Electron Forge 卡在松鼠上

Question

I've been trying to package an electron app but it never goes past this stage:

I've tried 3 times and every time it takes hours but doesn't finish packaging for squirrel.

package.json:

{
  "name": "NAME",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "private": false,
  "author": "AUTHOR",
  "description": "DESCRIPTION.",
  "dependencies": {
    "@emotion/react": "^11.10.0",
    "@emotion/styled": "^11.10.0",
    "@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core": "^6.1.2",
    "@fortawesome/free-brands-svg-icons": "^6.1.2",
    "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons": "^6.1.2",
    "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome": "^0.2.0",
    "@material-ui/core": "^4.12.4",
    "@mui/material": "^5.9.2",
    "@testing-library/jest-dom": "^5.16.4",
    "@testing-library/react": "^13.3.0",
    "@testing-library/user-event": "^13.5.0",
    "bootstrap": "^5.2.0",
    "cross-env": "^7.0.3",
    "electron": "^19.0.10",
    "electron-compile": "^6.4.4",
    "electron-forge": "^5.2.4",
    "electron-is-dev": "^2.0.0",
    "react": "^18.2.0",
    "react-bootstrap": "^2.4.0",
    "react-dom": "^18.2.0",
    "react-dropdown": "^1.10.0",
    "react-modal": "^3.15.1",
    "react-scripts": "5.0.1",
    "reactjs-popup": "^2.0.5",
    "web-vitals": "^2.1.4"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "start": "react-scripts start",
    "build": "react-scripts build",
    "test": "react-scripts test",
    "eject": "react-scripts eject",
    "dev": "concurrently -k \"cross-env BROWSER=none npm start\" \"npm:electron\"",
    "electron": "wait-on tcp:3000 && electron .",
    "package": "react-scripts build && electron-forge package",
    "make-mac": "react-scripts build && electron-forge make --platform darwin",
    "make-linux": "react-scripts build && electron-forge make --platform linux",
    "make": "react-scripts build && electron-forge make"
  },
  "eslintConfig": {
    "extends": [
      "react-app",
      "react-app/jest"
    ]
  },
  "browserslist": {
    "production": [
      ">0.2%",
      "not dead",
      "not op_mini all"
    ],
    "development": [
      "last 1 chrome version",
      "last 1 firefox version",
      "last 1 safari version"
    ]
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "concurrently": "^7.3.0",
    "electron-prebuilt-compile": "8.2.0",
    "wait-on": "^6.0.1"
  },
  "main": "public/electron.js",
  "homepage": "./",
  "config": {
    "forge": {
      "packagerConfig": {},
      "makers": [
        {
          "name": "@electron-forge/maker-squirrel",
          "config": {
            "name": "stock_trading_app"
          }
        },
        {
          "name": "@electron-forge/maker-zip",
          "platforms": [
            "darwin",
            "linux",
            "win32"
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "@electron-forge/maker-deb",
          "config": {}
        },
        {
          "name": "@electron-forge/maker-rpm",
          "config": {}
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

An application file appears in my out > win32-x64 folder but it's not an .exe file.

I also have a random out > make > squirrel.windows > x64 folder that doesn't have anything in it.

Answer 1

The process takes forever because you're packaging your whole app, node_modules included.

A quick solution is to add the parameter "asar": true to you packagerConfig ¹ . But unless you want to package the non-compiled files, you probably only want to keep the build folder.

You already configured your scripts so a build is run before the make. Now since Electron Forge doesn't give the option to override dir ² , you will have to use the ignore option to exclude the files and folders you don't want to have in the packaged app ³ .

packagerConfig: {
    ignore: [
        "^\\/public$",
        "^\\/src$",
        "^\\/node_modules$",
        "^\\/[.].+",
        // [...]
    ]
},

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<sup>1. For the record, I found mentions of this here , here and here .
2. As stated in the documentation → "Please note that you can not override the dir , arch , platform , out or electronVersion options as they are set by Electron Forge internally"
3. See another example with this answer .</sup>