No .exe or installer files.

[aowi7280]

I don't see any executable or installer files under Releases. Is there someone who can create one for windows, please?

[matthew73210]

And OSx. Becuase it won't build either.

[matthew73210]

https://github.com/cleanflight/blackbox-tools/releases

[nerdCopter]

only the compressed files are available. there are no installers. decompress and execute via commandline.
sorry, i followed your link thinking it was BF. i was wrong.

[nerdCopter]

someone else will have to compile, i only have Linux environment.
make clean ; make all worked for me.
output to ./obj/blackbox_decode

[matthew73210]

only the compressed files are available. there are no installers. decompress and execute via commandline. sorry, i followed your link thinking it was BF. i was wrong.

I just tried it with a BFL file and it works fine. So it works for BF. So for OSX it works fine.

[nerdCopter]

@coderabbitai ,

• In reference to this issue (No .exe or installer files. #45) and also issue Provide pre built binaries. #2, make new github actions in the same fashion as other betaflight repositories to build executables for Linux, OSX and Windows.
• The artifacts should only be ./obj/blackbox_decode, ./obj/blackbox_render, and ./obj/encoder_testbed. in the case of windows, theses files will likely be appended with .exe. be sure to be case-insensitive for the Windows artifacts.
• Don't make the github actions too complex, we only need to build for PR's and for releases.
• Make a PR for your changes.

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@nerdCopter Got it – we’ll add a lightweight CI matrix (Linux + macOS + Windows) that:

• Calls the existing make clean && make all target.
• Uploads only the three resulting binaries:
– obj/blackbox_decode*
– obj/blackbox_render*
– obj/encoder_testbed* (case-insensitive “*.exe” handling on Windows).

Build triggers: pull_request and release only.

I’ll draft two workflow files (build.yml for PRs, release.yml for tagged releases) re-using the same steps other Betaflight repos follow, then open a PR.

Details follow in the change plan below. Let me know if you want any tweaks before I proceed. 👇

• Add .github/workflows/build.yml – 3-job matrix (ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest) that:
– Checks out code, sets up caching
– Runs make clean && make all
– Uploads the three artifacts mentioned above with a single actions/upload-artifact step, using a glob pattern per-OS.

• Add .github/workflows/release.yml – same jobs, gated on release event with type published, then attaches artifacts to the GitHub Release using actions/upload-release-asset.

• No other repo files changed.

Let me know if you’d prefer a single workflow file or any other adjustments, and I’ll finalize the PR.

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A summary of the edits CodeRabbit can apply:

Will add two new GitHub Actions workflows (build.yml and release.yml) that compile the project on Ubuntu, macOS, and Windows using make clean && make all, then upload only the binaries obj/blackbox_decode*, obj/blackbox_render*, and obj/encoder_testbed* (case‐insensitive “*.exe” on Windows). build.yml triggers on pull_request, while release.yml triggers when a GitHub Release is published.

Two new workflow files will be created that call the Makefile located in the git/ sub-directory. They compile with “make clean && make all”, then upload only git/obj/blackbox_decode*, git/obj/blackbox_render*, and git/obj/encoder_testbed* (handling “*.exe” on Windows). build.yml is triggered on pull_request, release.yml on release → published.

A plan of each step that CodeRabbit will take in order to execute the edits for each file (with inline rough draft snippets):

📄 .github/workflows/build.yml

Create directory .github/workflows if it doesn’t exist.

---

Add the following content to .github/workflows/build.yml:

name: CI – Build binaries

on:
  pull_request:

jobs:
  build:
    name: Build (${{ matrix.os }})
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
    strategy:
      matrix:
        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]

    steps:
      - name: Checkout source
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Install build deps (Linux/macOS)
        if: runner.os != 'Windows'
        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y gcc make || true

      - name: Install build deps (Windows)
        if: runner.os == 'Windows'
        uses: msys2/setup-msys2@v2
        with:
          install: >-
            mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc
            make

      - name: Build
        shell: bash
        run: |
          make clean
          make all

      - name: Upload artifacts
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: blackbox-binaries-${{ matrix.os }}
          path: |
            obj/blackbox_decode*
            obj/blackbox_render*
            obj/encoder_testbed*

---

Add the following file as .github/workflows/release.yml:

name: Release – Build & Upload binaries

on:
  release:
    types: [published]

jobs:
  build-release:
    name: Build & attach (${{ matrix.os }})
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
    strategy:
      matrix:
        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]

    steps:
      - name: Checkout source
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Install build deps (Linux/macOS)
        if: runner.os != 'Windows'
        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y gcc make || true

      - name: Install build deps (Windows)
        if: runner.os == 'Windows'
        uses: msys2/setup-msys2@v2
        with:
          install: >-
            mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc
            make

      - name: Build
        shell: bash
        run: |
          make clean
          make all

      - name: Upload to release
        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
        with:
          files: |
            obj/blackbox_decode*
            obj/blackbox_render*
            obj/encoder_testbed*

---

Commit both workflow files and open a pull request titled “Add cross-platform CI (Linux/macOS/Windows) and release workflows” with description referencing issues #45 and #2.

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[nerdCopter]

@coderabbitai, it seems this repo already has github workflows; however, maybe they are incomplete or disabled. please update .github/workflows/ci.yml to include Windows executables. make a pull request with the updates.

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A summary of the edits CodeRabbit can apply:

Update .github/workflows/ci.yml to include Windows build support with proper MSYS2/MinGW setup and dependency installation.

A plan of each step that CodeRabbit will take in order to execute the edits for each file (with inline rough draft snippets):

✏️ .github/workflows/ci.yml

Add Windows to the build matrix by inserting a new entry after the macOS entry. Replace the matrix section (lines 10-18) with:

    strategy:
      matrix:
        include:
          - name: Linux
            os: ubuntu-latest

          - name: macOS
            os: macos-13

          - name: Windows
            os: windows-latest

This adds Windows to the build matrix alongside Linux and macOS.

---

Add Windows-specific dependency installation step after the macOS dependencies section. Insert the following after line 31:

      - name: Install dependencies (Windows)
        if: matrix.os == 'windows-latest'
        uses: msys2/setup-msys2@v2
        with:
          msystem: MINGW64
          install: >-
            mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc
            mingw-w64-x86_64-pkg-config
            mingw-w64-x86_64-freetype
            mingw-w64-x86_64-cairo
            make

This uses MSYS2 to install the necessary build tools and dependencies for Windows compilation, including the required cairo and freetype libraries.

---

Modify the "Build the tools" step to use bash shell consistently across all platforms and ensure it works in the MSYS2 environment. Replace the existing build step (around line 34) with:

      - name: Build the tools
        shell: bash
        working-directory: git
        run: make all

This ensures consistent shell behavior across Linux, macOS, and Windows, and sets the working directory to the git subdirectory where the Makefile is located.

---

Update the artifact upload step path to account for the git subdirectory structure. Modify the path in the artifact upload step (around line 39) to:

      - name: Publish build artifacts
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: Blackbox tools artifacts ${{matrix.name}}
          path: git/obj/*
          retention-days: 60

This ensures artifacts are uploaded from the correct location since the build happens in the git subdirectory, and Windows executables with .exe extensions will be included automatically.

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