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Windows App Installer
Use this for normal installation and updates. It includes the desktop app, selection helper, local services, and packaged browser-helper files.
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Install the desktop app first. Add the browser helper only if you want stronger text-box and selection detection inside Chrome, Edge, Brave, Firefox, and other supported browsers.
The Windows app is the main product. The browser helper is optional and connects back to the local desktop bridge on your machine.
Two files, two roles. Most users only need the Windows app.
Recommended
Use this for normal installation and updates. It includes the desktop app, selection helper, local services, and packaged browser-helper files.
Optional
Install this only when you want browser field detection. It is a manual extension package until Grammate is published through browser stores.
Release files are generated into landing/downloads by the release script and should be uploaded with the landing site, but not committed to git.
Keep the install path simple: app first, extension second.
Download the app installer, open it, and let Windows replace the previous Grammate build if one is already installed.
Open the desktop app and confirm the local bridge is running before installing the browser helper.
Extract the zip, open your browser extensions page, enable developer mode, and load the extracted folder as an unpacked extension.
Use one release folder as the source of truth for users, the landing page, and future in-app updates.
Build into dist, then copy only release-ready files into landing/downloads for deployment. The folder should contain the installer, blockmap, update feed, extension zip, and manifest.
The download page reads downloads.json to get file names, versions, sizes, dates, and checksums. Updating the manifest updates the page without touching HTML.
Right now, users can update by downloading the newest installer. Later, add an in-app update checker that points to the same hosted latest.yml feed.
Manual extension zips do not auto-update. For automatic browser extension updates, publish to Chrome Web Store and Edge Add-ons, then link store pages from here.
The app installer is the primary download. The browser helper is optional and updated separately until store publishing is ready.
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