Windows setup (.exe)

Installers coming soon

Windows installers for SoundChex (the client) and SoundChex Server are being compiled alongside the macOS releases. This page is written ahead so it's ready the day they land on the download page — and so the honest caveats are on record before anyone hits them.

What will ship

  • SoundChex — a standard Windows installer (.exe; an .msi is also produced by the build). Installs the client app; WebView2 is pulled in automatically if the machine doesn't have it (Windows 11 and most Windows 10 already do).
  • SoundChex Server — the host app for the machine that holds the library.

Installing

  1. Download the .exe from the download page (it links the latest GitHub release).
  2. Run it and follow the installer — per-user install, no reboot.
  3. Launch from the Start menu; the client's connect screen asks for your server's address.

First launch & SmartScreen

Expect a SmartScreen warning at first. Until releases carry a code-signing certificate, Windows shows "Windows protected your PC" for a downloaded installer. Click More info → Run anyway. As with the macOS warning, this reflects the missing signature, not the contents — and the source is public if you'd rather build it yourself.

The server on Windows, today

Nothing about the client installer changes the server story: Install on Windows runs the library host from source right now, including the two silent traps (the PHP certificate bundle and the storage symlink) and running the workers with NSSM. A Windows machine can host the library for the whole house today; the installer just makes the client half effortless.

Building the installer yourself (now)

Impatient and equipped? With Rust (MSVC), the VS Build Tools and the repo cloned: 

npm run build
npm run tauri:build       # .msi and .exe in src-tauri\target\release\bundle\
npm run build:server      # the SoundChex Server app

A first build compiles the whole Rust dependency tree and takes a while. A confirmed working build reported on GitHub is exactly what turns this page's badge to Available.