electron-osx-sign
Advanced tools
The electron-osx-sign package is used to sign and verify macOS applications built with Electron. It ensures that your application is properly signed with a valid Apple Developer ID, which is necessary for distribution and to avoid security warnings.
Code Signing
This feature allows you to sign your macOS application with a valid Apple Developer ID. The code sample demonstrates how to use the `sign` function to sign an application located at 'path/to/your/app' with the specified identity.
const sign = require('electron-osx-sign').sign;
sign({
app: 'path/to/your/app',
identity: 'Developer ID Application: Your Name (XXXXXXXXXX)'
}, function done (err) {
if (err) {
console.error('Error during signing:', err);
} else {
console.log('Application signed successfully');
}
});Verification
This feature allows you to verify that your macOS application has been correctly signed. The code sample demonstrates how to use the `verify` function to check the signature of an application located at 'path/to/your/app'.
const verify = require('electron-osx-sign').verify;
verify({
app: 'path/to/your/app'
}, function done (err, result) {
if (err) {
console.error('Error during verification:', err);
} else {
console.log('Verification result:', result);
}
});Entitlements
This feature allows you to sign your macOS application with specific entitlements. The code sample demonstrates how to use the `sign` function to sign an application with entitlements specified in 'path/to/entitlements.plist'.
const sign = require('electron-osx-sign').sign;
sign({
app: 'path/to/your/app',
identity: 'Developer ID Application: Your Name (XXXXXXXXXX)',
entitlements: 'path/to/entitlements.plist'
}, function done (err) {
if (err) {
console.error('Error during signing with entitlements:', err);
} else {
console.log('Application signed successfully with entitlements');
}
});electron-builder is a complete solution to package and build a ready-for-distribution Electron app for macOS, Windows, and Linux. It includes features for code signing, auto-updates, and more. Compared to electron-osx-sign, electron-builder offers a broader range of functionalities beyond just signing macOS applications.
appdmg is a tool for creating DMG images for macOS applications. While it does not handle code signing directly, it is often used in conjunction with tools like electron-osx-sign to package signed applications into DMG files for distribution. It complements electron-osx-sign by focusing on the packaging aspect.
Codesign Electron macOS apps
electron-osx-sign minimizes the extra work needed to eventually prepare your apps for shipping, providing the most basic tools and assets. Note that the bare necessities here are sufficient for enabling app sandbox, yet other configurations for like network access require additional work.
It is worth noting as well that starting from Electron v1.1.1, a new mechanism was introduced to satisfy IPC communications (see electron#5601); wish to have full support of legacy Electron versions, please utilize opts.version, which option brings less hassle with making default settings among Electron builds.
We are trying to keep updated to the Electron specifications; please file us an issue if having any suggestions or experiencing difficulties code signing your products.
Please visit our Wiki hosted here on GitHub for walk-throughs and notes from past projects shipped with electron-packager and electron-osx-sign.
NB: The signing procedure implemented in this package is based on what described in Mac App Store Submission Guide.
Individuals making significant and valuable contributions are given commit-access to the project to contribute as they see fit. This project is more like an open wiki than a standard guarded open source project.
Thanks to seanchas116, jasonhinkle, and develar for improving the usability of this project implementation.
# For use in npm scripts
npm install --save electron-osx-sign
# For use from CLI
npm install -g electron-osx-sign
Note: electron-osx-sign is a dependency of electron-packager as of 6.0.0 for signing apps on macOS. However, feel free to install this package globally for more customization beyond specifying identity and entitlements.
electron-osx-sign app [embedded-binary ...] [options ...]
Example:
# To sign distribution version
electron-osx-sign path/to/my.app
# To sign development version
electron-osx-sign path/to/my.app --type=development
# It is recommended to place the provisioning profile(s) under the current working directory for electron-osx-sign to pick up automatically; and to specify provisioning profile to be embedded explicitly
electron-osx-sign path/to/my.app --provisioning-profile=path/to/my.provisioningprofile
# To specify the entitlements file (.plist)
electron-osx-sign path/to/my.app --entitlements=path/to/my.entitlements
# Or (.entitlements)
electron-osx-sign path/to/my.app --entitlements=path/to/my-entitlements.plist
It is recommended to make use of opts.version while signing legacy versions, for example:
electron-osx-sign path/to/my.app --version=0.34.0
Run electron-osx-sign --help or see electron-osx-sign-usage.txt for CLI-specific options.
