diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 5fa68f1d..12dd71b3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,27 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run unit tests
         run: uv run pytest -v -m unit -o "addopts=-p no:asyncio"
 
+  # Cross-platform install smoke test. Installs the package (and its full
+  # dependency closure) into an isolated environment and runs the CLI
+  # entrypoint, which exercises the cli -> server -> webdav import chain. This is
+  # the regression guard for #877, where a Unix-only ``import resource`` in that
+  # chain crashed Windows startup. Runs on Windows in addition to Linux so any
+  # platform-specific import regression fails here.
+  package-smoke:
+    needs: [linting]
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    name: package-smoke (${{ matrix.os }})
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+      - name: Install the latest version of uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@37802adc94f370d6bfd71619e3f0bf239e1f3b78 # v7.6.0
+      - name: Smoke test CLI (isolated install)
+        run: uv run --isolated --no-project --with . nextcloud-mcp-server --help
+
   integration-test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [linting]
diff --git a/nextcloud_mcp_server/document_processors/_isolation.py b/nextcloud_mcp_server/document_processors/_isolation.py
index f030bbe4..dd6ff20e 100644
--- a/nextcloud_mcp_server/document_processors/_isolation.py
+++ b/nextcloud_mcp_server/document_processors/_isolation.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ in its process pool.
 """
 
 import logging
-import resource
+import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any
 
@@ -21,6 +21,15 @@ import anyio
 import anyio.to_process
 from anyio import BrokenWorkerProcess
 
+# ``resource`` is a Unix-only stdlib module -- it does not exist on Windows, and
+# importing it unconditionally crashed Windows startup (#877). The RLIMIT_AS cap
+# it provides is a Linux-pod safety measure, not a correctness requirement, so on
+# platforms without it we fall back to a no-op (``resource is None``).
+if sys.platform == "win32":  # pragma: no cover - exercised only on Windows
+    resource = None
+else:
+    import resource
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 # Guard so the address-space limit is applied once per (reused) worker process.
@@ -44,10 +53,18 @@ def _apply_mem_limit(mem_limit_mb: int) -> None:
 
     Applied once per worker process. The hard limit is left untouched (we only
     lower the soft limit), and we never set a soft limit above the hard limit.
+
+    On a platform without the Unix-only ``resource`` module (e.g. Windows, see
+    #877) the cap is skipped -- the worker still runs, just without the
+    address-space limit.
     """
     global _MEM_LIMIT_APPLIED
     if _MEM_LIMIT_APPLIED or mem_limit_mb <= 0:
         return
+    if resource is None:
+        logger.debug("resource module unavailable; skipping RLIMIT_AS cap")
+        _MEM_LIMIT_APPLIED = True
+        return
     target = mem_limit_mb * 1024 * 1024
     soft, hard = resource.getrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_AS)
     soft_target = target if hard == resource.RLIM_INFINITY else min(target, hard)
diff --git a/nextcloud_mcp_server/server/webdav.py b/nextcloud_mcp_server/server/webdav.py
index 39ce775b..ebb04b7e 100644
--- a/nextcloud_mcp_server/server/webdav.py
+++ b/nextcloud_mcp_server/server/webdav.py
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@ from nextcloud_mcp_server.server.tag_exclusion import (
     get_excluded_file_paths,
     is_path_excluded,
 )
-from nextcloud_mcp_server.utils.document_parser import (
-    is_parseable_document,
-    parse_document,
-)
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -115,6 +111,16 @@ def configure_webdav_tools(mcp: FastMCP):
 
         content, content_type = await client.webdav.read_file(path)
 
+        # Imported lazily so server startup never loads the document-parsing
+        # stack (document_processors -> pymupdf -> _isolation). That stack is an
+        # ingest-layer concern and, before this, broke Windows startup via a
+        # Unix-only ``import resource`` (#877). It is only needed when a file is
+        # actually read and parsed.
+        from nextcloud_mcp_server.utils.document_parser import (  # noqa: PLC0415
+            is_parseable_document,
+            parse_document,
+        )
+
         # Check if this is a parseable document (PDF, DOCX, etc.)
         # is_parseable_document() checks if document processing is enabled
         if is_parseable_document(content_type):
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_pdf_parse_isolation.py b/tests/unit/test_pdf_parse_isolation.py
index ebafe8f9..06a7bcbb 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_pdf_parse_isolation.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_pdf_parse_isolation.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ or depend on the sample files).
 """
 
 import resource
+import sys
 
 import anyio
 import anyio.to_process
@@ -161,6 +162,41 @@ def test_apply_mem_limit_is_applied_once(monkeypatch):
     assert len(calls) == 1  # second call is a no-op
 
 
+# --- Windows / no-``resource`` platform compatibility (#877) -----------------
+
+
+def test_apply_mem_limit_noop_when_resource_unavailable(monkeypatch):
+    """On a platform without ``resource`` (e.g. Windows) the cap is skipped.
+
+    Regression for #877: ``resource`` is Unix-only, so ``_apply_mem_limit`` must
+    degrade to a no-op (rather than crash) when the module is unavailable.
+    """
+    monkeypatch.setattr(_isolation, "_MEM_LIMIT_APPLIED", False)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(_isolation, "resource", None)
+    _isolation._apply_mem_limit(1536)  # must not raise
+    assert _isolation._MEM_LIMIT_APPLIED is True
+
+
+def test_isolation_imports_on_windows_without_resource(monkeypatch):
+    """Importing ``_isolation`` on Windows must not crash on ``import resource``.
+
+    Regression for #877: a module-scope ``import resource`` raised
+    ``ModuleNotFoundError`` on Windows and took down server startup. With
+    ``sys.platform == 'win32'`` the module must import cleanly and bind
+    ``resource`` to ``None``.
+    """
+    import importlib
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(sys, "platform", "win32")
+    monkeypatch.delitem(
+        sys.modules,
+        "nextcloud_mcp_server.document_processors._isolation",
+        raising=False,
+    )
+    mod = importlib.import_module("nextcloud_mcp_server.document_processors._isolation")
+    assert mod.resource is None
+
+
 # --- PyMuPDF processor wiring ------------------------------------------------