This command will create the installer package folder in your current project folder directory with your default app name(you can see your app name mention in the package.json file). Now let’s see the different way to create the installer… electron-packager. prints the version of Electron Packager and Node, plus the target platform and arch, for bug reporting purposes, and exits immediately. the name of the app, if it needs to be different from the 'productName' or 'name' in the nearest package.json. the base directory of the application source npm install electron-packager -gĪfter installing the electron packager, set the path to your project folder directory into the node.js command prompt, now for creating the installer you have to use below mentioned electron packager command. Install the electron packager globally using the below command in node.js command prompt.

Supporting PlatformsĮlectron Packager support the following host platforms Electron Packager is an Open Source command line tool and Node.js library to bundle Electron source code to make an executable and supporting files in a folder for distribution. Here we are going to use Electron Packager to create desktop app installer. In previous tutorial ( Create cross platform desktop app using Electron ) we have already created a small application using Electron.js and the application was starting using the commands now its time to create an installer for desktop and launch by clicking it.

In this tutorial we are going to create an executable installer for desktop app using Electron.js.

Electron create installer