electron-uglifier

Copy, uglify, minify and package Electron projects.

How It Works

1. Copies application repository to a temporary location.
2. Uglifies JavaScript and CSS files.
3. Installs npm dependencies in a temporary location.
4. Updates build version in package.json.
5. Packages the application using electron-packager.

Installation

npm install electron-uglifier -g (make sure to install globally)

Usage

electron-uglifier <path-to-app>

Options

uglifier options are read from an electron_uglifier.json file in the application's repository.

{
    "verifyConfig": true | false, // Whether to verify configuration before starting build. (Default: true)
    "archiveOutput": true | false, // Whether to archive electron packager output for Windows and Linux. (Default: true)
    "platforms": [], // Array or platforms to compile for. Supported options: win32, linux, darwin
    "arch": "", // Architecture options Windows (also known as win32, for x86, x86_64, and arm64 architectures), macOS (also known as darwin) / Mac App Store (also known as mas)* (for x86_64 and arm64 architectures), Linux (for x86, x86_64, armv7l, arm64, and mips64el architectures).
    "uglifyList": [], // Array of paths to uglify. JavaScript and CSS files are supported (use / for directory e.g. app/).
    "ignoreList": [], // Array of files to ignore (use / for directory e.g. app/). 
    "versionString": { // Object containing electron packager settings for Windows build.
        "CompanyName": "Company",
        "FileDescription": "Application description.",
        "OriginalFilename": "Filename.exe",
        "ProductName": "Product",
        "InternalName": "Internal Name"
    }
}

Output

The uglifier output of each platform from electron-packager is saved to .\releases.

Sample Structure

|-- app //can be any custom name
    |-- //Your application code here
    |-- electron_uglifier.json
|-- interim //The uglifier temporary files are saved to .\interim.
|-- releases //The uglifier output of each platform from electron-packager is saved to .\releases.

How to run

Open Command prompt or Terminal and run

electron-uglifier app 
//app will your application directory

Third Party Libraries

• Packaging - electron-packager
• File system - fs-extra
• JSON beautifying - js-beautify
• JavaScript uglifying - babel
• CSS minifaction - minifier
• Removing empty directories - remove-empty-directories
• User prompts - prompt
• Archiving - zip-folder
• Log colours - colors
• Package info - pkginfo