No pre-compiled *.exe for Windows?

[tobwz]

Is there somewhere a pre-compiled *.exe for Windows available for download?

[urbanadventurer]

No exe for windows. Is this important to anyone else? If so I’ll consider it. In the meantime, feel free to suggest Ruby to EXE package methods along with pros and cons

[yangnuozhen]

In theory, it is possible to package it into a standalone executable (for example using Ruby packaging tools), but:

1. The resulting executable tends to be quite large because it needs to bundle the Ruby runtime, standard libraries, and all dependencies.
2. Performance may be slightly degraded compared to running it natively with Ruby, since everything is wrapped in a packaged runtime environment.
3. Compatibility issues can arise, especially around native extensions (e.g. psych, libyaml, openssl), which may behave differently across Windows versions.
4. Plugin loading and file path handling can also become less reliable in a packaged environment.

Because of these reasons, i recommend u to use WhatWeb on Windows is to run it via Ruby (or WSL).

I'm now using WSL to run it. You can just follow the Installation manual in wiki to get it.