Windows

From the server repository:

./build.ps1
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force C:\EditorCollab | Out-Null
Copy-Item dist\collab-server-windows-amd64.exe C:\EditorCollab\collab-server.exe

If PowerShell refuses the script: powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File build.ps1.

In a window, while you try it. Logs stay on screen, and closing the window stops the server.

C:\EditorCollab\collab-server.exe -data C:\EditorCollab\data -password "my-password"

In the background, for normal use. The command returns as soon as the server answers.

C:\EditorCollab\collab-server.exe -detach -data C:\EditorCollab\data -password "my-password"
C:\EditorCollab\collab-server.exe -stop -data C:\EditorCollab\data

Logs go to C:\EditorCollab\data\server.log.

On the first start, Windows asks whether to allow network access. Check Private networks. Check Public networks only if you actually need them.

Otherwise, in an administrator PowerShell:

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Editor Collaboration" -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 7878 -Action Allow -Profile Private

The address to give the team is the IPv4 Address from ipconfig, for example 192.168.1.10. Server URL is then ws://192.168.1.10:7878/ws. A DHCP reservation on the router keeps that address from changing.

At sign-in, with the icon. Press Win + R, run shell:startup, and create a shortcut whose target is:

C:\EditorCollab\collab-server.exe -detach -data C:\EditorCollab\data -password "my-password"

At boot, before anyone signs in. A scheduled task, from an administrator PowerShell. It runs in the background with no icon, because there is no desktop yet.

schtasks /Create /TN "Editor Collaboration" /SC ONSTART /RU SYSTEM /TR "\"C:\EditorCollab\collab-server.exe\" -data C:\EditorCollab\data -log C:\EditorCollab\data\server.log -password my-password"
schtasks /Run /TN "Editor Collaboration"
schtasks /Delete /TN "Editor Collaboration" /F

Stop that task with an administrator PowerShell, because it runs as SYSTEM:

C:\EditorCollab\collab-server.exe -stop -data C:\EditorCollab\data