🦁 Brave-Portable-Updater

A PowerShell-based utility to download and extract the latest Brave Portable edition for Windows.

⚙️ Overview

• download_brave.ps1: Primary logic script for edition targeting, version checking, and downloading.
• update.bat: Auxiliary launcher to bypass certificate checks for simpler execution.
• update_then_run_brave.bat: Auxiliary launcher to bypass certificate checks the launches brave for simplest execution.
• run_at_boot.ps1: Should integrate download_brave.ps1 into the system scheduler to check for updates at system boot.

🚀 Usage

Run the script in the same directory as brave-portable. Default (Nightly edition): .\download_brave.ps1

Target specific editions:

• Beta: .\download_brave.ps1 -Edition beta
• Stable: .\download_brave.ps1 -Edition stable

✅ The script automatically checks for existing versions and skips downloading if already present.

🔁 Autorun at Boot

To run on startup, modify your startup script to reference download_brave.ps1. If the updater is located in the same directory, it will auto-locate it.

🪟 Compatibility

This tool is designed for Windows OS and targets the brave-portable environment. Support for .py and .js is now deprecated as of 2025.