Can listmonk be used on Windows running XAMPP?

[dsshad]

Greetings,
not sure who you are targetting with the current installation instructions, but personally I feel a bit lost, so have to ask:

I've a VM running Windows + XAMPP for some "web applications". One of them is using PostgreSQL. Can listmonk be used in such an enviroment? There is a download for Windows, so I would think yes, it should, but I have no idea how to install it. "Binary" sounds like the correct option, but still no idea how to proceed...

Trying to open the "listmonk_6.0.0_windows_amd64.tar.gz" file using WinRAR displays an error. Same with extracting.

Where do I execute these commands?

./listmonk --new-config to generate config.toml. Edit the file.
./listmonk --install to install the tables in the Postgres DB (⩾ 12).
Run ./listmonk and [...]

[MaximilianKohler]

There's a "tutorials" section in the docs. I'm pretty sure there's a youtube video showing how to install it on Windows, but there are significant downsides to doing so, which are discussed in other issues.

[dsshad]

I went through the tutorials before posting and I also watched the video linked in "Binary install on your PC. Discussions of limitations: [1][2].", but still I didn't know how to proceed. The window that appears at 1:57 was nothing I was familiar with and that was my problem. Watched it again and tried to figure out, what this windows was. The majority of people checking out listmonk will probably know that it's PowerShell etc., but not all. That's what I meant by saying "Not sure who you are targetting with the installation instructions".

However, the usage I had in mind is apparently not a good option anyway, so nevermind.

Edit: Got it up and running. It could be fine for our needs, despite limitations on Windows.