Install on Windows

The Windows installer ships as both a PowerShell script and a CMD launcher. The wizard can install Dagu as a Windows service using a version-pinned WinSW wrapper downloaded during setup.

PowerShell

irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dagucloud/dagu/main/scripts/installer.ps1 | iex

Install a specific version or location

# Specific version
& ([scriptblock]::Create((irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dagucloud/dagu/main/scripts/installer.ps1))) -Version vX.Y.Z

# Custom directory
& ([scriptblock]::Create((irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dagucloud/dagu/main/scripts/installer.ps1))) `
  -Version latest `
  -InstallDir "C:\tools\dagu"

Install as a Windows service

The installer will prompt to elevate automatically. For non-interactive setups, start PowerShell as Administrator and run:

& ([scriptblock]::Create((irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dagucloud/dagu/main/scripts/installer.ps1))) `
  -Version latest `
  -Service yes `
  -InstallDir "C:\Program Files\Dagu" `
  -AdminUsername admin `
  -AdminPassword "change-me-now"

Common parameters

Parameter	Purpose
-Version vX.Y.Z	Install a specific release
-InstallDir <path>	Custom install location
-Service yes	Register a Windows service (requires elevation)
-AdminUsername <u> -AdminPassword <p>	Bootstrap first admin
-DryRun -NoPrompt	CI preview mode

CMD launcher

For environments where running PowerShell inline is awkward:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dagucloud/dagu/main/scripts/installer.cmd -o installer.cmd && .\installer.cmd && del installer.cmd

With flags:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dagucloud/dagu/main/scripts/installer.cmd -o installer.cmd && .\installer.cmd -Version vX.Y.Z && del installer.cmd

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dagucloud/dagu/main/scripts/installer.cmd -o installer.cmd && .\installer.cmd -Version latest -InstallDir "C:\tools\dagu" && del installer.cmd

Manual binary

Download the Windows archive from GitHub Releases, extract dagu.exe, and add its folder to your PATH.

Verify

dagu version
Get-Service dagu    # if installed as a Windows service

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