velopack/vendor

Vendor Binaries

This folder contains pre-compiled binaries from a variety of sources. These should be updated periodically.

singlefilehost.exe

• This is the native exe that has the .net native runtime linked in.
• It is also used for re-packing the Update.exe binary.
• Can be found in the dotnet SDK at "C:\Program Files\dotnet\packs\Microsoft.NETCore.App.Host.win-x86\6.0.0\runtimes\win-x86\native\singlefilehost.exe".
• Can also be downloaded from NuGet, from here https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.NETCore.App.Host.win-x86/6.0.0
• MIT License: https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/blob/main/LICENSE.TXT

nuget.exe

• Used with the pack command to bundle an application directory into a nuget package, which is then used to create Squirrel releases
• Can be found at https://www.nuget.org/downloads
• Apache 2.0 License: https://github.com/NuGet/NuGet.Client/blob/dev/LICENSE.txt

rcedit.exe

• Updates PE resources, like VersionInfo or icons. It is used when generating Setup.exe and Update.exe to apply the user preferences.
• Can be found at https://github.com/electron/rcedit/releases
• MIT License: https://github.com/electron/rcedit/blob/master/LICENSE

signtool.exe

• Signs application binaries while building Squirrel packages.
• Can be found in the Windows SDK at "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.19041.0\x86\signtool.exe" or similar, depending on the version of the SDK you have installed.
• License? https://github.com/dotnet/docs/issues/10478

7z.exe / 7z.dll

• Incldued because it is much faster at zipping / unzipping than the available managed algorithms.
• Can be found at https://www.7-zip.org/
• License is LGPL & BSD 3: https://www.7-zip.org/license.txt

wix

• Can be used to build persistent msi packages for the purposes of AD deployment
• Can be found at https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix3/releases
• MS-RL License: https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix3/blob/develop/LICENSE.TXT