple Silicon and Intel

macOS 11 or later. Extensions, still experimental, require macOS 15.4 or later.

Download for Mac

Windows

-windows-installation.exe file · Windows 10 and 11

No administrator rights needed. WebView2, the engine that renders pages, is already part of Windows.

Download for Windows

Older versions and detailed notes: releases page on GitLab.

Why your system shows a warning the first time. Feather isn't signed by Apple or Microsoft yet: those signatures cost money. So your system warns you that it doesn't know the app.

On Mac

Open the downloaded .dmg file.
Drag Feather into the Applications folder.
Open Feather from the Applications folder. macOS says it can't verify the app: click OK (or Done).
Open System Settings › Privacy & Security. At the bottom, next to “Feather was blocked”, click Open Anyway, then confirm with your password.

On macOS 14 or earlier it's quicker: right-click (or Control-click) Feather in Applications, choose Open, then Open again.

You only have to do this once.

On Windows

Open the downloaded -windows-installation.exe file.
If Windows shows “Windows protected your PC”, click More info, then Run anyway.
Follow the installer. Feather installs in your user folder, adds itself to the Start menu and, if you leave the box checked, to the desktop.

Feather also appears in Settings › Apps › Default apps, if you want to make it your default browser.

Bring your bookmarks

On first launch, Feather offers to import bookmarks from your old browser: Chrome, Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, Opera, Firefox, Safari or Arc. You can also do it later in Settings. Passwords are imported from a CSV file exported by your old browser or password manager.

Updates

Feather checks for new versions on its own and offers them to you. After each update, it shows you once what changed.

Uninstall

Mac: quit Feather and drag it from the Applications folder to the Trash. Your settings are in ~/Library/Application Support/app.Feather.Feather, if you want to delete them too.
Windows: Settings › Apps, then Feather › Uninstall. Windows asks whether to delete your data as well.

System requirements

	Mac	Windows
System	macOS 11 or later	Windows 10 or 11
Processor	Apple Silicon or Intel	64-bit
Extensions (experimental)	macOS 15.4 or later	All versions
Download	6.6 MB	7.4 MB

Trouble installing? Get in touch from the Help page.