Build Dependencies

Qt 4.8
(OS X) Sparkle
(Windows) WinSparkle

Mac OS X

Install of the Qt High DPI 4.8 backport patch is required

brew edit qt

Add the following patch

patch do
  url "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/stevschmid/91a564b7a3f562e6a213/raw/ccfe0dcf2c5479356906fdfcdf229c2acb1bee39/qt48-high-dpi-backport-fixed.patch"
  sha1 "8460eac1c2dfcff9dfbe240472ef6b66e58eb9f9"
end

Build from source

brew install qt --build-bottle --HEAD

Install Sparkle
Move Sparkle.framework to /Library/Frameworks.

Windows

Install Qt
I use the Qt libraries 4.8.6 for Windows VS 2010.
Install WinSparkle
Clone the repository and build the library, for example with VS 2010. The precompiled releases are ancient.

Build Instructions

qmake
make

(Use nmake instead of make on Windows)

The resulting binary can be found in the build subfolder.

Contributing

Feel free to submit pull requests, suggest new ideas and discuss issues. Track-o-Bot is about simplicity and usability. Only features which benefit all users will be considered.

License

GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) Version 2.1.