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Command Line
$ nativefier [options] <targetUrl> [dest]
Command line options are listed below.
Target Url
The url to point the application at.
[dest]
Specifies the destination directory to build the app to, defaults to the current working directory.
Help
-h, --help
Prints the usage information.
Version
-V, --version
Prints the version of your nativefier install.
[name]
-n, --name <value>
The name of the application, which will affect strings in titles and the icon.
For Linux Users: Do not put spaces if you define the app name yourself with --name, as this will cause problems (tested on Ubuntu 14.04) when pinning a packaged app to the launcher.
[platform]
-p, --platform <value>
Automatically determined based on the current OS. Can be overwritten by specifying either linux, windows, or osx.
The alternative values win32 (for Windows) or darwin, mac (for OSX) can also be used.
[arch]
-a, --arch <value>
Processor architecture, automatically determined based on the current OS. Can be overwritten by specifying either ia32 or x64.
[electron-version]
-e, --electron-version <value>
Electron version without the v, see https://github.com/atom/electron/releases.
[no-overwrite]
--no-overwrite
Specifies if the destination directory should be not overwritten, defaults to false.
[conceal]
-c, --conceal
Specifies if the source code within the nativefied app should be packaged into an archive, defaults to false, read more.
[icon]
-i, --icon <path>
Packaging for Windows and Linux
The icon parameter should be a path to a .png file.
Packaging for OSX
The icon parameter can either be a .icns or a .png file if the optional dependencies listed are installed.
With iconutil, Imagemagick convert and identify optional dependencies in your PATH, Nativefier will automatically convert the .png to a .icns for you.
Manually Converting .icns
iConvertIcons can be used to convert .pngs, though it can be quite cumbersome.
To retrieve the .icns file from the downloaded file, extract it first and press File > Get Info. Then select the icon in the top left corner of the info window and press ⌘-C. Open Preview and press File > New from clipboard and save the .icns file. It took me a while to figure out how to do that and question why a .icns file was not simply provided in the downloaded archive.
[counter]
--counter
Use a counter that persists even with window focus for the application badge for sites that use an "(X)" format counter in the page title (i.e. Gmail). Same limitations as the badge option (above).
[width]
--width <value>
Width of the packaged application, defaults to 1280px.
[height]
--height <value>
Height of the packaged application, defaults to 800px.
[show-menu-bar]
-m, --show-menu-bar
Specifies if the menu bar should be shown.
[user-agent]
-u, --user-agent <value>
Set the user agent to run the created app with.
[honest]
--honest
By default, Nativefier uses a preset user agent string for your OS and masquerades as a regular Google Chrome browser, so that sites like WhatsApp Web will not say that the current browser is unsupported.
If this flag is passed, it will not override the user agent.
[ignore-certificate]
--ignore-certificate
Forces the packaged app to ignore certificate errors.
[insecure]
--insecure
Forces the packaged app to ignore web security errors.
[flash]
--flash <value>
By default, Nativefier will automatically try to determine the location of your Google Chrome flash binary. In the event that Flash does not appear to work, you can specify it directly with this command line flag, by retrieving the location of the Flash path from chrome://plugins, under Adobe Flash Player > Location.
From my experience, it might be helpful to pass the --insecure flag if you are using nativefied flash apps, as some https websites tend to serve flash insecurely.
[inject]
--inject <value>
Allows you to inject a javascript or css file. This command can be run multiple times to inject the files.
Example:
$ nativefier http://google.com --inject ./some-js-injection.js --inject ./some-css-injection.css ~/Desktop
[full-screen]
--full-screen
Makes the packaged app start in full screen.
Programmatic API
You can use the Nativefier programmatic API as well.
# install and save to package.json
$ npm install --save nativefier
In your .js file:
var nativefier = require('nativefier').default;
// possible options, defaults unless specified otherwise
var options = {
name: 'Web WhatsApp', // will be inferred if not specified
targetUrl: 'http://web.whatsapp.com', // required
platform: 'darwin', // defaults to the current system
arch: 'x64', // defaults to the current system
version: '0.36.4',
out: '.',
overwrite: false,
asar: false, // see conceal
icon: '~/Desktop/icon.png',
counter: false,
width: 1280,
height: 800,
showMenuBar: false,
userAgent: 'Mozilla ...', // will infer a default for your current system
ignoreCertificate: false,
insecure: false,
honest: false
};
nativefier(options, function(error, appPath) {
if (error) {
console.error(error);
return;
}
console.log('App has been nativefied to', appPath);
});
More description about the options for nativefier can be found at the above section.