Bowerbird
Grasshopper plugin · v2.10.0.0 · updated
Bowerbird is a digital fabrication and computational geometry plugin for Rhino and Grasshopper. It excels at automatic generation of waffle and layer models, advanced curve-on-surface analysis, and fabrication-ready single-line text rendering.
- Total downloads
- 33,532
- Recent downloads
- +339 / week+1,204 in the last month
- Latest version
- v2.10.0.05/29/2026
- Releases
- 7every ~10mo
- First released
- 4/24/2021
- Download size
- 596 KB
- License
- Not declared
- Authors
- Thomas Oberbichler
Compatibility
Supported: WindowsSupported: MacNot supported: Rhino 6Not supported: Rhino 7Supported: Rhino 8Not supported: Rhino 9 (WIP)Not supported: Rhino pluginSupported: Grasshopper plugin
How to install Bowerbird
- Click Install in Rhino to open Rhino's Package Manager with Bowerbird selected, or run
_PackageManagerinside Rhino and search for Bowerbird. - Or install it from a terminal (assumes a default Rhino 8 installation):Windows (PowerShell)
& "C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\System\Yak.exe" install BowerbirdmacOS (Terminal)"/Applications/Rhino 8.app/Contents/Resources/bin/yak" install Bowerbird - Or download the .yak file above and drag it onto an open Rhino window.
Restart Rhino once the install finishes.
Download trend
Bowerbird version history
| Date | Version | Builds | Downloads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5/29/2026 | 2.10.0.0 | 6,909 | |
| 5/27/2026 | 2.9.1.0 | 1,103 | |
| 4/28/2021 | 2.8.0 | 24,228 | |
| 4/25/2021 | 2.7.8 | 117 | |
| 4/24/2021 | 2.7.7 | 27 | |
| 4/24/2021 | 2.7.6 | 106 | |
| 4/24/2021 | 2.7.5 | 180 |
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