Windows Build Support - Fixes Required

[samuelbgitting]

Windows Build Support - Fixes Required

I successfully built Cracked Oura on Windows by resolving several issues. Documenting these here to help with the official Windows release.

Issues Found

1. Python backend build path (frontend/package.json)
The build:backend script uses a Unix-style path that doesn't work on Windows:

./venv/bin/python

Needs to be changed to:

venv\Scripts\python

2. echo command adds single quotes on Windows (frontend/package.json)
The echo command in the build script wraps the JSON in single quotes on Windows, producing invalid JSON in dist-electron/package.json:

'{"type":"commonjs"}'

Instead of the correct:

{"type":"commonjs"}

Fix: remove the single quotes from the echo command in the build script.

3. npm peer dependency conflict
react-day-picker@8.10.1 declares peer dependency on React 16/17/18 but the project uses React 19. Running npm install fails without the --legacy-peer-deps flag.

4. Symbolic link permissions
Running the build requires administrator privileges on Windows due to symbolic link creation during the winCodeSign extraction step.

Suggested package.json script fixes

"build:backend": "cd ../backend && venv\\Scripts\\python -m PyInstaller --noconfirm build.spec && cd ../frontend",
"build": "node --input-type=commonjs -e \"require('fs').rmSync('dist', {recursive: true, force: true})\" && npm run build:backend && tsc -b && vite build && tsc -p electron/tsconfig.json && echo {\"type\":\"commonjs\"} > dist-electron/package.json && electron-builder",

Environment

• OS: Windows 11
• Node.js: v18+
• Python: 3.11+

Hope this helps get an official Windows release out! Happy to test further if needed.

[ottodobretsberger]

Builds now, but login doesn't work. "failed to fetch" ?