SoundChex on Windows

Coming soon — web app works today

The Windows desktop app hasn't shipped yet — the toolchain is documented and the Windows-specific fixes are written, but no build has been through real use, and we won't call it available until one has.

Using SoundChex on Windows now

  • The web app — open http://<server-ip>:8000/app in Edge or Chrome and use Install as app from the browser menu. You get a windowed app with your artwork as the icon, full playback, and the whole interface.
  • The server runs on Windows today — see Install on Windows. A Windows machine can host the library for every other device in the house even before the desktop client ships.

Building the client yourself (adventurous)

The Tauri project targets Windows and the build is documented: Rust (MSVC toolchain), Visual Studio Build Tools with "Desktop development with C++", and WebView2 (present on Windows 11 and most Windows 10). Then: 

npm run build
npm run tauri:build       # produces .msi and .exe in src-tauri\target\release\bundle\

A first build compiles the whole Rust dependency tree and takes a while. If you get a working build, say so on GitHub — a confirmed Windows build is exactly what moves this page's badge to Available.