electron-packager deploy and protect source files - electron

I have deploy my electron app with "electron-packager", but i see that the electron-packager include always "resources" folder which has asar file and app folder with all sources file of my app... how I can deploy without including including "resources" folder so user can not see my codes?
I trid to deleted the "resources" folder, but my app not opening.. and I see some third party app used electron-packager but "resources" folder not included and it's work fine. How they did that please, any suggestion is welcome?
Here is code I have used:
npx electron-packager . electron-tutorial-app --overwrite --no-asar --platform=win32 --arch=x64
Thanks.

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electron-packager is packing with old version files

I have an Electron+Angular application.
When I build the Angular app, it goes to dist folder, ok. And when I use electron-packager and electron-builder, it put the files inside dist too.
For the first version it's ok. The problem is when I'm building a second version. It packs the old version files that is inside dist folder. And the result is a large .exe file.
These is the commands I'm using to pack and publish my app:
electron-packager . --overwrite --asar=true --platform=win32 --ignore=ˆ/tmp
electron-builder --publish always
How can I prevent the old version files to be packed in new versions? Should I remove them every time I build a new version?
I finally solved my problem
I'm new with Electron, so I though that run electron-packager was necessary before publish new versions.
You only need to run:
electron-builder --publish always
electron-packager packs everything inside dist folder and creates a new folder outside dist.
electron-builder create necessary files to publish but ignores the old version files that was created for it. But if you have that new folder created by electron-packager it'll be published too and your .exe will be very large.

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I guess there are some problems with my config in to package.json
Ok, I had a similar issue with electron-packager. I tried your package.json and did a "npm install". To me it looks like that your build does include native addons (*.node).
In electron-packager the solution was to add the asar unpack option. You are using electron-builder. Therefore you should look at this thread: https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/issues/390 . Maybe you need to specify the modules by hand, like:
"asar": true,
"asarUnpack": [
"../node_modules/uws"
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https://www.npmjs.com/package/bower-installer
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npm install -g bower-installer
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Hide source code from build executable in electron-app

I am trying to package and distribute my app which is written in electron. I noticed that when the binaries build is completed, the local resource/source code are also exposed in the final built folder.
In the resource/app folder, you would have all your source code revealed to anyone who can access.
I am wondering if there's anyway to hide these information, and just deliver the built binary.
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See also this post on the electron-packager github page:
theres nothing built in to electron to do that, so we don't support
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electron-packager . {your exe file name} --overwrite --asar --platform=win32 --arch=x64 --icon={your icon file source} --prune=true --out=release-builds --version-string.CompanyName=CE --version-string.FileDescription=CE --version-string.ProductName="product name"

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I am trying to package my electron app . Follwing the instruction Here. I added an object to my package.json like below
"osx-package": "node_modules/electron-packager/cli.js
./build/bin --platform=darwin --arch=x64 --version=0.34.0 --overwrite"
When i run
npm run osx-package
I received the messgage below
Packaging app for platform darwin x64 using electron v0.34.0 Wrote new
app to /...../binary-build-darwin-x64
Below is what i can see from by sublime text.
However, when i visit the folder, i can only see three files . Myapp(i.e execuatble ) , licence file and version file. I unhidden hidden files , still couldnt see my files as expected. However, the files were still shown in the directory in sublime . Clicking my app throws an error saying can't find an electron framework etc. Please what am i misssing ? How do i fix this ?
Did your try running it via the console with npm start?
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LICENSE
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MYAPP.app
version

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