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There is no installer and no runtime to fetch: the .NET runtime is bundled and the whole app lives in one folder you can move, copy to a USB stick or delete when you are done.
The version, file name, size and date above are
read from the newest GitHub release when JavaScript is available; otherwise the values baked into this page
are shown. The checksum is always in SHA256SUMS.txt, attached to the release. Downloads come
from GitHub Releases.
The build is not code-signed, so Windows SmartScreen may warn on first launch. Compare the hash instead of trusting the download blindly.
# PowerShell, in the folder you downloaded to
Get-FileHash .\nimby-0.9.0-win-x64.zip -Algorithm SHA256Compare with the value above, or with the line for this file in SHA256SUMS.txt. If they differ, delete the zip and download again.
Why unsigned? Code signing certificates cost money per year and this is a free, community-maintained tool. Reproducible hashes and the public source are what you get instead: the complete source for every release is on GitHub, and the checksum is attached to every release.
Extract it anywhere writable — for example C:\Games\Nimby or a USB stick.
| Path | What it is |
|---|---|
Nimby.exe | the desktop app |
bin\nimby.exe | the command line tool the GUI drives — keep it in bin |
data\ | portable configuration and hash cache, created on first run |
assets\branding\ | logos and marks used by the About page |
docs\ | the tutorial, the repository format notes and the screenshots |
LICENSE, LICENSE-ADDITIONAL-TERMS.md, NOTICE, THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.md, LICENSES\ | licence, attribution terms and third-party notices |
Configuration, the hash cache and cached repository artwork stay in data\ next to the
executable. Move the folder and your repositories, paths and parameters move with it. If the folder is
read-only (Program Files), Nimby falls back to %APPDATA%\Nimby.
Extract the new zip over the old folder, keeping data\. Mods, the shared store and the
tracking index stay in your workspace, so nothing is reinstalled. nimby update --check
tells you what changed in the repository.
Delete the folder. Nothing is registered in Windows, no service runs, no files are written to
Program Files or the registry. Remove your workspace and store folders separately if you
want the disk space back.
Building from source instead? Rust stable, the .NET 10 SDK and MSVC or MinGW-w64 are enough — instructions are in the README.