build(windows): modern NSIS installer, drop the MSI - #267
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Windows shipped both an MSI (WiX) and an NSIS installer, so users had to choose between two downloads, and the MSI's multi-step, admin-gated wizard felt dated. Ship a single per-user NSIS installer instead: - targets: explicit list without "msi" (NSIS only on Windows) - windows.nsis: installMode "currentUser" (no admin prompt), language selector off, single English flow - webviewInstallMode: downloadBootstrapper (explicit) - release.yml + docs: drop the MSI artifact/paths, note the no-admin install SmartScreen still warns until the installer is code-signed — that stays a separate, paid decision and is already documented in INSTALL.md. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Why
On Windows we shipped two installers — an MSI (WiX) and an NSIS
-setup.exe— so users had to pick, and the MSI's multi-step, admin-gated wizard felt old. This makes the Windows install a single, modern, no-admin flow.What
tauri.conf.json:targetsis now an explicit list withoutmsi→ NSIS only on Windows (macOS/Linux artifacts unchanged: app/dmg, deb/appimage).windows.nsis:installMode: "currentUser"(no UAC prompt), language selector off, single English flow.webviewInstallMode: downloadBootstrappermade explicit.release.yml+README.md+INSTALL.md: drop MSI artifact/paths; document the per-user, no-admin install.Note
SmartScreen's "unknown publisher" warning is unaffected — it only clears with code signing, which is a separate (paid) decision already documented honestly in
INSTALL.md.Verification
Config is schema-valid for Tauri 2.9.5. The real Windows bundle is produced by the release workflow on a Windows runner (can't cross-build the NSIS/MSI bundle from macOS here) — first Windows release will show a single
-setup.exe.🤖 Generated with Claude Code