var sign = require('electron-osx-sign')
sign(opts[, function done (err) {}])
Example:
var sign = require('electron-osx-sign')
sign({
app: 'path/to/my.app'
}, function done (err) {
if (err) {
// Handle the error
return;
}
// Application signed
})
From release v0.4.0-beta, Bluebird promises are introduced for better async method calls; the following is also available for use.
var signAsync = require('electron-osx-sign').signAsync
signAsync(opts)
[.then(function () {})]
[.catch(function (err) {})]
Example:
var signAsync = require('electron-osx-sign').signAsync
signAsync({
app: 'path/to/my.app'
})
.then(function () {
// Application signed
})
.catch(function (err) {
// Handle the error
})
Required
app - String
Path to the application package.
Needs file extension .app.
Optional
binaries - Array
Path to additional binaries that will be signed along with built-ins of Electron.
Default to undefined.
entitlements - String
Path to entitlements file for signing the app. Default to built-in entitlements file, Sandbox enabled for Mac App Store platform. See default.entitlements.mas.plist or default.entitlements.darwin.plist with respect to your platform.
entitlements-inherit - String
Path to child entitlements which inherit the security settings for signing frameworks and bundles of a distribution. This option only applies when signing with entitlements. See default.entitlements.mas.inherit.plist or default.entitlements.darwin.inherit.plist with respect to your platform.
gatekeeper-assess - Boolean
Flag to enable Gatekeeper assessment after signing the app. Disabling it is useful for signing with self-signed certificates.
Gatekeeper assessment is enabled by default on darwin platform.
Default to true.
identity - String
Name of certificate to use when signing.
Default to be selected with respect to provisioning-profile and platform from keychain or keychain by system default.
Signing platform mas will look for 3rd Party Mac Developer Application: * (*), and platform darwin will look for Developer ID Application: * (*) by default.
keychain - String
The keychain name. Default to system default keychain.
ignore - String
Regex or function that signals ignoring a file before signing.
Default to undefined.
platform - String
Build platform of Electron.
Allowed values: darwin, mas.
Default to auto detect by presence of Squirrel.framework within the application bundle.
pre-auto-entitlements - Boolean
Flag to enable automation of com.apple.security.application-groups in entitlements file and update Info.plist with ElectronTeamID.
Allowed values: true, false.
Default to true.
pre-embed-provisioning-profile - Boolean
Flag to enable embedding of provisioning profile in the current working directory.
Allowed values: true, false.
Default to true.
provisioning-profile - String
Path to provisioning profile.
requirements - String
Specify the criteria that you recommend to be used to evaluate the code signature.
See more info from https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Security/Conceptual/CodeSigningGuide/RequirementLang/RequirementLang.html
Default to undefined.
type - String
Specify whether to sign app for development or for distribution.
Allowed values: development, distribution.
Default to distribution.
version - String
Build version of Electron.
Values may be like: 1.1.1, 1.2.0.
Default to latest Electron version.
It is recommended to utilize this option for best support of specific Electron versions. This may trigger pre/post operations for signing: For example, automation of setting com.apple.security.application-groups in entitlements file and of updating Info.plist with ElectronTeamID is enabled for all versions starting from 1.1.1; set pre-auto-entitlements option to false to disable this feature.
err - Error
electron-osx-flat app [options ...]
Example:
electron-osx-flat path/to/my.app
Run electron-osx-flat --help or see electron-osx-flat-usage.txt for CLI-specific options.
var flat = require('electron-osx-sign').flat
flat(opts[, function done (err) {}])
Example:
var flat = require('electron-osx-sign').flat
flat({
app: 'path/to/my.app'
}, function done (err) {
if (err) {
// Handle the error
return;
}
// Application flattened
})
From release v0.4.0-beta, Bluebird promises are introduced for better async method calls; the following is also available for use.
var flatAsync = require('electron-osx-sign').flatAsync
flatAsync(opts)
[.then(function () {})]
[.catch(function (err) {})]
Example:
var flatAsync = require('electron-osx-sign').flatAsync
flatAsync({
app: 'path/to/my.app'
})
.then(function () {
// Application flattened
})
.catch(function (err) {
// Handle the error
})
Required
app - String
Path to the application bundle.
