electron-app-from-dist

An Electron application that loads a local web page from the 'dist' directory.

Features

• Loads a local web page.
• Development and build scripts for multiple platforms.

Prerequisites

• Node.js
• npm

Getting Started

1. Clone the repository:

git clone git@github.com:quecot/electron-app-from-dist.git

2. Populate the dist/ dist directory with your web application files.

3. Install the dependencies:

npm install

4. Run the application in development mode:

npm run dev

Building for production

To build the application for production, use the provided npm scripts:

• For macOS (ARM64):

npm run build:macos-arm64

• For Windows (64-bit):

npm run build:windows

• For Windows (32-bit):

npm run build:windows-32

Note: Remember to replace **YOUR_APP_NAME** in the build scripts with your desired application name in the package.json.

Note for Vite Users

If you're building your web application with Vite, ensure you set "base": "./", in your vite.config.js or vite.config.ts to ensure correct asset paths in the built Electron app.

Note for Astro Users

Astro does not allow for non-url paths as base, which can be seen discussed in this issue. For a quick fix, you can check out astro-relative-links.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Contributions

Contributions are always welcome. Feel free to open issues, suggest improvements, or submit pull requests.