Analyzing the Architecture of Xunlei's Electron‑Based Desktop Client

This article dissects Xunlei's desktop client built with Electron, explaining how its frontend resources are packaged, how multiple BrowserWindow instances are organized, how the app communicates with the DownloadSDK via a custom IPC server, and what the observed process tree reveals about its design.

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Analyzing the Architecture of Xunlei's Electron‑Based Desktop Client

Rare Earth Juejin Tech Community

Feb 8, 2022 · Frontend Development

Understanding Automatic Updates in Electron Applications with electron-updater

This article explains how to implement full, incremental, and partial updates for Electron apps using electron-updater, covering update.yml configuration, semver version checks, content‑defined chunking, blockmap handling, and gray‑release strategies for safe deployment.

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Understanding Automatic Updates in Electron Applications with electron-updater

Tencent IMWeb Frontend Team

Sep 25, 2018 · Frontend Development

How Does Electron‑Builder Turn Your Web App into a Standalone Executable?

This article explains step‑by‑step how to package an Electron application using electron‑builder and electron‑packager, analyzes the resulting file sizes and project structure, and dives into the core source code of electron‑builder to reveal how the packaging process creates the final executable and asar archives.

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How Does Electron‑Builder Turn Your Web App into a Standalone Executable?