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Actual's server
https://actualbudget.org
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[Server Feature Request]: CI builds #467

Closed torculus closed 1 month ago

torculus commented 1 month ago

Verified issue does not already exist?

What happened?

GitHub allows for Continuous Integration builds through GitHub actions, which are free

Since most users (mainly on Windows) don't want to install npm, yarn, python, Visual Studio Code, etc. just to build the server, maybe we could consider setting up CI builds for various systems (e.g. Windows, macOS. Linux)?

What error did you receive?

No response

Where are you hosting Actual?

Locally via Yarn

What browsers are you seeing the problem on?

No response

Operating System

Windows 11

MatissJanis commented 1 month ago

👋 Hi! Would you mind clarifying what you mean by "ci builds"? What exactly are you looking for here?

The server itself doesn't have any "builds". It's just server-side code you deploy to a server or run locally. If you're looking to use Actual by just downloading a program and running it then look here: https://actualbudget.org/download/

For folks not wanting to install yarn/node - there's always the docker option available.

torculus commented 1 month ago

Right, but all of the Docker images are only for Linux. I'm on Windows and would prefer to self-host without installing node, yarn, etc.

MatissJanis commented 1 month ago

They should be runable on Windows too. Many people on Win use them. Did you try? If so - what problem are you experiencing with running them on Win?

torculus commented 1 month ago

Okay, it was my failure to understand how Actual is structured. I thought you could compile a standalone executable with yarn, and I was having trouble doing that. So I figured having a central place to build executables for Windows, macOS, Linux, etc. would be helpful

I'm trying it on Docker now, but still getting issues. I'll just close this issue and open a new one to track that 👍