The Basics

Electron Forge is a super easy tool to get started with, first off we need to install the CLI utility and initialize a new project.

npx create-electron-app my-app

yarn create electron-app my-app

# If you have npm >= 5 you should use the npx trick
npm i -g @electron-forge/cli
electron-forge init my-app

You should now have a directory called my-app with a ultra-minimal Electron app boilerplate inside. If you head into that directory and start up the app you'll be all set to start developing.

cd my-app
npm start
# or with yarn: yarn start

Building Distributables

So you've got an amazing application there, and you want to package it all up and share it with the world. If you run the make script Electron Forge will generate you platform specific distributables for you to share with everyone. For more information on what kind of distributables you can make, check out the Makers documentation.

electron-forge make

Advanced Stuff

Once you've got a basic app going and you can make distributables for it, you should check out the documentation on some of our more advanced features like:

• ​Publishers​

• ​Debugging your app​

• ​Webpack support​

• ​Writing your own makers, publishers and plugins​