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# Nativefier
## Introduction
[![NPM](https://nodei.co/npm/nativefier.png)](https://nodei.co/npm/nativefier/)
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Packages and wraps a single-page web app in an [Electron](http://electron.atom.io) OS executable (.app, .exe, etc) via the command line.
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Simply a fork with a small layer of abstraction on top of [electron-packager](https://github.com/maxogden/electron-packager) for the command line.
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I did this because I was tired of having to `⌘-tab or alt-tab` to my browser and then search through the numerous tabs open when I was using [Whatsapp Web](http://web.whatsapp.com) or [Facebook Messenger](http://messenger.com).
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### Notes
A back button is intentionally not provided because the tool is designed for single page apps. However, if desired, an executable can built for any url, and simply pressing the `backspace` key will take the user back to the previous page.
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*Tested only on OSX*
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## Installation
```bash
# for use from cli
npm install nativefier -g
```
## Usage
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```
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Usage: nativefier <appname> --target=<url> --platform=<platform> --arch=<arch> --version=<version>
Required options
appname name for the app
target target url for the single page app
platform all, or one or more of: linux, win32, darwin (comma-delimited if multiple)
arch all, ia32, x64
version see https://github.com/atom/electron/releases
Example nativefier Messenger --target=http://messenger.com --platform=darwin --arch=x64 --version=0.28.2
Optional options
all equivalent to --platform=all --arch=all
out the dir to put the app into at the end. defaults to current working dir
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icon the icon file to use as the icon for the app (should be a .icns file on OSX)
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app-bundle-id bundle identifier to use in the app plist
app-version version to set for the app
helper-bundle-id bundle identifier to use in the app helper plist
ignore do not copy files into App whose filenames regex .match this string
prune runs `npm prune --production` on the app
overwrite if output directory for a platform already exists, replaces it rather than skipping it
asar packages the source code within your app into an archive
sign should contain the identity to be used when running `codesign` (OS X only)
version-string should contain a hash of the application metadata to be embedded into the executable (Windows only).
These can be specified on the command line via dot notation,
e.g. --version-string.CompanyName="Company Inc." --version-string.ProductName="Product"
Keys supported:
- CompanyName
- LegalCopyright
- FileDescription
- OriginalFilename
- FileVersion
- ProductVersion
- ProductName
- InternalName
```
See [electron-packager](https://github.com/maxogden/electron-packager) for more details.
## Examples
Creating a native wrapper of `http://messenger.com` for `OSX x64`:
```bash
$ nativefier Messenger --platform=darwin --arch=x64 --version=0.29.1 --target='http://messenger.com' --overwrite
```
## Todo
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- Set the app icon from a url in the CLI
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- Set the app window dimensions from the CLI
- Dock badges