Introduction

Angular 17 and Electron 28 starter template to build web and desktop applications.

Features

Angular 17
Electron 27
Electron forge configured for windows build
Tailwind CSS configured
Eslint configured with standard rules

Getting started

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/huco95/angular-electron-starter.git

Install dependencies:

npm install

Project structure

Folder	Description
electron/src	Contains the Electron application.
src	Contains the Angular application.
dist	Contains the Angular build.
out	Contains the Electron build.

Commands

Command	Description
`npm run start`	Execute the app in the web browser with development configuration.
`npm run build`	Build the app for web browsers with production configuration.
`npm run electron-start`	Build and start the electron app with hot-reload on changes (only angular process, electron process is not reloaded unless it is restarted).
`electron-package`	Build and package the electron app into a platform-specific executable bundle, platforms are based on your `forge.config.js` config.
`electron-make`	Build, package and create distributables for your application based on your `forge.config.js` config.

Electron forge configuration

Electron forge is configured to build the app for windows platform only, you can change this configuration in forge.config.js file to build for other platforms. You can check the available platforms and how to configure them in Electron forge documentation.