Photino Desktop Build

Photino is provided as an optional desktop wrapper around the Blazor UI. The recommended deployment is the Docker server: it is fully supported and continuously tested.

Note: Photino builds are not published in CI by default.

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Prerequisites

• .NET SDK 8.0+
• Platform-specific runtime (see Photino documentation)

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Build Steps

Linux

dotnet publish MelodyBridge.Desktop/MelodyBridge.Desktop.csproj \
  -c Release -r linux-x64 --self-contained=false

Windows

dotnet publish MelodyBridge.Desktop/MelodyBridge.Desktop.csproj \
  -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained=false

macOS

dotnet publish MelodyBridge.Desktop/MelodyBridge.Desktop.csproj \
  -c Release -r osx-x64 --self-contained=false

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Output

The published binaries are placed in:

MelodyBridge.Desktop/bin/Release/net8.0/<rid>/publish/

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Distribution Notes

• Package per-platform installers using your preferred tooling (Inno Setup, DMG, etc.)
• Sign binaries with a code-signing certificate before distribution
• The Photino window wraps the same Blazor UI as the web server: no feature differences

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Troubleshooting

Issue	Likely Cause	Fix
Blank window	Missing ASP.NET runtime	Install aspnetcore-runtime-8.0
API calls fail	Backend not running	Ensure the server is accessible
Missing icons	Photino assets path	Verify wwwroot/ is published