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| Squirrel | PolyHook_2_0 | |
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| 37 | 2 | |
| 7,155 | 1,490 | |
| 0.8% | - | |
| 6.0 | 7.1 | |
| 3 months ago | 3 months ago | |
| C++ | C++ | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
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ClickOnce
I never had much luck with ClickOnce, so I was using Squirrel.Windows. I've recently switched to the Clowd.Squirrel fork, since I needed support for AzureSignTool in the build process.
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Any sufficiently advanced uninstaller is indistinguishable from malware
As soon as Office 2007 didn't use MSI the format was doomed.
I assume the Here in NIH refers to an individual team, not MS as a whole.
Teams is entirely NIH https://github.com/Squirrel/Squirrel.Windows for updates to the Electron app.
I would use winget, but MS made it weirdly hard to run as a script on multiple computers, it installs per user, because... who knows.
So still using chocolatey
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Thanks, log
Back in the day, wasn't Discord installed using Squirrel?
- C# Windows desktop app - Best way to create an installer and auto-updater?
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In the year 2023, what is the best way to deploy/distribute a WPF Application?
Originally, we used to use Squirrel.Windows for our internal applications but we had a few issues with it before we finally dropped it.
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WinForms Application Updater
The most viable option with the path of least resistance would be Squirrel.Windows as it is both and installer and updater but has some caveats (SemVer pattern must be followed).
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[ClickOnce] How to get rid of this message?
Maybe someone has a better ide, but this is one of many reasons why I'm trying to get all our old ClickOnce installers migrated to something else (I've heard good things about Squirrel.
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Compose Multiplatform 1.2 Is Out: New Mouse and Keyboard APIs, ProGuard Support, Online Updates
Electron does have auto-update built in (Squirrel), but it comes with severe non-price related caveats. Squirrel is only intermittently maintained and goes through long periods in which the different versions are abandoned (see for Windows, macOS). People have requested a switch to Sparkle on macOS, which is what Conveyor uses, but with no response. There's also the issue that their update solutions require interactive servers but the only free one is restricted to open source projects, and isn't itself open source. The Electron website points you towards a variety of projects if you want to run your own server but all of them are (again) abandoned for years.
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What is currently a good way to provide an installer for WPF application?
We replaced clickonce with https://github.com/Squirrel/Squirrel.Windows and are generally happy with the choice
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How to disable discord from trying to update after reboot?
Discord in the Task Manager can sometimes show up as "Update", made by GitHub, because Discord uses a program, that GitHub / their devs were/are involved with making, to update the app, and some kind of bug happens that means it doesn't display as 'Discord'.
PolyHook_2_0
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Any sufficiently advanced uninstaller is indistinguishable from malware
And my more sophisticated library, https://github.com/stevemk14ebr/PolyHook_2_0
- Relive internal browser features
What are some alternatives?
AutoUpdater.NET - AutoUpdater.NET is a class library that allows .NET developers to easily add auto update functionality to their classic desktop application projects.
subhook - Simple hooking library for C/C++ (x86 only, 32/64-bit, no dependencies)
Wix Toolset
Microsoft Research Detours Package - Detours is a software package for monitoring and instrumenting API calls on Windows. It is distributed in source code form.
Chocolatey - Chocolatey - the package manager for Windows
PSDetour - Windows Detour Hooking in PowerShell
Clowd.Squirrel - Quick and easy installer and automatic updates for cross-platform dotnet applications
PSDetour-Hooks - Auditing Hooks for https://github.com/jborean93/PSDetour
NetSparkle - NetSparkle is a C# cross-platform software update framework for .NET developers compatible with .NET 4.6.2/.NET 6+, WinForms, WPF, and Avalonia; uses Ed25519 or DSA signatures! View basic usage here in the README or visit our website for code docs.
wixsharp - Framework for building a complete MSI or WiX source code by using script files written with C# syntax.
Onova - Unintrusive auto-update framework
omaha - Google Update for Windows