Assets Release v2.2.1

BirdNET-Pi Assets Release v2.2.1

Binary Assets (Gzipped Downloads)

This release includes the following binary assets as gzipped downloads attached to this release:

• models.gz: BirdNET TensorFlow Lite models for bird identification
• ioc_reference.db.gz: IOC World Bird Names with translations (24 languages, CC-BY-4.0)
• wikidata_reference.db.gz: Wikidata bird names (57 languages, CC0), images, conservation status

Download and Installation

Binary assets are attached to this release as gzipped downloads. The orphaned
commit 39ebf3ab contains only
a README to keep the tag lightweight.

Assets are automatically downloaded and decompressed during BirdNET-Pi installation
using the install-assets CLI tool.

Technical Details

• Asset Tag: assets-v2.2.1
• Asset Commit: 39ebf3ab99957517957f7a1224e835f47cb0e6f6 (README only)
• Distribution Strategy: Orphaned commits with external gzipped assets
• Compression: gzip level 9
• Benefits:
  • Tiny orphaned commit (just README)
  • Efficient compression reduces download size
  • Automatic decompression during installation

Credit to Ben Webber for the orphaned commit approach.

For installation instructions, see the main repository README.