Install 💻 electron-packager as devdependency.Ĭreating a package is pretty simple, but if you have a complex project will a lot of modules, you need to configure this manually.įirst thing you need to move all your project-related node_modules to dev dependency, you heard me right, You need to move all your node_modules to dev Dependency except those are being used in your node_proccess. First is step is making a package, and the second step will be making of an Installer.

So how we do it, 2 steps for each platform, and I am going to share my journey of windows and mac platform. Now you need to understand 2 things, there is no way of doing it the easy way, like there is no one-click installer creator in electron that you can use, that cover all the 100% of the cases for you, some will expose your app source, or you will end up have a gigantic size of package app and will end up having your whole project including node module in the app source code, that is not what I want. Now you want to create an installer for it, There is a lot of articles that can help you, but in this, I am going to share my story of how I did it, and it is also for the people who are using electron and react together.

So you have created up a great looking Electron-based app.

Create installer for electron app