Installation

What you need

• Windows 11 on a 64-bit (x64) PC. Winora does not run on Windows 10.
• The .NET 10 Desktop Runtime, to run the app.
• The .NET 10 SDK, only if you build Winora yourself.
• An account that can approve an administrator prompt.

Download a release

Download Winora-<version>-win-x64-machine.msi from the Winora releases page (opens in a new tab) on GitHub and run it. It installs Winora for all users in Program Files. Each release also has a SHA256SUMS file to check the download.

Windows SmartScreen may warn you when you open a new download. See Troubleshooting and FAQ for how to check the file first.

Build from source

You can also build Winora from its source code. Install the .NET 10 SDK, get the source from GitHub (opens in a new tab), and open a terminal in the source folder. Then run these three commands in order:

dotnet restore Winora.slnx --locked-mode
dotnet build Winora.slnx -c Release --no-restore
dotnet run --project src/Winora.Desktop -c Release --no-build

The first command gets the packages. The second builds the app. The third starts it.

Start Winora

Winora starts with an administrator prompt from Windows. Choose Yes so that Winora can change settings for the whole PC, services, scheduled tasks and installed programs.

If you start it without administrator rights, the pages still open. You can look at them, but changes that need these rights are off. A banner shows How to start as administrator with the steps.

On the first start a short guide opens. It is described in The first-start guide.

Remove Winora

Removing Winora does not put your Windows settings back. If you want old values back, undo those changes in History before you remove the app.