@akrc/electron-next

electron-next

This package lets you use Next.js for building the renderer of your Electron apps!

• In production, it ensures that the file:// protocol (which Electron uses to load your static assets in the renderer process) works properly with your Next.js bundle (generated by next export)
• While developing, it takes care of the whole flow required for building the renderer code

Why I fork this lib

This lib works well in every next release, see Next.js examples.

But:

• It doesn't have TypeScript declaration file.
• The author haven't update it for a long time.

Thanks for the original author's brilliant work, it save lots of time for me.

Usage

Firstly, install the package using any node package manager:

pnpm add electron-next

Then load it:

const prepareRenderer = require('electron-next')

As the final step, call the package:

• <path>: The path to the directory containing the renderer (relative to the app's root directory). If the paths for development and production aren't the same, this can be an object holding a development and a production key with their respective paths (string|object).
• <port>: Used for running Next.js in development (number, optional, defaults to 8000).

await prepareRenderer(<path>, <port>)

Caught a Bug?

• Fork this repository to your own GitHub account and then clone it to your local device
• Link the package to the global package directory: npm link
• Within the electron app of your choice, link it to the dependencies: npm link electron-next. Instead of the default one from npm, it will now use your local clone of the package!

Author

• Leo Lamprecht (@notquiteleo)
• Akara Chen (@akarachen)