# create-nodew-exe

> Creates an executable based on node.exe that will not show a terminal on launch.

Latest version **2.1.1** (published 2026-06-09) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install create-nodew-exe
pnpm add create-nodew-exe
yarn add create-nodew-exe
bun add create-nodew-exe
```

Provides the command `create-nodew-exe`.

## Health

**Score 65/100 (B)** — status: active.

Positive: has types; esm support; no vulnerabilities; high maintenance score; high quality score.

Warnings: low downloads.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.1.1 |
| Published | 2026-06-09 |
| First published | 2018-05-20 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | bundled |
| Module format | ESM + CommonJS |
| Node | >=20 |
| Dependencies | 1 |
| Unpacked size | 8.6 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 43 |
| Author | Andreas Opferkuch |
| Maintainers | s-h-a-d-o-w |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-nodew-exe
- Repository: https://github.com/s-h-a-d-o-w/create-nodew-exe
- Issues: https://github.com/s-h-a-d-o-w/create-nodew-exe/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/create-nodew-exe

## Dependencies (1)

- [yargs](https://npm.io/package/yargs.md) 18.0.0

## Recent versions

- 2.1.1 (latest) — 2026-06-09
- 2.1.0 — 2024-11-12
- 2.0.0 — 2024-11-12
- 1.0.10 — 2021-09-02
- 1.0.8 — 2021-05-09
- 1.0.7 — 2021-05-09
- 1.0.6 — 2020-03-16
- 1.0.5 — 2019-07-10
- 1.0.4 — 2018-05-23
- 1.0.3 — 2018-05-21
- 1.0.2 — 2018-05-21
- 1.0.1 — 2018-05-20
- 1.0.0 — 2018-05-20

## README

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# create-nodew-exe

**_Use v1 for legacy node versions!_**

Creates an executable based on node.exe that will not show
a terminal on launch (sometimes also called "silent mode").

Credit for originally discovering how to do this goes to: [@ukoloff](https://github.com/ukoloff)
(who came up with it for his project [nvm$](https://github.com/ukoloff/nvms))

### Usage

The conversion can be done on any platform, Windows is **not** required.

Either through the CLI, e.g.:
```bash
pnpm add --global create-nodew-exe
create-nodew-exe <src> <dst>
```

... or locally in your project:
```bash
pnpm add -D create-nodew-exe
```
```ts
import { createNodewExe } from "create-nodew-exe";

createNodewExe({
  src: 'path/to/source',
  dst: 'path/to/destination',
});
```

### Notes

To see it in action, check out
[Spotify Ad Blocker](https://github.com/s-h-a-d-o-w/spotify-ad-blocker).

Windows users may experience issues with wrong icons being
displayed due to caching. See notes on `ie4uinit`
[here](https://github.com/s-h-a-d-o-w/spotify-ad-blocker#building).

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