Native Windows client

Native Windows client

[Ciro Iriarte]

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Hello,

I'm working on a native Windows client for PBS, is that something you would
consider adopting as a contribution?.

One thing to consider is that publication would require a yearly paid
certificate and free process with Microsoft to keep Smartscreen and
SecureBoot happy (Windows currently requires signing for both the installer
and kernel modules, WNBD in this case)

Regards,
CI.-

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Re: Native Windows client

[Christian Ebner]

Hi,


On 8/16/26 5:22 PM, Ciro Iriarte wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm working on a native Windows client for PBS, is that something you would
> consider adopting as a contribution?.

Yes, we definitely welcome bigger code and feature contributions!

However, please let me make clear that this comes with some caveats: We 
cannot accept low effort code contributions, which cannot keep up with 
expectations and quality assurance and only cause additional burden on 
review, testing and long term maintenance. Having some deeper 
understanding in Windows system programming and filesystems is therefore 
a must.

> One thing to consider is that publication would require a yearly paid
> certificate and free process with Microsoft to keep Smartscreen and
> SecureBoot happy (Windows currently requires signing for both the installer
> and kernel modules, WNBD in this case)

We do have some capabilities here in house as well, since required for 
secure boot. Not sure if it would be possible to use this for a windows 
native client for PBS as well. @Fabian maybe you have more insights and 
can comment on that?

Best regards,
Chris