Electron Sahara

• Desktop apps with HTML, CSS & JS
• Target multiple platforms with one code base
• Free and open source

Electron Sahara is an Apache Cordova like command line utility for electron. Supported platforms :

Installing Sahara

Sahara command-line runs on Node.js and is available on NPM. Follow platform specific guides to install additional platform dependencies. Open a command prompt or Terminal, and type npm install -g electron-sahara

Example :

npm install -g @virtuoworks/electron-sahara

Create a project

Create a blank Sahara project using the command-line tool. Navigate to the directory where you wish to create your project and type sahara create <path>.

For a complete set of options, type sahara help create.

Example :

sahara create MyApp

Templates

Templates allow you to use preexisting code to jumpstart your project. Navigate to the directory where you wish to create your project and type sahara create <path> [template]

Available templates :

• vanilla (default)
• react
• angular2
• vuejs

Example :

sahara create MyApp angular2

Prepare a platform

After creating a Sahara project, navigate to the project directory. From the project directory, you need to prepare a platform for which you want to build your app.

To prepare a platform, type sahara prepare <platform name>.

For a complete list of platforms you can run sahara prepare.

Example :

cd MyApp
sahara prepare win32

Available platforms :

• win32 (for Windows (32/64 bit))
• darwin (for OS X (also known as macOS))
• linux (for Linux (x86/x86_64))

Compile a platform

After having prepared a platform, navigate to the project directory. From the project directory, you can compile a release for a platform.

To compile a platform, type sahara compile <platform name>.

For a complete list of platforms you can run sahara compile.

Example :

cd MyApp
sahara compile win32

Prepare AND Compile a platform

If you which to perform both operations in a row, navigate to the project directory. From the project directory, type sahara build <platform name>.

Example :

cd MyApp
sahara build win32

Run your app

From the command line, run sahara run <platform name>.

sahara run win32

Requirements

• Node.js (>=4.7)
• Git

License

MIT