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How to install What a Pull on Windows

What a Pull does what Deepstash, Blinkist, Shortform does, and Deepstash, Blinkist, Shortform costs Paid. This guide gets you the free one.

What you end up with

What a Pull installed like any other app on your Windows PC. It is free, and it stays free — there is no account, no trial and no subscription at the end of this.

Time
About 36 minutes
Steps
13
Cost
Free

Before you start

These are one-time installs. If you have used PowerShell before, you may have them already — the first step checks.

  1. Install Git

    Run the installer, then reopen PowerShell.

    Open installer

    You know this worked when: Git responds with a version number

  2. Install Node LTS

    Run the LTS installer, then reopen PowerShell.

    Open download

    You know this worked when: Node responds with a version number

Install What a Pull

  1. Open PowerShell

    Keep it open beside this page.

    You know this worked when: PowerShell is open

  2. Check Git and Node

    Git and the current Node LTS are required.

    Type this into PowerShell, then press Enter.

    git --version
node --version

    You know this worked when: Git and Node respond with version numbers

  3. Install pnpm

    The app is a pnpm project.

    Type this into PowerShell, then press Enter.

    npm.cmd install -g pnpm

    You know this worked when: pnpm responds with a version number

  4. Install Docker Desktop

    Open it once so the engine starts, then come back here.

    Open download

    You know this worked when: docker --version prints a version

  5. Copy What a Pull to this PC

    Type this into PowerShell, then press Enter. The first line moves you into the folder this step runs in, so it works in a window you have just opened.

    cd ~
if [ ! -d pull/.git ]; then
git clone https://github.com/JaiSharma7/pull.git
fi

    You know this worked when: A pull folder appears

  6. Open the What a Pull folder

    Type this into PowerShell, then press Enter. The first line moves you into the folder this step runs in, so it works in a window you have just opened.

    cd ~
cd pull

    You know this worked when: Your terminal prompt is inside the pull folder

  7. Use the reviewed version

    Type this into PowerShell, then press Enter. The first line moves you into the folder this step runs in, so it works in a window you have just opened.

    cd ~/pull
git checkout cb840503314bb6c49931c70897dd82d93c858aca

    You know this worked when: Git reports the reviewed commit

  8. Install dependencies

    Type this into PowerShell, then press Enter. The first line moves you into the folder this step runs in, so it works in a window you have just opened.

    cd ~/pull
pnpm.cmd install

    You know this worked when: The command finishes without an error

  9. Try What a Pull

    Keep PowerShell open.

    Type this into PowerShell, then press Enter. The first line moves you into the folder this step runs in, so it works in a window you have just opened.

    cd ~/pull
pnpm.cmd run dev

    You know this worked when: What a Pull opens

  10. Allow Microphone

    Approve it when Windows asks.

    You know this worked when: Microphone is turned on

  11. Try it

    What a Pull should be open and ready to use.

    You know this worked when: What a Pull works

If something goes wrong

Nothing here can damage your computer, and every step can be run again safely. If a command fails, the usual cause is the step before it not having finished.

Still stuck? Tell us what happened and we will fix the guide. Include the step number and we can usually reproduce it.

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