Windows and Unix minimal Electron applications with auto updates implemented
(based on the electron-quick-start).

Linux	Windows

The latest version of this example is 1.0.2. So, you can download the 1.0.1 one and see how the app finds the new version and downloads it.

$ git clone https://github.com/natancabral/electron-updater-app.git
$ cd electron-updater-app
$ npm install
$ npm run start
$ npm run build

• Token
  • Get your token here or read this
• File YML
  • electron-builder.yml
• Configure package.json
  • build > publish
• Release:
  • Create a realease
  • Title: 1.0.x and Tag: v1.0.x (letter v... on tag)

• You need a token
• https://github.com/settings/tokens/new
• More information

• Rename fake_electron-builder.yml file to electron-builder.yml and change data

appId: com.natancabral.electron-updater-app
publish:
  provider: github
  owner: natancabral
  repo: electron-updater-app
  token: [YOUR GITHUB ACCESS TOKEN]
  vPrefixedTagName: true

• Sample:

appId: com.[yourusername].[repo]
publish:
  provider: github
  owner: [yourusername]
  repo: [repo]
  token: [token]
  vPrefixedTagName: true

• Change appId

"appId": "com.[yourusername].[repo]",

• Change publish

"build": {
  "publish": [{
    "provider": "github",
    "owner": "[yourusername]",
    "repo": "[repo]"
  }],
},

• Release to alternative download

"release": {
  "provider": "github",
  "owner": "[yourusername]",
  "repo": "[repo]",
  "releases": "https://github.com/[yourusername]/[repo]/releases/",
  "template": **NO_CHANGE_THIS**
},

• On terminal: npm run build:win:publish or to not publishnpm run build:win
• Upload all file (./dist)
• https://github.com/[yourusername]/[repo]/releases
• Remenber: title: 1.0.x and tag: v1.0.x (letter v... on tag)
• Semantic Versioning: https://semver.org/

• Documentation here
• afterPackRenameFiles.js to rename package files.
• DEV mode not work, only after npm run build.
• Mac sample 1: article Mac sample 2: article

The MIT License.

Natan Cabral [email protected] https://github.com/natancabral/