Add release action for electron platforms

Update release electron action

Update release electron action -- add ubuntu and macos

Update release electron action

Update release electron action

Update release electron action

Update release electron action

Update release electron action

Update release electron action

Ignore vscode extension during linting

Ignore vscode extension in tsconfig.json

Move electron-serve to electron dist as it is needed for hosting static pages as part of electron

Update electron forge to copy electron serve after completion

Update electron forge packager config

Update electron forge after completion logic

Update electron forge extract path for darwin

Fix darwin electron release build path bug

Fix darwin path typo

Author: Shellishack

.github/workflows/release-electron.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+name: Build Electron Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "v*.*.*"
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [windows-latest, ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 22.x
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm install
+
+      - name: Build Web App
+        run: |
+          npm run build
+
+      - name: Build Electron App
+        run: |
+          npm run desktop-build
+
+      - name: Zip the build (Linux)
+        run: |
+          ZIP_NAME="linux-x64.zip"
+          cd out-desktop
+          zip -r "../$ZIP_NAME" .
+        shell: bash
+        if: runner.os == 'Linux'
+
+      - name: Zip the build (Windows)
+        run: |
+          $ZipName = "windows-x64.zip"
+          Set-Location out-desktop
+          Compress-Archive -Path * -DestinationPath "../$ZipName" -Force
+        shell: pwsh
+        if: runner.os == 'Windows'
+
+      - name: Zip the build (macOS)
+        run: |
+          ZIP_NAME="macos-arm64.zip"
+          cd out-desktop
+          zip -r "../$ZIP_NAME" .
+        shell: bash
+        if: runner.os == 'macOS'
+
+      - name: Create Release Build (Linux)
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          files: linux-x64.zip
+        if: runner.os == 'Linux'
+
+      - name: Create Release Build (Windows)
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          files: windows-x64.zip
+        if: runner.os == 'Windows'
+
+      - name: Create Release Build (macOS)
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          files: macos-arm64.zip
+        if: runner.os == 'macOS'

desktop/main.mjs

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { app, BrowserWindow, dialog, ipcMain } from "electron";
 import serve from "electron-serve";
 import { join } from "path";
-
 import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
 import path from "path";
 import { nativeTheme } from "electron/main";

forge.config.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
 import type { ForgeConfig } from "@electron-forge/shared-types";
+import path from "path";
+import fs from "fs-extra";
+
+function removeNextjsModules(exceptionList: string[], nodeModulesPath: string) {
+  fs.readdirSync(nodeModulesPath).forEach((module) => {
+    if (!exceptionList.includes(module)) {
+      fs.removeSync(path.join(nodeModulesPath, module));
+    }
+  });
+}
 
 const config: ForgeConfig = {
   outDir: "out-desktop",
@@ -14,10 +24,40 @@ const config: ForgeConfig = {
         return false;
       } else if (path.match(/desktop/)) {
         return false;
+      } else if (path.match(/node_modules/)) {
+        return false;
       }
-
       return true;
     },
+    afterComplete: [
+      (extractPath, electronVersion, platform, arch, done) => {
+        // We need electron-serve to exist inside the electron build's node_modules.
+        // All other modules from nextjs are not needed and can be removed.
+
+        const electronModules = ["electron-serve"];
+        if (platform === "win32") {
+          removeNextjsModules(
+            electronModules,
+            path.join(extractPath, "resources/app/node_modules"),
+          );
+        } else if (platform === "darwin") {
+          removeNextjsModules(
+            electronModules,
+            path.join(
+              extractPath,
+              "chisel-editor.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules",
+            ),
+          );
+        } else if (platform === "linux") {
+          removeNextjsModules(
+            electronModules,
+            path.join(extractPath, "resources/app/node_modules"),
+          );
+        }
+
+        done();
+      },
+    ],
   },
 };