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How to install pear-desktop on Windows (pear-devs/pear-desktop) · gitmanual

How to install on Windows

pear-devs/pear-desktop

Pear 🍐 is extension for music player

Node.jsVite#desktop-app#electron#linux#mac

Difficulty: Easy
Time: about 5 min
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Start here

In the browser ↗Open in GitHub CodespacesThe repo ships a dev container, so nothing to install.

Will it work on my device?

Yes, it installs on your Windows

A ready-made Windows download is in the latest release.

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Download for Windows

3.12.0 · 6/28/2026 ↗

YouTube-Music-Web-Setup-3.12.0.exe

exe · 681 KB · 75,545 downloads · best match

Download

Runs the installer.

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/pear-devs/pear-desktop/releases/download/v3.12.0/YouTube-Music-Web-Setup-3.12.0.exe" -OutFile "YouTube-Music-Web-Setup-3.12.0.exe"
Start-Process ".\YouTube-Music-Web-Setup-3.12.0.exe"

Other Windows downloads (1)

YouTube-Music-3.12.0.exe

exe · 287.3 MB · 84,990 downloads

Download

Standalone executable — no install needed.

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/pear-devs/pear-desktop/releases/download/v3.12.0/YouTube-Music-3.12.0.exe" -OutFile "YouTube-Music-3.12.0.exe"
Start-Process ".\YouTube-Music-3.12.0.exe"

Install with a package manager

Scoop

scoop install extras/pear-desktop

winget

winget install pear-devs.pear-desktop

From the README, exactly as the maintainers wrote it.

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Parts list

1×Node.js >=22runtime
1×pnpm package manager

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Good to know

Monorepo (workspaces) — install from the repo root.
Dev Container config found — you can open it in VS Code Dev Containers or GitHub Codespaces for a zero-setup environment.

package.json scripts (28)

postinstallpnpm install-electron
testpnpm playwright test
test:debugpnpm cross-env DEBUG=pw:*,-pw:test:protocol playwright test
buildpnpm electron-vite build
vite:inspectpnpm clean && electron-vite build --mode development && pnpm exec serve .vite-inspect
startpnpm electron-vite preview
start:debugpnpm cross-env ELECTRON_ENABLE_LOGGING=1 pnpm start
devpnpm cross-env NODE_ENV=development NODE_OPTIONS=--enable-source-maps electron-vite dev --watch
dev:rendererpnpm cross-env NODE_ENV=development NODE_OPTIONS=--enable-source-maps electron-vite dev
dev:debugpnpm cross-env ELECTRON_ENABLE_LOGGING=1 pnpm dev
cleanpnpm del-cli dist && pnpm del-cli pack && pnpm del-cli .vite-inspect
distpnpm clean && pnpm build && pnpm electron-builder --win --mac --linux -p never
dist:linuxpnpm clean && pnpm build && pnpm electron-builder --linux -p never
dist:linux:deb-arm64pnpm clean && pnpm build && pnpm electron-builder --linux deb:arm64 -p never
dist:linux:rpm-arm64pnpm clean && pnpm build && pnpm electron-builder --linux rpm:arm64 -p never
dist:macpnpm clean && pnpm build && pnpm electron-builder --mac dmg:x64 -p never
dist:mac:arm64pnpm clean && pnpm build && pnpm electron-builder --mac dmg:arm64 -p never
dist:winpnpm clean && pnpm build && pnpm electron-builder --win -p never
dist:win:x64pnpm clean && pnpm build && pnpm electron-builder --win nsis-web:x64 -p never
lintpnpm oxlint --type-aware src
formatpnpm oxfmt --write src
format:checkpnpm oxfmt --check src
changelogpnpm dlx auto-changelog
release:linuxpnpm clean && pnpm build && pnpm electron-builder --linux -p always -c.snap.publish=github
release:macpnpm clean && pnpm build && pnpm electron-builder --mac -p always

Files we read (10)

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

.github/workflows/build.yml

.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml

.github/workflows/issue-triage.yml

.github/workflows/pr-build-artifacts.yml

.github/workflows/reviewdog.yml

.github/workflows/winget-cla.yml

README.md

package.json

pnpm-workspace.yaml

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