Sometimes, we want to compile an Electron application to an .exe with JavaScript.
In this article, we’ll look at how to compile an Electron application to an .exe with JavaScript.
How to compile an Electron application to an .exe with JavaScript?
To compile an Electron application to an .exe with JavaScript, we use Electron Packager.
To install it, we run
npm install electron-packager --save-dev
in our project folder.
We can also install it globally with
npm install electron-packager -g
Then we compile the project into an .exe with
electron-packager <sourcedir> <appname> --platform=win32 --arch=x86_64
Conclusion
To compile an Electron application to an .exe with JavaScript, we use Electron Packager.
