Installer Trust Preflight

Tell indie devs how many scary warnings their installer will trigger before shipping

Problem

Indie developers finish a desktop app and the build works, but the moment a normal person downloads it they hit Chrome's "not commonly downloaded" warning, SmartScreen's "Windows protected your PC", and macOS Gatekeeper blocks. The developer has no idea which warning to fix first, what it costs, or who to call, and loses a chunk of non-technical users on day one.

Solution

Upload the installer or its hash and get a check of file reputation, code-signing status, notarization, and download-domain trust, plus a prioritized list of what users will see, how to remove each warning, and rough cost and effort. Also generates a download-page copy template that explains trust up front.

Users

Solo developers and tiny teams shipping Windows/macOS desktop apps without a release engineer

MVP

Upload exe/dmg or hash for reputation and signing checks; simulated per-platform warning previews with causes; action list sorted by fix cost; download-page trust copy template

Revenue

Pay-per-scan or monthly subscription, with affiliate revenue from signing and notarization services

Why now

AI lets more indies ship desktop apps fast, but release-time trust engineering knowledge is still a gap that big tools don't serve at this granularity