my combination of useful custom client modifications for power users. history is as follows:

1. originally forked from https://github.com/adietrichs/client
2. made minor changes to allow running under windows by default
3. updated to include https://github.com/phated/v06-round3-client

1. Install latest version of Node from https://nodejs.org/en/download/
2. Install yarn using npm install --global yarn since npm is now installed since it's bundled with Node.js
3. Run yarn inside the client folder to install dependencies

1. Run runclient.bat to run in Windows
2. When asked you can use your whitelist key or import your mainnet burner secret and home coordinates.

I highly recommend the df-plugin-dev-server if you're going to write your own plugins, it's quite easy to use! saves you from copy-pasting your code every time you want to update it.

other awesome stuff here: https://github.com/snowtigersoft/awesome-darkforest