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The Desktop app is capable of self-updating on macOS and Windows.
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The update server base url is configurable as `update_base_url` in config.json and can be served by a static file host,
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CDN or object storage.
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Currently all packaging & deployment is handled by [Github actions](https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/blob/develop/.github/workflows/build_desktop_and_deploy.yaml)
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# Windows
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On Windows the update mechanism used is [Squirrel.Windows](https://github.com/Squirrel/Squirrel.Windows)
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and can be served by any compatible Squirrel server, such as https://github.com/Tiliq/squirrel-server
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# macOS
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On macOS the update mechanism used is [Squirrel.Mac](https://github.com/Squirrel/Squirrel.Mac)
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using the newer JSON format as documented [here](https://github.com/Squirrel/Squirrel.Mac#update-file-json-format).
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