electron-builder VS desktop

The last step for each platform's build process is to upload the app to our GitHub releases repository. We automated this step from the beginning, but when we started creating builds for the new M1 chip Macs, we had to add a manual step. This involved merging files needed for the auto-updater to work with the M1 builds.

https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/issues... that issue kinks to the PR that adds the automation.

It's a non-trivial thing to test, since it involves so many secrets and the notarization step can take over an hour, so I don't expect anyone here to actually want to look into it.

My original comment really was just venting my frustration, not a cry for help (but I might be crying soon if I can get to the bottom of this!).

> The ‘autoupdater’ does three things,

>

> - check the app for updates (using Sparkle)

> - report any crashes (using Sentry)

> - start a local HTTP proxy on port 40701 (this can be changed using the configuration json file in the app bundle).

>

> The latter is of course, not to be expected of any app on the machine, especially not one that just claims to be an auto updater.

Well, yes. And no.

For example, electron-builder [^0], a popular framework used for Electron app packaging and auto-updates, uses a local update server on Mac [^1] to add a more sane system backed by a more insane system, Squirrel.

[^0]: https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder

[^1]: https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/blob/m...

The Project uses Electorn-Builder to package the app and Electorn-Updater to update.

You can read about this issue here: https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/issues/7114

Ostara is based off of electron-react-boilerplate and uses electron-builder to package the application.

Install electron and electron-builder

I believe Visual Studio Code uses Electron and posts releases on a regular basis. Maybe check their A quick Google search for "electron build github release" turns up "Electron Builder" https://www.electron.build/ I don't really know though; I've never used Electron.

I also would like to have an NSIS installer so if it happens to package the Chromium executable along with my app, how can I accomplish that? I am using electron-builder.

We use electron-builder at work.

Here for general desktop releases: https://github.com/standardnotes/desktop/releases

github issue opened https://github.com/standardnotes/desktop/issues/880

Folder extension is deprecated now and replaced with native nested tags feature instead in the latest release (3.10.0). Check https://github.com/standardnotes/desktop/releases

Yup sorry, requires the desktop beta, which we're looking to ship early next week.

One their website they only give the appimage for Linux desktop. There are several other options on their github https://github.com/standardnotes/desktop/releases/tag/v3.9.20

Hi u/xdrvgy, I think the best thing to do in this case is to either reset the app or reinstall the desktop app since you've upgraded your OS and some users recommend performing a clean installation of new operating systems. If this issue persists, please let us know if this affects any other apps that are built with the Electron framework.

An update to the desktop app with a fix for issue #1 has been released. Please update via the desktop app's GitHub repo's releases page and let us know if it resolves the issue for you. :-)

You can register for a temporary account with a pre-3.5 desktop client by downloading an old release (not recommended but you asked). This will set your account up as 003. Then import your backup file if you have one (ensuring it was created before you upgraded your account).