React Electron

Easy-to-understand-and-use boilerplate code for creating an Electron desktop app simply using Reactjs. Includes React Router.
This project was bootstrapped with Create React App, Electron, and electron-builder.

Build Electron App With React - Video Tutorial

Video Tutorial at YouTube

Usage

Clone this repository.

git clone https://github.com/willjw3/react-electron.git <your-project-name>

If you havent already, install Yarn globally.

npm install -g yarn

Navigate into project root and install dependencies.

cd <your-project-name> && npm install

Run dev server.

npm run start

Deploy to Desktop

Run the build process

npm run build

Go into your project folder using your file explorer. Navigate to the dist folder and open it. Then double-click <your-project-name> Setup 0.1.0. Your app should open and there should now be an icon on your desktop for this app.

Use a Custom Icon

Add a 256 x 256 .png or .ico image in your public folder. It should be either icon.ico or icon.png. Update the icon property in your package.json if necessary. Currently, it uses an image called icon.png, which is a graphic of a coffee cup. You'll only see this in production. For more info, see the electron-builder documentation

Contribute

Feel free to submit an issue or pull request anytime. If a change is made to the codebase with your PR, you'll be listed as a contributor.

Contributors