Feature request: Build process that does not create a local .zip, and instead links to GitHub
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Description
**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**
I like running a self-hosted CyberChef instance, but have no need to publish the .zip file as part of it.
Additionally, some cloud-native build and hosting systems, such as Cloudflage Pages, will not allow publishing of files larger than ~26mb and the current standalone .zip file created as part of the build is ~42mb or larger.
**Describe the solution you'd like**
I would like the "Download CyberChef" page to not have the SHA256 hash displayed (optionally display "Refer to GitHub release", and not have a local .zip file link, and instead link to the release version on GitHub, e.g. https://github.com/gchq/CyberChef/releases/download/v10.8.2/CyberChef_v10.8.2.zip
I would like a variant of the `npx grunt prod` build process added that does NOT do two things:
1. Create a local .zip of the build
2. Calculate hash of local .zip of the build
And instead:
1. exec a sed command to insert a link to the GitHub release in build/prod/index.html
2. exec a sed command to remove the SHA256
**Describe alternatives you've considered**
Running a modified fork and branch. It'll be a little more painful to keep in sync...
**Additional context**
Example from fork and PR that I'll send shortly.

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Research direction
Read the build path behind `npx grunt prod` and inspect the generated `build/prod/index.html`; compare the existing zip and SHA256 steps with the requested GitHub release URL and hash presentation. Done means a separate production variant generates the release link, omits or replaces the local hash, and does not create the local zip; verify the generated page and build artifacts.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- github, javascript, shell
- Domain
- build-system, release
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100