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Installing on Windows

Daisy ships two Windows builds — an NSIS installer (recommended for most people) and a portable zip that runs without installing. Pick whichever fits your setup; both are the same Daisy underneath. Both need the WebView2 runtime, which is preinstalled on Windows 11 and recent Windows 10.

Installer

  1. Go to www.daisylocal.app and click Download. Choose Windows, and the installer (Daisy_<version>_x64-setup.exe) starts downloading.
  2. Run it and follow the prompts. It installs for your user account only — no administrator rights needed.
  3. Launch Daisy from the Start menu when it finishes.

Portable build

Prefer not to install? On the download page choose the portable Windows option to grab daisy-<version>.zip. Unzip it anywhere, open the portable/ subfolder, and double-click daisy-app.exe. Your recordings and settings still live in your user profile (not the app folder), so you can move or delete the unzipped folder freely.

Verifying the download (optional)

If you want to confirm the file is intact:

  1. On the download page, note the SHA-256 shown in the build details next to the version and release date.

  2. In PowerShell, run Get-FileHash against the file you downloaded, for example:

    Get-FileHash .\Daisy_<version>_x64-setup.exe -Algorithm SHA256

  3. Compare the hash to the value on the download page — they should match character-for-character. If they don't, redownload from www.daisylocal.app.