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@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ this is a multi-system chiptune tracker.
 
 check out the [Releases](https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases) page. available for Windows, macOS and Linux (AppImage).
 
+[see here](https://nightly.link/tildearrow/furnace/workflows/build/master) for unstable developer builds.
+
 ## features
 
 - supports the following systems:
@@ -64,6 +66,8 @@ some people have provided packages for Unix/Unix-like distributions. here's a li
 
 [![Build furnace](https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/actions/workflows/build.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/actions/workflows/build.yml)
 
+if you can't download these artifacts (because GitHub requires you to be logged in), [go here](https://nightly.link/tildearrow/furnace/workflows/build/master) instead.
+
 **NOTE: do not download the project's source as a .zip or .tar.gz as these do not include the project's submodules which are necessary to proceed with building. please instead use Git as shown below.**
 
 ## dependencies