From 02b982f000c6ee07217e2be7894b0daae10dab4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Maximilian Hils Date: Thu, 26 May 2022 14:12:25 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] windows install: document that installer is faster refs #5375 --- docs/src/content/overview-installation.md | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/src/content/overview-installation.md b/docs/src/content/overview-installation.md index 3052bb491..a65ae0fa4 100644 --- a/docs/src/content/overview-installation.md +++ b/docs/src/content/overview-installation.md @@ -34,8 +34,10 @@ the repository maintainers directly for issues with native packages. ## Windows -To install mitmproxy on Windows, download the installer from [mitmproxy.org](https://mitmproxy.org/). After -installation, mitmproxy, mitmdump and mitmweb are also added to your PATH and can be invoked from the command line. +To install mitmproxy on Windows, download the installer from [mitmproxy.org](https://mitmproxy.org/). +We also provide standalone binaries, they take significantly longer to start +as some files need to be extracted to temporary directories first. +After installation, mitmproxy, mitmdump and mitmweb are also added to your PATH and can be invoked from the command line. We highly recommend to [install Windows Terminal](https://aka.ms/terminal) to improve the rendering of the console interface.