Google has recently announced to stop support for all Chrome Apps. Therefore the Betaflight configurator, and a few other multirotor related apps have developed their own standalone apps. In this article I will show where to download the standalone Betaflight Configurator.
Betaflight Configurator had been a Chrome Extension App since the very beginning (following Baseflight and Cleanflight). We prefer the Chrome App platform because it's cross-compatible with Windows, Linux and Mac OS.
Further Reading: Betaflight Setup and Tutorials
Apart from Betaflight Configurator, many other relevant apps such as BLHeli Configurator and Blackbox Explorer will also be affected. Fortunately the developers have come up with a solution and offer users standalone apps which they can run without Google Chrome. These apps are also compatible with Windows, Linux and Mac OS.
You can no longer search for these apps in the Chrome Web Store as part of Google's effort in disabling the whole platform. It's probably a good idea to move over to the new apps as soon as you can.
| App Logo | App Name | Download Link |
| Betaflight Configurator | Executable: https://github.com/betaflight/betaflight-configurator/releases | |
| Blackbox Explorer | App Installer: https://github.com/betaflight/blackbox-log-viewer-ng/tree/master/dist | |
| BLHeli Configurator | Executable: https://github.com/blheli-configurator/blheli-configurator/releases | |
| Cleanflight Configurator | Executable: https://github.com/cleanflight/cleanflight-configurator/releases | |
| iNav Configurator | Executable: https://github.com/iNavFlight/inav-configurator/releases | |
| BLHeliSuite_32 | Download: https://github.com/bitdump/BLHeli (link in the section at the very bottom, read me) |
Cleanflight Download For Mac
- For Windows, download the file with '.exe' extension
- For MacOS, it's '.dmg'
Download catalina on mac. Cleanflight Configurator v2.6.0 Which file do I need? Windows (7, 8, 10): cleanflight-configurator-installerwin32.exe; Mac OS X: cleanflight-configuratormacOS.dmg (please read 'Important information when upgrading' below). Here is a quick video to show you how to install the new Betaflight on Mac computer with the correct USB driver. Hi, I am totally confused by what software is what. Just recieved my flight controller with cleanflight, went to download the software and now confused. First thing is I don't use google chrome, just too cluttered for me. Seems I have to download the chrome 'app' and / or the 'configurator' whatever that is.
Once you've downloaded the package, unzip it to your computer, and you should find the executable file 'betaflight-configurator.exe'. You can run it directly without any installation.
If you get a security prompt, just select 'Run Anyway'.
Naze32 Cleanflight Download
Download Software. The CP210x Manufacturing DLL and Runtime DLL have been updated and must be used with v6.0 and later of the CP210x Windows VCP Driver. Application Note Software downloads affected are AN144SW.zip, AN205SW.zip and AN223SW.zip. If you are using a 5.x driver and need support you can download archived Application Note Software.
The same procedure applies to other configurators, except Blackbox Explorer which currently comes as an installer that you need to install first on your computer before running it.
Note that the standalone applications do not update to newer version atomically, and you will have to do this manually. For the convenience of the users, a popup will appear on startup of the configurator when there is a new version available, and you will be directed to download page.
If you can't install and run Betaflight configurator as a standalone app, you can also try installing it manually in Google Chrome Browser.
Firstly, clone the repo, downloading as a zip on Github.
Then unzip the file, open Chrome, go to Extensions, make sure Developer mode is turned on.
Click Load unpacked extensions, browse to the folder you unzipped, click OK, and that's it! The configurator will require the unzipped files to run so you can't delete it.
This is not a standalone version, and it still relies on Google Chrome, but at least it gets you going and won't require installation, or giving you malware warnings.
