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