birdnet-go

This pre-release (January 18, 2026) brings audio playback improvements, enhanced Home Assistant integration, and numerous bug fixes across the platform.

New Features

Audio Playback Speed Control New playback speed control for detection audio clips with accessibility-focused design (#1774).

Aggregated Disk Notifications Disk space notifications are now aggregated by mount point to red...

This pre-release (January 13, 2026) introduces a major redesign of stream configuration with multi-protocol support and real-time monitoring.

Major Features

Stream Configuration Redesign Complete overhaul of audio stream configuration with support for named streams and multiple protocols. Streams can now be configured with distinct names and support for RTSP, HTTP, and file-based sources...

This pre-release (January 11, 2026) adds Home Assistant integration support.

New Feature

Home Assistant MQTT Auto-Discovery BirdNET-Go now supports Home Assistant MQTT auto-discovery, allowing automatic integration with Home Assistant for real-time bird detection monitoring. The feature includes a new settings UI for configuration (#1749, #1750).

This pre-release (January 10, 2026) represents 18 days of development with numerous improvements since the previous nightly build, focusing on expanded OAuth authentication options, enhanced spectrogram customization, improved logging infrastructure, and comprehensive bug fixes.

Major Features

Expanded OAuth Authentication Added support for Microsoft Account, LINE, and Kakao OAuth provide...

This pre-release (December 23, 2025) represents 9 days of development with 76 commits since the previous nightly build, focusing on completing the migration to the new Svelte 5 UI, major security hardening, and extensive code quality improvements.

🎉 Major Milestone: Svelte 5 UI is Now Default

The legacy HTMX-based UI has been completely removed. The modern Svelte 5 interface is now t...