Needs file extension .app.
Optional
identity - String
Name of certificate to use when signing.
Default to be selected with respect to platform from keychain or keychain by system default.
Flattening platform mas will look for 3rd Party Mac Developer Installer: * (*), and platform darwin will look for Developer ID Installer: * (*) by default.
install - String
Path to install the bundle.
Default to /Applications.
keychain - String
The keychain name. Default to system default keychain.
platform - String
Build platform of Electron. Allowed values: darwin, mas.
Default to auto detect by presence of Squirrel.framework within the application bundle.
pkg - String
Path to the output the flattened package.
Needs file extension .pkg.
scripts - String
Path to a directory containing pre and/or post install scripts.
err - Error
As of release v0.3.1, external module debug is used to display logs and messages; remember to export DEBUG=electron-osx-sign* when necessary.
As developer certificates are required for codesign on macOS, this module is difficult to be tested via online build services. If you wish to test out this module, enter:
npm test
from the dev directory, and tell us if all tests should pass.
When this command is fun for the first time: electron-download will download all major releases of Electron available for macOS from 0.24.0, and save to ~/.electron/, which might take up less than 1GB of disk space.
A successful testing should look something like:
$ npm test
> electron-osx-sign@0.4.2 pretest electron-osx-sign
> rimraf test/work
> electron-osx-sign@0.4.2 test electron-osx-sign
> standard && tape test
Calling electron-download before running tests...
Running tests...
TAP version 13
# setup
# defaults-test:v0.29.2-darwin-x64
ok 1 app signed
ok 2 app flattened
# defaults-test:v0.30.8-darwin-x64
ok 3 app signed
ok 4 app flattened
# defaults-test:v0.31.2-darwin-x64
ok 5 app signed
ok 6 app flattened
# defaults-test:v0.32.3-darwin-x64
ok 7 app signed
ok 8 app flattened
# defaults-test:v0.33.9-darwin-x64
ok 9 app signed
ok 10 app flattened
# defaults-test:v0.34.5-darwin-x64
ok 11 app signed
ok 12 app flattened
# defaults-test:v0.34.5-mas-x64
ok 13 app signed
ok 14 app flattened
# defaults-test:v0.35.6-darwin-x64
ok 15 app signed
ok 16 app flattened
# defaults-test:v0.35.6-mas-x64
ok 17 app signed
ok 18 app flattened
# defaults-test:v0.36.12-darwin-x64
ok 19 app signed
ok 20 app flattened
# defaults-test:v0.36.12-mas-x64
ok 21 app signed
ok 22 app flattened
# defaults-test:v0.37.8-darwin-x64
ok 23 app signed
ok 24 app flattened
# defaults-test:v0.37.8-mas-x64
ok 25 app signed
ok 26 app flattened
# defaults-test:v1.0.2-darwin-x64
ok 27 app signed
ok 28 app flattened
# defaults-test:v1.0.2-mas-x64
ok 29 app signed
ok 30 app flattened
# defaults-test:v1.1.3-darwin-x64
ok 31 app signed
ok 32 app flattened
# defaults-test:v1.1.3-mas-x64
ok 33 app signed
ok 34 app flattened
# defaults-test:v1.2.8-darwin-x64
ok 35 app signed
ok 36 app flattened
# defaults-test:v1.2.8-mas-x64
ok 37 app signed
ok 38 app flattened
# defaults-test:v1.3.7-darwin-x64
ok 39 app signed
ok 40 app flattened
# defaults-test:v1.3.7-mas-x64
ok 41 app signed
ok 42 app flattened
# defaults-test:v1.4.4-darwin-x64
ok 43 app signed
ok 44 app flattened
# defaults-test:v1.4.4-mas-x64
ok 45 app signed
ok 46 app flattened
# teardown
1..46
# tests 46
# pass 46
# ok
FAQs
Codesign Electron macOS apps
The npm package electron-osx-sign receives a total of 132,619 weekly downloads. As such, electron-osx-sign popularity was classified as popular.
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