DevTools Hub is a Windows desktop installer and manager for developer tools. It helps you provision a development machine with the essentials in one place: version control, runtimes, package managers, editors, CLIs, databases, containers, web server tooling, and system dependencies.

Built with Electron, React, TypeScript, Vite, and Tailwind CSS.

• Desktop interface for discovering and installing developer tools on Windows.
• Parallel tool detection with installed/not-installed status from live registry PATH.
• Hardened Electron shell: sandbox: true, Content-Security-Policy, external-navigation guard.
• On-disk installer resolution via asar.unpacked — no runtime download from GitHub.
• UAC-elevated install/uninstall with tee-file stdout streaming for progress.
• Per-tool try/catch in install queue — one failure no longer aborts the batch.
• One-click developer profiles for fast environment bootstrap.
• CLI companion (devtoolshub) for listing, installing, testing, diagnosing, exporting configs.
• Install logs for troubleshooting failed installs.

Latest build on the Releases page.

For Windows, download:

DevTools Hub Setup 1.2.0.exe

Most installers require administrator permission (system-level tools, PATH updates). The app triggers a UAC prompt as needed.

Linux and macOS support has been removed. The app enforces Windows-only at startup.

Install dependencies:

npm install

Run the app in development mode:

npm run dev

Build the renderer, main process, and CLI:

npm run build

Create a distributable build:

npm run dist

Requires Node.js >= 18.

After building, the CLI entrypoint is available at:

dist/cli/cli.js

Common commands:

devtoolshub list
devtoolshub install git github-cli
devtoolshub status
devtoolshub diagnose
devtoolshub export-config > devtools-config.json
devtoolshub update <tool>     # winget upgrade
devtoolshub uninstall <tool>  # UAC-elevated

src/
  cli/              Command-line interface
  main/             Electron main process and IPC handlers
  renderer/         React application
  shared/           Shared tool metadata and types
installers/
  windows/          PowerShell installers (asar-unpacked at runtime)
resources/          App icons and packaged assets

Release builds are written to the release/ directory.

Windows release assets:

DevTools Hub Setup x.y.z.exe
DevTools Hub Setup x.y.z.exe.blockmap
latest.yml

The unpacked build directory and Electron Builder debug files are local build outputs and should not be uploaded as release assets.

Issues and suggestions are welcome through GitHub Issues.

When adding a new tool, update the shared tool catalog and provide a Windows PowerShell installer script.

MIT