@tiexin/maker-nsis

An electron-forge maker for NSIS that supports electron-forge v6 and can be used as a
replacement for electron-builder. Supports code-signing and basic updates with electron-updater.

This maker takes two configuration objects: codesigning for codesigning and updater for electron-updater support. Both of them are optional, the feature in question will simply be turned off if not provided.

- codesigning is passed directly to @electron/windows-sign and supports all its options (except for appDirectory, which is provided directly by this maker).
- updater
- url: URL to the location of yml files.
- updaterCacheDirName: Name of the local cache. By default ${name}-updater.
- channel: Name of the update channel. By default latest.
- publisherName: Used to verify the code signature.

``ts
// forge.config.js with minimal configuration
makers: [
{
name: "@tiexin/electron-forge-maker-nsis",
config: {},
}
]
`

`ts
// forge.config.js with example configuration
makers: [
{
name: "@tiexin/electron-forge-maker-nsis",
config: {
codesigning: {
certificateFile?: string;
certificatePassword?: string;
},
updater: {
url: "https://oss.17usoft.com/my-bucket",
updaterCacheDirName: "my-updater",
channel: "latest",
publisherName: "Tongcheng, Inc."
},
getAdditionalConfig: () => {
return {
artifactName: "${productName} Setup ${version} ${arch}.${ext}"
}
}
},
}
]
`

Updating

This tool supports ["generic" updates][https://www.electron.build/configuration/publish.html#publishers] with electron-updater`.


[electron]: https://github.com/electron/electron