- Create build-electron.sh script following build-android.sh patterns
- Add support for multiple build modes: dev, package, appimage, deb
- Implement comprehensive error handling with specific exit codes
- Add proper logging and step-by-step build process tracking
- Include built-in help system and verbose logging options
Build Script Features:
- Development builds that compile and launch Electron app
- Package builds for creating distributable applications
- Support for AppImage and Debian package generation
- Automatic cleanup of previous builds and artifacts
- TypeScript compilation with proper error handling
- Capacitor sync and asset generation integration
NPM Script Integration:
- Add build:electron for development builds
- Add build:electron:package for distributable packages
- Add build:electron:appimage for AppImage packages
- Add build:electron:deb for Debian packages
- Add clean:electron for build artifact cleanup
Common Utilities Enhancement:
- Extend setup_build_env() to support 'electron' build type
- Configure proper environment variables for Electron builds
- Maintain consistency with existing build infrastructure
This provides a complete, automated build solution for Electron
that matches the quality and functionality of the Android build
system, enabling reliable cross-platform desktop application builds.
- Create build-electron.sh script following build-android.sh patterns
- Add support for multiple build modes: dev, package, appimage, deb
- Implement comprehensive error handling with specific exit codes
- Add proper logging and step-by-step build process tracking
- Include built-in help system and verbose logging options
Build Script Features:
- Development builds that compile and launch Electron app
- Package builds for creating distributable applications
- Support for AppImage and Debian package generation
- Automatic cleanup of previous builds and artifacts
- TypeScript compilation with proper error handling
- Capacitor sync and asset generation integration
NPM Script Integration:
- Add build:electron for development builds
- Add build:electron:package for distributable packages
- Add build:electron:appimage for AppImage packages
- Add build:electron:deb for Debian packages
- Add clean:electron for build artifact cleanup
Common Utilities Enhancement:
- Extend setup_build_env() to support 'electron' build type
- Configure proper environment variables for Electron builds
- Maintain consistency with existing build infrastructure
This provides a complete, automated build solution for Electron
that matches the quality and functionality of the Android build
system, enabling reliable cross-platform desktop application builds.
- Updated electron-builder.config.json with proper TimeSafari metadata
- Added Linux package support (AppImage, deb, rpm)
- Created build-packages.sh script for easy package building
- Added npm scripts for building from project root
- Created comprehensive README-BUILDING.md documentation
- Fixed package.json metadata (author, homepage, repository)
- Added maintainer information for Linux packages
Features:
- AppImage: Portable, no installation required (~145MB)
- Debian package: System integration via package manager (~96MB)
- RPM package: Support for RPM-based distributions
- Build scripts support individual or all package types
Usage:
- npm run electron:build (all packages)
- npm run electron:build:appimage (AppImage only)
- npm run electron:build:deb (Debian package only)
- cd electron && ./build-packages.sh [type]
- Updated electron-builder.config.json with proper TimeSafari metadata
- Added Linux package support (AppImage, deb, rpm)
- Created build-packages.sh script for easy package building
- Added npm scripts for building from project root
- Created comprehensive README-BUILDING.md documentation
- Fixed package.json metadata (author, homepage, repository)
- Added maintainer information for Linux packages
Features:
- AppImage: Portable, no installation required (~145MB)
- Debian package: System integration via package manager (~96MB)
- RPM package: Support for RPM-based distributions
- Build scripts support individual or all package types
Usage:
- npm run electron:build (all packages)
- npm run electron:build:appimage (AppImage only)
- npm run electron:build:deb (Debian package only)
- cd electron && ./build-packages.sh [type]
- Added Electron dependencies to package.json:
* @capacitor-community/electron ^5.0.1
* electron-builder ^26.0.12
* better-sqlite3-multiple-ciphers ^12.1.1
* electron-json-storage ^4.6.0
- Added Electron development scripts:
* electron:dev - Build and run Electron in development mode
* electron:setup - Initialize Electron environment
* electron:dev-full - Full development workflow script
- Updated .gitignore to exclude sql-wasm.wasm file
- Updated package-lock.json with new dependency resolutions
Note: Main app source files (router, platform service, views) also
have minor modifications from previous development work
- Added Electron dependencies to package.json:
* @capacitor-community/electron ^5.0.1
* electron-builder ^26.0.12
* better-sqlite3-multiple-ciphers ^12.1.1
* electron-json-storage ^4.6.0
- Added Electron development scripts:
* electron:dev - Build and run Electron in development mode
* electron:setup - Initialize Electron environment
* electron:dev-full - Full development workflow script
- Updated .gitignore to exclude sql-wasm.wasm file
- Updated package-lock.json with new dependency resolutions
Note: Main app source files (router, platform service, views) also
have minor modifications from previous development work
- Add electron platform section to capacitor.config.json
- Configure deep linking with timesafari:// scheme
- Set up build options for macOS, Windows, and Linux
- Configure output directory and file inclusion
- Add platform-specific build targets (DMG, NSIS, AppImage)
- Support both x64 and arm64 architectures for macOS
- Set appropriate app categories for each platform
This enables building TimeSafari as a native desktop application
using Capacitor's Electron platform while maintaining existing
mobile and web functionality.
- Add electron platform section to capacitor.config.json
- Configure deep linking with timesafari:// scheme
- Set up build options for macOS, Windows, and Linux
- Configure output directory and file inclusion
- Add platform-specific build targets (DMG, NSIS, AppImage)
- Support both x64 and arm64 architectures for macOS
- Set appropriate app categories for each platform
This enables building TimeSafari as a native desktop application
using Capacitor's Electron platform while maintaining existing
mobile and web functionality.
- Fix TypeScript compilation errors in platform services
- Add missing rotateCamera method and isNativeApp property
- Fix index.html path resolution for packaged Electron apps
- Create separate Vite config for Electron renderer process
- Migrate from nostr-tools to @nostr/tools via JSR for ESM compatibility
- Update all Vite configs to handle mixed npm/JSR package management
- Add comprehensive documentation in BUILDING.md
- Fix preload script path resolution in packaged builds
Resolves build failures with deep imports and missing UI in AppImage.
- Fix TypeScript compilation errors in platform services
- Add missing rotateCamera method and isNativeApp property
- Fix index.html path resolution for packaged Electron apps
- Create separate Vite config for Electron renderer process
- Migrate from nostr-tools to @nostr/tools via JSR for ESM compatibility
- Update all Vite configs to handle mixed npm/JSR package management
- Add comprehensive documentation in BUILDING.md
- Fix preload script path resolution in packaged builds
Resolves build failures with deep imports and missing UI in AppImage.
- Update worker format to ESM in Vite config to fix IIFE format error
- Increase PWA precache file size limit to 10MB to accommodate SQL.js files
- Fix type declarations for worker configuration
- Add proper type annotations for Vite config
- Add type declarations for absurd-sql module
- Update worker format to ESM in Vite config to fix IIFE format error
- Increase PWA precache file size limit to 10MB to accommodate SQL.js files
- Fix type declarations for worker configuration
- Add proper type annotations for Vite config
- Add type declarations for absurd-sql module
Matthew Raymer
Matthew Raymer
Trent Larson