@electron-forge/maker-zip

What is @electron-forge/maker-zip?

@electron-forge/maker-zip is a plugin for Electron Forge that allows you to package your Electron application into a ZIP file. This is useful for distributing your application in a compressed format that can be easily shared and downloaded.

What are @electron-forge/maker-zip's main functionalities?

Create ZIP Package

This code sample demonstrates how to configure Electron Forge to use the @electron-forge/maker-zip plugin to create a ZIP package for your Electron application. The configuration specifies the platforms for which the ZIP package should be created.

const { MakerZIP } = require('@electron-forge/maker-zip');

module.exports = {
  packagerConfig: {},
  makers: [
    new MakerZIP({
      platforms: ['darwin', 'win32', 'linux'],
    }),
  ],
};

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README

maker-zip

@electron-forge/maker-zip builds basic .zip files containing your packaged application. There are no platform specific dependencies for using this maker and it will run on any platform.

Note: There are no configuration options for this target.

{
  name: '@electron-forge/maker-zip'
}