This guide explains how to use electron-builder to package Electron apps into native installers for Windows, macOS, and Linux, covering setup, configuration, Python integration, code signing, auto‑updates, and practical tips for seamless cross‑platform distribution.
The article details HaKnight’s new desktop client architecture built with Electron, Vite, and React, explaining the choice of Electron over native frameworks, the custom scaffold, use of axios, lowdb, log4js‑node, and electron‑builder for packaging, signing, notarization, and update mechanisms, and outlines reusable components that enable cross‑platform task scheduling and reporting.
This tutorial explains how to create a cross‑platform Electron desktop app using React for the UI, Node.js APIs for system access, and provides step‑by‑step guidance on project setup, development workflow, debugging, and packaging with electron‑builder.
This article walks through creating a GUI‑based JSON editor for the Social Cube platform using Electron, covering environment setup, dual webpack configurations, IPC communication, data persistence with Dexie, real‑time file syncing, context menus, logging, packaging with electron‑builder, and update handling, all illustrated with code snippets.
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.
