diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 6078ff92fe..1601369b37 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Initial Setup
 
+### macOS / Linux
+
 You'll need the following tools installed on your system:
 
 ```
@@ -21,6 +23,28 @@ Initial setup to install dependencies for Vite+:
 just init
 ```
 
+### Windows
+
+You'll need the following tools installed on your system. You can use [winget](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/package-manager/).
+
+```powershell
+winget install pnpm.pnpm OpenJS.NodeJS.LTS Casey.Just Kitware.CMake
+```
+
+Install Rust & Cargo from [rustup.rs](https://rustup.rs/), then install `cargo-binstall`:
+
+```powershell
+cargo install cargo-binstall
+```
+
+Initial setup to install dependencies for Vite+:
+
+```powershell
+just init
+```
+
+**Note:** Run commands in PowerShell or Windows Terminal. Some commands may require elevated permissions.
+
 ## Build Vite+ and upstream dependencies
 
 To create a release build of Vite+ and all upstream dependencies, run:
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 0966abe028..67dd2e2203 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -8,8 +8,15 @@ _default:
 
 alias r := ready
 
-init:
+[unix]
+_clean_dist:
   rm -rf packages/*/dist
+
+[windows]
+_clean_dist:
+  Remove-Item -Path 'packages/*/dist' -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+
+init: _clean_dist
   cargo binstall watchexec-cli cargo-insta typos-cli cargo-shear dprint taplo-cli -y
   node packages/tools/src/index.ts sync-remote
   pnpm install