@nwutils/runner

Run NW.js on Linux, MacOS and Windows hosts.

Getting Started

1. Install Volta
2. npm i to install third party dependencies

Usage

import run from "@nwutils/runner";

const nwProcess = await run({
    version: "latest",
    flavor: "normal",
    platform: "linux",
    arch: "x64",
    srcDir: "./src",
    cacheDir: "./cache",
    argv: [],
});

nwProcess.kill();

API Reference

Options

Name	Type	Description
version	string	Runtime version
flavor	"normal" | "sdk"	Runtime flavor
platform	"linux" | "osx" | "win"	Host platform
arch	"ia32" | "x64" | "arm64"	Host architecture
cacheDir	string	Directory to cache NW binaries
argv	string[]	List of CLI arguments to be passed to NW.js.

Contributing

External contributor

• Use Node.js standard libraries whenever possible.
• Prefer to use syncronous APIs over modern APIs which have been introduced in later versions.

Maintainer

• npm trusted publishing is used for releases
• a package is released when a maintainer creates a release note for a specific version