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How to install craft-anything on Windows (storytold/craft-anything) · gitmanual

How to install on Windows

storytold/craft-anything

Craft Anything: understand how any software works, and craft your own.

Rust

Difficulty: Easy
Time: about 5 min
Stars: ★ 17,730
Activity: Updated this month
License: Apache-2.0
Open issues: 211
Got it running: 12 people
Looked up: 29 min ago

Saved setup from 29 min ago

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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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Craft Anything v0.5.0 · 11/6/2026 ↗

craft-anything-0.5.0-windows-x64.msi

msi · x64 · 57.2 MB · 696 downloads · best match

Download

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/storytold/craft-anything/releases/download/v0.5.0/craft-anything-0.5.0-windows-x64.msi" -OutFile "craft-anything-0.5.0-windows-x64.msi"
msiexec /i "craft-anything-0.5.0-windows-x64.msi"

Other Windows downloads (5)

craft-anything-0.5.0-windows-arm64.msi

msi · ARM64 · 53.9 MB · 4 downloads

Download

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/storytold/craft-anything/releases/download/v0.5.0/craft-anything-0.5.0-windows-arm64.msi" -OutFile "craft-anything-0.5.0-windows-arm64.msi"
msiexec /i "craft-anything-0.5.0-windows-arm64.msi"

craft-anything-0.5.0-windows-x64-portable.zip

zip · x64 · 68.5 MB · 87 downloads

Download

Add the extracted folder to your PATH if it's a CLI tool.

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/storytold/craft-anything/releases/download/v0.5.0/craft-anything-0.5.0-windows-x64-portable.zip" -OutFile "craft-anything-0.5.0-windows-x64-portable.zip"
Expand-Archive "craft-anything-0.5.0-windows-x64-portable.zip" -DestinationPath .

craft-anything-0.5.0-windows-x86.msi

msi · 32-bit · 54.8 MB · 3 downloads

Download

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/storytold/craft-anything/releases/download/v0.5.0/craft-anything-0.5.0-windows-x86.msi" -OutFile "craft-anything-0.5.0-windows-x86.msi"
msiexec /i "craft-anything-0.5.0-windows-x86.msi"

craft-anything-0.5.0-windows-arm64-portable.zip

zip · ARM64 · 65.5 MB · 2 downloads

Download

Add the extracted folder to your PATH if it's a CLI tool.

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/storytold/craft-anything/releases/download/v0.5.0/craft-anything-0.5.0-windows-arm64-portable.zip" -OutFile "craft-anything-0.5.0-windows-arm64-portable.zip"
Expand-Archive "craft-anything-0.5.0-windows-arm64-portable.zip" -DestinationPath .

craft-anything-0.5.0-windows-x86-portable.zip

zip · 32-bit · 64.7 MB · 3 downloads

Download

Add the extracted folder to your PATH if it's a CLI tool.

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/storytold/craft-anything/releases/download/v0.5.0/craft-anything-0.5.0-windows-x86-portable.zip" -OutFile "craft-anything-0.5.0-windows-x86-portable.zip"
Expand-Archive "craft-anything-0.5.0-windows-x86-portable.zip" -DestinationPath .

Install with a package manager

Cargo

cargo install --path apps/craft-anything-cli         # the CLI, as `craft-anything-cli`

From the README, exactly as the maintainers wrote it.

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On Windows: 5 got it running, 1 got stuck.

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Good to know

Cargo workspace — pick a crate with cargo run -p <name>.
Has AGENTS.md — instructions for coding agents. You can open Claude Code (or another agent) in the cloned folder and ask it to do the setup for you.
Nested projects: apps/craft-anything-cli/Cargo.toml, apps/craft-anything-web/Cargo.toml, apps/craft-anything/Cargo.toml, crates/ai/Cargo.toml and 11 more

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