NW.js starter

This is a sample project to get you up and running with NW.js. Here's a screenshot from one of my apps that I created with this kit:

Features

• native notifications
• auto update
• gulp tasks to
  • build each release
  • sign the OS X app
  • pack
    • Windows: nsis installer
    • OSX: dmg
    • Linux: deb package
  • upload to GitHub
• remembers window position when closed
• customizable settings in the right-click menu
  • run as menu bar app
  • launch on OS startup
  • open links in the browser

What doesn't work:

• tray icon on linux
• rpm builds

Pre-requisites

# install gulp
npm install -g gulp

# install dependencies
npm install

• wine: If you're on OS X/Linux and want to build for Windows, you need Wine installed. Wine is required in order to set the correct icon for the exe. If you don't have Wine, you can comment out the winIco field in gulpfile.
• makensis: Required by the pack:win32 task in gulpfile to create the Windows installer.
• fpm: Required by the pack:linux{32|64}:deb tasks in gulpfile to create the Linux installers.

Quickly install this on OS X:

brew install wine makensis
sudo gem install fpm

Build

OS X: pack the app in a .dmg

gulp pack:osx64

Windows: create the installer

gulp pack:win32

Linux 32/64-bit: pack the app in a .deb

gulp pack:linux{32|64}:deb

The output is in ./dist. Take a look at gulpfile.coffee for additional tasks.

Tips

Use the --toolbar parameter to quickly build the app with the toolbar on. E.g. gulp build:win32 --toolbar.

Use gulp build:win32 --noicon to quickly build the Windows app without the icon, which normally takes some seconds.

For OS X, use the run:osx64 task to build the app and run it immediately.

Use these to create the .tiff images for the OS X menu bar:

$ tiffutil -cathidpicheck icon_menubar.png [email protected] -out icon_menubar.tiff
$ tiffutil -cathidpicheck icon_menubar_alert.png [email protected] -out icon_menubar_alert.tiff

Contributions

Contributions are welcome! For feature requests and bug reports please submit an issue.

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2015 Alexandru Rosianu

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.