Installing Brawta — and why Windows warns you

1. Make sure it's really ours

Only install the file from this site (brawta.app) or handed to you directly by us. Before you open it, you can prove it's the exact file we built — nothing added, nothing tampered with. Open PowerShell in the folder where you saved it and run:

It prints a long code. It should match this, our published fingerprint for v0.8.0 (capital or lowercase letters don't matter):

2. Windows will warn you — that's expected

When you run the installer, Windows may show a blue box: "Windows protected your PC." Nothing is wrong. It appears because we haven't yet bought the code-signing certificate that makes Windows recognise us by name — that needs our company paperwork to clear, and we're working through it.

Once you've checked the fingerprint above:

1. Click "More info"

   It's the small link in the warning box (it may be hidden until you click).

2. Click "Run anyway"

   The button appears after "More info". The installer then runs normally.

3. Follow the installer

   Choose where to install and finish — same as any Windows app.

3. That's it — and your data stays yours

Brawta runs fully offline. Your companies, employees, pay runs and payslips live on your own computer, not in anyone's cloud. Backups are yours to keep, encrypted, wherever you choose.

Why we're telling you all this

Bigger firms pay for that certificate up front so you never see a warning. We will too — but we'd rather earn your trust than rent it. So instead of hiding the warning, we're showing you how to check the file yourself and decide for yourself. That's the same way we built the app: your data, your machine, your call.