Window

how to implement

compiling code with nexe

https://github.com/nexe/nexe

install nexe

win npm i nexe -g

linux

sudo npm i nexe -g

compile

nexe app.js
nexe promagen.js --build
nexe -i promagen.js --build -o promagen.exe -r 1.0.1 --verbose

nexe --build -o promagen -r "./views/**/*" -r "./src/**/*" -r "./public/**/*" --verbose
nexe .\promagen.js --build -o promagen.exe --verbose

Alternative

https://github.com/frankhale/electron-with-express

Wix toolset

https://github.com/wixtoolset https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix3/releases/tag/wix3112rtm

nasm repair

download: https://www.nasm.us/pub/nasm/releasebuilds/2.14rc16/win64/nasm-2.14rc16-installer-x64.exe

start /wait nasm.exe /Spython
ps: $env:path="C:\Program Files\nasm;$($env:path)"

Electron

https://github.com/electron/simple-samples/blob/master/prices/package.json

npm install electron-builder --save-dev

npm i -g electron-builder

remove files

rm dist

generate

npm run dist

Electron package module

https://github.com/Urucas/electron-packager-interactive

npm install -g electron-packager-interactive

packager

https://www.npmjs.com/package/electron-packager

electron-packager .

Electron pack

https://medium.com/jstack-eu/using-electron-with-react-and-node-b498fbf23272

npm run electron-pack
electron-builder -c.extraMetadata.main='./app.js'

Builder

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36515099/how-to-package-an-electron-app-into-a-single-executable electron-builder

electron-builder --publish --win

stworzenie instalatora w folderze dist

electron-builder --win

install build dependency modules

npm install nan
npm install node-gyp

electron logs

npm i electron-log

Electron with boxedapp

https://www.boxedapp.com/boxedapppacker/usecases/pack_node_webkit_app_into_single_exe.html

Pack the Files with BoxedApp

https://www.boxedapp.com/boxedapppacker/usecases/pack_electron_app_into_single_exe.html

Download BoxedApp Packer and run it. Select electron.exe as the input exe and specify the output exe path as you want (you can change the output name).

As you know, one needs to pass the folder name of the electron app to electron.exe in order to run it:

> electron.exe file-explorer

That’s why one should also click “Override command line” and then type:

<BoxedAppVar:OldCmdLine> file-explorer

on the screen that appears. It means then when someone runs the output exe, it runs it as if “file-explorer” was passed as an argument.

Click Application Directory, then click Add Files…, select all the electron binaries (except electron.exe), and add them.

Then click Import Directory… and first select “file-explorer” and then “locales” and, finally, “resources”.

Build it and run. It works!

Carlo

https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/carlo

This will allow you to launch the locally installed Chrome as a shell that can connect to a locally running server application. It does require a local chrome, but is very close to what was asked for.

The approach encouraged by Carlo should be well suited for Progressive Web Apps. Developers looking for full capabilities for desktop applications are likely to continue leveraging Electron.

Electron is the current leader in providing tools for creating desktop applications with web technologies. In contrast to Electron, Carlo does not attempt to bundle a specific version of Chrome and Node.js together, but instead relies on whichever version of Chrome is installed on an end user’s computer.

Carlo does not provide capabilities for making true desktop application alternatives such as changing the name, menu, or icon of the browser view. Instead, Carlo is more akin to running an application in a local application server and automating the viewing of that application within Chrome.