Installing oTree on macOS

Important note

If you publish research conducted using oTree, you are required by the oTree license to cite this paper. (Citation: Chen, D.L., Schonger, M., Wickens, C., 2016. oTree - An open-source platform for laboratory, online and field experiments. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, vol 9: 88-97)

If the below steps don’t work for you, please email chris@otree.org with details.

Step 1: Install Python

  • Download and install Python (oTree is not yet compatible with Python 3.8).

  • In Finder, search for and open the “Terminal” app:

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Step 2: Install oTree

Enter this:

pip3 install -U otree

(If you get a long error related to Twisted & xcrun, follow the steps here then try again.)

Next steps

  • If you will use oTree Studio (recommended), go to otreehub.com.

  • If you will use PyCharm or another text-based code editor, follow the steps here.