best way to install golang cli apps on windows

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WiX (Windows Installer XML)

It depends on what you mean by "install" exactly. If you want to appear in the windows installed program list, then chocolately, scoop, winget, or building your own MSI are the way to go (WIX, or other more modern or paid tools...but be warned this is complex). If you just want them to be able to run it (and in the %PATH%) then a simple copy operation is sufficient with perhaps a command-line option to add itself to the %PATH% (requiring elevated privileges perhaps).

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Windows Package Manager CLI

It depends on what you mean by "install" exactly. If you want to appear in the windows installed program list, then chocolately, scoop, winget, or building your own MSI are the way to go (WIX, or other more modern or paid tools...but be warned this is complex). If you just want them to be able to run it (and in the %PATH%) then a simple copy operation is sufficient with perhaps a command-line option to add itself to the %PATH% (requiring elevated privileges perhaps).

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