Installation: Windows

Desktop App Installation

Scrypted NVR on Windows must install the Install or Migrate to the Desktop Application. The Desktop App has GPU acceleration, is fully self contained with zero dependencies, and requires a license. The free version of Scrypted may be installed using the Command Line Installation below.

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Command Line Installation

This script will download all the dependencies, including Node.js, Additional Tools for Node.js, Python, and install Scrypted as a service.

1. Open a PowerShell Terminal by clicking Start, type "Windows PowerShell" and click "Run as Administrator" option

2. Use the Copy button in the snippet below and paste it into Powershell to allow execution of unsigned scripts.

Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted

3. Press "y" to accept execution policy change

4. Use the Copy button in the snippet below to copy and paste it into Powershell to install Scrypted.

iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/koush/scrypted/main/install/local/install-scrypted-dependencies-win.ps1'))

Scrypted is now running at: https://localhost:10443/

Note that it is https and that you'll be asked to approve/ignore the website certificate.

Firewall

After installation, a firewall permission dialog may be shown. This must be set to allow all networks, including public networks.

• If this prompt does not show up, you must go to the Windows Firewall settings and allow Node.js JavaScript Runtime and Python to communicate with Private and Public networks as shown below.