[Feature Request] Add Windows Support (Not WSL)

[RoyiAvital]

Since Windows have tools like MSYS2, Git Bash and CMDer, could we have a native build for Windows?

[slothbear]

What does a native build mean in this context? I'm a Macintosh developer who has nothing against Windows, just trying to learn.

[RoyiAvital]

I meant it just run on Windows without WSL.

[aguevara]

It's a bash script today, someone would need to port it to, say, C, or fork it to PowerShell. Better yet, someone should just port bash to Windows!

[RoyiAvital]

I was under the impression that MSYS2 allows that exactly. I will try nb on it to see if there is an issue. It might be working.

[xwmx]

Currently, the core functionality should work as it currently exists in any environment with Bash, Git, and a POSIX environment with file system access. It might work in MSYS2 or Git for Windows. Full functionality is available if you can install packages from a package manager. If there’s an installer that makes sense for me to set up, let me know.

[RoyiAvital]

What would you install with a package manager? I think on MSYS2 there is PacMan.

[xwmx]

@RoyiAvital The recommended dependencies: bat, ncat, pandoc, rg, tig, w3m

[RoyiAvital]

OK, It seems all of them have a a Windows version, so there should be no issues.

[Karmac]

Hi, is there any plans on making this real?

@RoyiAvital did you manage to make it work without WSL?

[RoyiAvital]

@Karmac , Unfortunately, so far I haven't done it.

[ruapho]

I can confirm that nb works with windows using MSYS2. You can integrate it to Windows Terminal and it feels pretty native. Remember to add '-use-full-path' the the startup parameters of msys to grant it access to your PATH. Install with npm install -g nb.sh.