nodewebkit 
An installer for node-webkit.
node-webkit is an app runtime based on Chromium and node.js. For building desktop applications that will run on OSX, Windows and Linux.
ATTENTION
node-webkit was renamed to nw.js as of version 0.12.0.
The new and official installer for nw.js is now npm install nw and the repo is located at github.com/nwjs/npm-installer
All future releases >= 0.12.0 will be released through nw.
usage
Install locally to your project with: npm install nodewebkit and then in your package.json add a script:
{
"scripts": {
"start": "nodewebkit"
}
}Now it will run your local project when you type npm start.
If your project is in another folder, add the path to the project "start": "nodewebkit path/to/app".
You could also call the binary directly with node_modules/.bin/nodewebkit instead of adding to your package.json.
global
You can also install globally with npm install nodewebkit -g and then in any project type nodewebkit to run the project. Installing locally is recommended though as each project can have its own dependent version of node-webkit.
example
If you want a really quick example try this:
git clone https://github.com/zcbenz/nw-sample-apps && cd nw-sample-appsnpm install nodewebkit"node_modules/.bin/nodewebkit" file-explorer
and now you should see a file explorer demo app.
command line options
There are a few (platform-specific) arguments you can pass to the nodewebkit executable to
customize your node-webkit application:
-
--mac_plist <path-to-plist-file>: (OS X only) Copies the given file to Info.plist in the app bundle. This lets you do things like change your app's name and point to a different icon. -
--mac_icon <path-to-icns-file>: (OS X only) Copies the given .icns file to the Resources/ dir in the app bundle. You will need to point to the file with a custom plist file as well (see--mac_list)
NOTE: These options will keep the copied files in the app bundle for as long as the bundle is
on the filesystem (they're not deleted between app invocations). As a result, they're not
recommended if you installed nodewebkit globally using -g. Also note that
OS X caches these files,
so you may need to manually clear these cached files during development.
install a specific version of node-webkit
To install a spcific version of node-webkit use npm with the specific version: npm install [email protected]
Please note: This npm package version tracks the version of node-webkit that will be installed, with an additional build number that is used for revisions to the installer. As such
0.9.2-1and0.9.2-2will both install[email protected]but the latter has newer changes to the installer.
You may use npm view nodewwebkit versions to view the list of available versions.
finding the path to the node-webkit binary
If you would like to programmatically retrieve the path to the node-webkit binary use:
var findpath = require('nodewebkit').findpath;
var nwpath = findpath();
// nwpath will equal the path to the binary depending on your environmentusing a proxy with or without authentication
If you are behind a proxy server you have to set an environment variable http_proxy with proxy servers url:
export http_proxy="http://username:[email protected]:8080"
or
export http_proxy="http://myproxy.com:8080"
license
node-webkit's code and this installer use the MIT license.
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