Free and open-source under the GNU AGPL v3. Windows and Linux builds are ready today — grab the installer for your platform below.
1. Install R 4.1 or newer. Download and run the Windows installer from CRAN. R is a separate installation; the ouRGeo installer does not include it.
2. Install R packages in PowerShell. Set $rscript to the exact Rscript.exe selected in ouRGeo under Settings → R Backend. Replace the example version in the first line with yours. Run these commands in PowerShell, not at an R prompt. The first command is required for ouRGeo to connect.
$rscript = 'C:\Program Files\R\R-4.6.1\bin\Rscript.exe' # Required for ouRGeo to connect to R & $rscript -e 'install.packages(c("httpuv","jsonlite","later","httr2"), repos="https://cloud.r-project.org")' # Optional: maps, spatial tools, raster tiles and databases & $rscript -e 'install.packages(c("sf","terra","ggplot2","tmap","ggspatial","maptiles","tidyterra","png","DBI","duckdb","dplyr"), repos="https://cloud.r-project.org")' # Optional: exact curved geometry & $rscript -e 'install.packages("remotes", repos="https://cloud.r-project.org"); remotes::install_github("CCurtis1988/sfarc")'
3. Install ouRGeo. Download ouRGeo-1.15.6.exe and run it. Windows SmartScreen may show a "Windows protected your PC" notice for a new publisher; choose More info → Run anyway to continue.
Then start ouRGeo and select that same Rscript.exe in Settings → R Backend if R was not detected automatically.
1. Install R 4.1 or newer. On Debian or Ubuntu, run the following in a terminal. If your distro's R version is older, follow the Ubuntu or Debian instructions from CRAN. For other distributions, use their R packages or the CRAN Linux guides.
sudo apt update sudo apt install r-base r-base-dev Rscript --version
2. Install R packages in your terminal. Use Rscript -e with the R version you will select in ouRGeo. Run these commands in your shell, not at an R prompt. The first command is required for ouRGeo to connect.
# Required for ouRGeo to connect to R Rscript -e 'install.packages(c("httpuv","jsonlite","later","httr2"), repos="https://cloud.r-project.org")' # Optional: maps, spatial tools, raster tiles and databases Rscript -e 'install.packages(c("sf","terra","ggplot2","tmap","ggspatial","maptiles","tidyterra","png","DBI","duckdb","dplyr"), repos="https://cloud.r-project.org")' # Optional: exact curved geometry Rscript -e 'install.packages("remotes", repos="https://cloud.r-project.org"); remotes::install_github("CCurtis1988/sfarc")'
Some Linux spatial packages need additional system libraries to compile. If an install fails, follow the dependency message from R and your distribution's package instructions.
3. Install ouRGeo. Choose one download:
In the folder containing the download, mark it executable and run it:
chmod +x ouRGeo-1.15.6.AppImage ./ouRGeo-1.15.6.AppImage
In the folder containing the download, install it with apt:
sudo apt install ./ouRGeo-1.15.6.deb
# then launch it from your app menu, or:
ourgeo
If APT ends with N: Download is performed unsandboxed as root: this is a notice, not an installation failure. APT could not read the installer in your Downloads folder as its restricted _apt user, so it read the local file as root. If the output says Setting up ourgeo, ouRGeo is installed. You do not need to reinstall it.
Ubuntu may also say it skipped the bundled AppArmor profile because that version of AppArmor does not support it. This does not stop the package from installing.
ouRGeo has had fifteen releases since March 2026. The full version history lists what each one changed — the same notes the app shows under Settings → About — and marks the two that were published as downloads: v1.15.6 above, and v1.8.0, the first public release.
Release announcements are posted to News on the community forum.