Please digitally sign installer and application binaries

[cody-somerville]

Please digitally sign the Windows installer and application binaries.

A digitally signed installer and application binaries assures users that the software has not been tampered with since it was signed and improves the user installation experience by increasing trust and reducing likelihood of being blocked/warned by Windows Defender SmartScreen.

[ShreyasZare]

Thanks for the post. The code signing certs are too expensive which is why the binaries are not signed currently. Will try to get it done in future once its feasible.

[thetredev]

ChrisTitusTech (who you might know from YouTube) distributes unsigned binaries for free on GitHub (https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil), but also distributes signed binaries for a price on his website, to at least have a chance to nullify the costs of certification. Maybe you can do the same? Just a thought.

[ShreyasZare]

ChrisTitusTech (who you might know from YouTube) distributes unsigned binaries for free on GitHub (https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil), but also distributes signed binaries for a price on his website, to at least have a chance to nullify the costs of certification. Maybe you can do the same? Just a thought.

Thanks for the suggestion. I am not sure users would appreciate such a differentiation. Will think on this for a while though.

[cody-somerville]

Would distribution via Windows app store be an option? They would provide signing and only cost would be a $99 one time registration fee. This would only work if can be packaged as msix.

[thetredev]

@ShreyasZare yeah I don't think many people will buy it in the end or attract more people in general imo.

[ShreyasZare]

Would distribution via Windows app store be an option? They would provide signing and only cost would be a $99 one time registration fee. This would only work if can be packaged as msix.

Thanks for the suggestion. Will evaluate that option once.