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 ### Option 3: Manual install — Windows (PowerShell)
+Windows support is not actively tested. Use it with caution; Docker on Linux
+or a Linux/macOS manual install is the safer path for now.
+
 ```powershell
 git clone <your-odysseus-repo-url>
 cd odysseus