@angablue/exe NPM

Build a portable binary for Windows systems using Vercel's pkg. As pkg doesn't support modifying executable properties, this project serves to and aid in automating modifying the executable properties post build with the aid of resedit-js.

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Install

Install this package and save to devDependencies using your package manager of choice.

 npm i -D @angablue/exe

Basic Usage

// build.js
const exe = require("@angablue/exe");

const build = exe({
  entry: "./index.js",
  out: "./build/My Cool App.exe",
});

build.then(() => console.log("Build completed!"));

Example Usage

Specify more arguments and completely customise the resultant executable.

// build.js
const exe = require("@angablue/exe");

const build = exe({
  entry: "./index.js",
  out: "./build/My Cool App.exe",
  pkg: ["-C", "GZip"], // Specify extra pkg arguments
  version: "2.4.2",
  target: "latest-win-x64",
  icon: "./assets/icon.ico", // Application icons must be in .ico format
  executionLevel: "asInvoker",
  properties: {
    FileDescription: "My Cool App",
    ProductName: "My Cool App",
    LegalCopyright: "AngaBlue https://anga.blue",
    OriginalFilename: "My Cool App.exe",
  },
});

build.then(() => console.log("Build completed!"));

Configuration Options

Option	Description	Required	Default Value	Example Value	Possible Values
`entry`	Path to the entry file of the application.	Yes	N/A	`'./index.js'`	Any valid file path.
`out`	Path for the output executable file.	Yes	N/A	`'./build/My Cool App.exe'`	Any valid file path.
`pkg`	Extra arguments for the pkg package.	No	`[]`	`['-C', 'GZip']`	Array of pkg arguments.
`version`	Version of the application.	No	None	`'2.4.2'`	Semantic version string. e.g. `major.minor.patch`
`target`	Target node version and architecture.	No	`'latest-win-x64'`	`'latest-win-x64'`	Windows pkg target string. e.g. `latest-win-x64`, `node18-windows-x64`, etc.
`icon`	Path to the application's icon in .ico format.	No	Node.js icon	`'./assets/icon.ico'`	Any valid .ico file path.
`executionLevel`	Execution level for the application.	No	`'asInvoker'`	`'asInvoker'`	`asInvoker`, `highestAvailable`, `requireAdministrator`
`properties`	Metadata for the executable file.	No	None	`{ FileDescription: 'My Cool App', ... }`	Key-value pairs as shown in example.