Built a universal manager and installer for all operating systems and environments. Bumped a lot of versions of things. Still needs deep testing.

run_windows.bat

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+@echo off&&cd /d %~dp0
+REM Update-and-run script for Windows - thin bootstrap over the in-repo manager.
+REM
+REM Everything (venv via uv-managed Python, torch for your GPU, requirements,
+REM portable Node.js / FFmpeg / Git, dependency updates) is handled by
+REM `python -m manager`; this script only makes sure uv + a Python interpreter
+REM exist, then delegates.
+setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
+Title AI Toolkit
+
+echo.
+echo      _     ___   _____               _  _     _  _
+echo     / \   ^|_ _^| ^|_   _^|  ___    ___ ^| ^|^| ^| __(_)^| ^|_
+echo    / _ \   ^| ^|    ^| ^|   / _ \  / _ \^| ^|^| ^|/ /^| ^|^| __^|
+echo   / ___ \  ^| ^|    ^| ^|  ^| (_) ^|^| (_) ^| ^|^|   ^< ^| ^|^| ^|_
+echo  /_/   \_\^|___^|   ^|_^|   \___/  \___/^|_^|^|_^|\_\^|_^| \__^|
+echo.
+echo   Windows Setup ^& Launcher
+echo.
+
+REM Clear env vars that let a stray conda/pyenv/system Python hijack things
+set PYTHONPATH=
+set PYTHONHOME=
+set PYTHONSTARTUP=
+set PYTHONUSERBASE=
+set PIP_CONFIG_FILE=
+set VIRTUAL_ENV=
+set CONDA_PREFIX=
+set CONDA_DEFAULT_ENV=
+set PYENV_ROOT=
+set PYENV_VERSION=
+
+REM ---- 1. Ensure uv (prebuilt static binary, kept inside the repo) ----
+set "PATH=%~dp0.uv;%PATH%"
+set "UV_PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR=%~dp0.uv\python"
+where uv.exe >nul 2>&1
+if errorlevel 1 (
+    echo Downloading uv ^(package/python manager^) into .uv\ ...
+    powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -Command ^
+        "$env:UV_INSTALL_DIR = Join-Path '%~dp0' '.uv'; $env:UV_NO_MODIFY_PATH = '1'; irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex"
+    where uv.exe >nul 2>&1
+    if errorlevel 1 (
+        echo ERROR: uv download failed. See https://docs.astral.sh/uv/
+        pause
+        exit /b 1
+    )
+)
+
+REM ---- 2. Find a Python to run the manager (stdlib-only, needs 3.9+) ----
+set "PY="
+for %%C in (python.exe py.exe) do (
+    if not defined PY (
+        %%C -c "import sys; sys.exit(0 if sys.version_info >= (3, 9) else 1)" >nul 2>&1
+        if not errorlevel 1 set "PY=%%C"
+    )
+)
+if not defined PY (
+    echo No system Python found - provisioning one with uv...
+    uv python install 3.12
+    for /f "delims=" %%P in ('uv python find 3.12') do set "PY=%%P"
+)
+if not defined PY (
+    echo ERROR: could not find or install a Python interpreter.
+    pause
+    exit /b 1
+)
+
+REM ---- 3. Sync the environment and start the UI ----
+"%PY%" -m manager update --auto
+if errorlevel 1 (
+    echo.
+    echo Setup failed - see output above.
+    pause
+    exit /b 1
+)
+"%PY%" -m manager launch
+pause