How to install What a Pull on Windows

Before you start

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

1. 1

   Install Git

   Run the installer, then reopen PowerShell.

   Open installer ↗

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

2. 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. 3

   Open PowerShell

   Keep it open beside this page.

   You know this worked when: PowerShell is open

2. 4

   Check Git and Node

   Git and the current Node LTS are required.

   Type this into PowerShell (not Command Prompt), then press Enter.

   Copy the command for step 4

   git --version
   node --version

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

3. 5

   Install pnpm

   The app is a pnpm project.

   Type this into PowerShell (not Command Prompt), then press Enter.

   Copy the command for step 5

   npm.cmd install -g pnpm

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

4. 6

   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. 7

   Copy What a Pull to this PC

   Type this into PowerShell (not Command Prompt), 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.

   Copy the command for step 7

   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. 8

   Open the What a Pull folder

   Type this into PowerShell (not Command Prompt), 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.

   Copy the command for step 8

   cd ~
   cd pull

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

7. 9

   Use the reviewed version

   Type this into PowerShell (not Command Prompt), 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.

   Copy the command for step 9

   cd ~/pull
   git checkout cb840503314bb6c49931c70897dd82d93c858aca

   You know this worked when: Git reports the reviewed commit

8. 10

   Install dependencies

   Type this into PowerShell (not Command Prompt), 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.

   Copy the command for step 10

   cd ~/pull
   pnpm.cmd install

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

9. 11

   Try What a Pull

   Keep PowerShell open.

   Type this into PowerShell (not Command Prompt), 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.

   Copy the command for step 11

   cd ~/pull
   pnpm.cmd run dev

   You know this worked when: What a Pull opens

10. 12

    Allow Microphone

    Approve it when Windows asks.

    You know this worked when: Microphone is turned on

11. 13

    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.