@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

Zip

The Zip target 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.

There are no configuration options for this target.

Usage

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