Paradev's download page offers macOS and Linux and never mentions Windows. The homepage FAQ and the README say "Windows is not yet available", and there is no waitlist or email field anywhere on the path. Yet Windows is the most used operating system among professional developers (49.5% in Stack Overflow's 2025 survey, ahead of macOS at 32.9%). Every comparison page, profile page and translated page still sends visitors to "Download for macOS". A community developer built an unofficial Windows port in June, so the demand is real, but right now every Windows visitor leaves without a trace.
First action
Add a Windows notice and an email field to /download, shown when the visitor's operating system is Windows.
How to measure it
Windows waitlist sign-ups
- Now
- –
- Target
- 3,000
- By
- 60 days
Steps
Measure the leak
Share of /download and homepage visits from Windows, and macOS-button clicks from Windows machines.
Founding Engineer 1 day
Write the status line
One honest sentence on Windows plans; no date unless there is one.
Cofounder and CPO 1 hour
Add the waitlist
Email, agent used, WSL yes or no, team size; shown to Windows visitors in place of the macOS button.
Founding Engineer 2 days
Test a today path
Check whether a Windows user can work through a Linux host or cloud workspace plus the mobile app; document it only if it works.
Cofounder and CTO 3 days
Publish /windows
Status, waitlist and FAQ in the 18 site languages, linked from docs Install.
Cofounder and CPO 1 week
Invite the community
Ask the developers behind the unofficial port and the Windows issues on GitHub to join the beta list.
Cofounder and CEO 1 day
Keep the list warm
A monthly Windows update alongside the changelog email (idea 7).
Cofounder and CPO monthly
Decide the build
Use list size, agent mix and WSL share to scope the native build.
Cofounder and CTO 60 days
Why it works
Detect Windows visitors on /download, on the homepage and behind every "Download for macOS" button, and give them a Windows panel instead of a dead end. The panel has an honest status line and a short waitlist: email, which agent they use, whether they work in WSL and their team size. It also offers what a Windows developer can do today, but only once the team has confirmed it works: the iPhone and iPad app with a Linux host or cloud workspace. Add a Windows section to the docs Install page and a /windows page in the 18 languages the site already supports. Send waitlist members the changelog and a beta invite. Then use the list size by agent, WSL use and team size to decide when and how to build Windows natively (idea 20).
Half of the professional developer market is invisible to Paradev today. A waitlist turns a lost visit into a contact and gives a measured case for the Windows build. On launch day, thousands of people are already waiting instead of hearing about it cold.
Ready to use
CopyWindows panel for /download
Headline: Paradev for Windows is on the way Body: Paradev runs on macOS and Linux today. Windows is not yet available, and we want to build it with the developers who will use it. Field: Work email Question 1: Which coding agent do you use most? Question 2: Do you work in WSL? (Yes / No / Sometimes) Question 3: How many people on your team would use it? Button: Join the Windows beta list Below (only once tested): On Windows today? Run agents on a Linux host or a cloud workspace and follow them from the iPhone or iPad app. See the docs.
Risks and how to handle them
A waitlist reads as a promise
Say plainly that there is no date yet, and send real updates.
A today path that only half works
Publish it only after three Windows users have tested it.
Evidence
- Your websiteDownload page (checked November 9, 2026): "The Paradev desktop app is available for macOS and Linux" and the CLI is for "macOS and Linux", plus iPhone and iPad apps. The page never mentions Windows and has no waitlist or email field.Source
- Your websiteHomepage: H1 "Run an Army of Coding Agents", "The open-source workspace for Claude Code, Codex, and any coding agent"; tabs for cloud workspaces, parallel agents, automations (agents "triage issues, draft changelogs, and bump dependencies") and Pages; every main button says "Download for macOS" and the FAQ says "Windows is not yet available"; "Paradev doesn't proxy any API calls"; logos from 14 companies including Microsoft, Datadog, Salesforce, Atlassian, Adobe and NVIDIA; 11 testimonials from posts on X; 16.2k GitHub stars; footer "© 2026 Superset Inc."Source
- Industry dataStack Overflow 2025 Developer Survey, as reported by Windows Latest: Windows is the most used operating system among professional developers at 49.5%, ahead of macOS at 32.9% and Ubuntu at 27.7%, with WSL at 16.8%.Source
- CommunityA community developer published an unofficial Windows port of the app (then called Superset) in June 2026, supporting Windows 10 and 11 with PowerShell, cmd and WSL, built from source, and filed it upstream as issue #5011.Source
- Your websitePages sitemap: product pages such as /cloud, /mobile, /pages, /automations, /browser, /plugins, /conductor, /leaderboard, /stats and /press exist in 18 languages with hreflang alternates, and /ja and /ja/pricing are translated into Japanese.Source