we can now build the Electron app

forge.config.js

@@ -1,32 +1,76 @@
+// for some reason using forge.config.ts doesn't work,
+//
+// it says:
+//   Failed to load: /Users/jbilcke/Projects/clapper/forge.config.ts
+//   An unhandled rejection has occurred inside Forge:
+//   SyntaxError: Unexpected token 'export'
+//
+// so we cannot use this:
+// import type { ForgeConfig } from '@electron-forge/shared-types';
+// export const config: ForgeConfig = {
 module.exports = {
   packagerConfig: {
-    asar: false, // true,
-    icon: "./public/icon",
-    osxSign: {}
+    name: "Clapper",
+    asar: true,
+    icon: "./public/logos/CL.png",
+    osxSign: {},
+
+    // One or more files to be copied directly into the app's
+    // Contents/Resources directory for macOS target platforms
+    // and the resources directory for other target platforms.
+    // The resources directory can be referenced in the packaged
+    // app via the process.resourcesPath value.
+    extraResource: [
+      ".next/standalone"
+    ],
+    // ignore: ['^\\/public$', '^\\/node_modules$', '^\\/src$', '^\\/[.].+'],
+
+    // Walks the node_modules dependency tree to remove all of
+    // the packages specified in the devDependencies section of
+    // package.json from the outputted Electron app.
+    prune: true,
+
+    ignore: [
+      '^\\/.next$',
+      '^\\/src$',
+      '^\\/documentation$',
+      '^\\/test-results$',
+      '^\\/playwright-report$',
+      '^\\/.github$',
+      '^\\/public$',
+      '^\\/out$',
+      '^\\/tests$',
+      '^\\/Dockerfile$',
+      '^\\/package-lock.json$',
+      '^\\/.git$',
+    ],
   },
   rebuildConfig: {},
   makers: [
     {
       name: '@electron-forge/maker-squirrel',
-      config: {},
+      config: {
+        authors: "Clapper contributors"
+      }
     },
     {
       name: '@electron-forge/maker-zip',
       platforms: ['darwin'],
+      config: {},
     },
     {
       name: '@electron-forge/maker-deb',
       config: {
         options: {
-          icon: './public/icon.png'
+          icon: './public/logos/CL.png'
         }
       },
     },
     {
       name: '@electron-forge/maker-dmg',
       config: {
         options: {
-          icon: './public/icon.icns'
+          icon: './public/logos/CL.icns'
         }
       },
     },
@@ -45,3 +89,4 @@ module.exports = {
     */
   ],
 };
+

main.js

@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 const fs = require('fs')
 const path = require('path')
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------
+//
+// attention: if you add dependencies here, you might have to edit
+// forge.config.js, , the part about:
+// '^\\/node_modules/(?!dotenv)$',
+//
+// if you have an idea  to do that automatically, let me know
 const dotenv = require('dotenv')
+//
+// -----------------------------------------------------------
 
 dotenv.config()
 
@@ -20,12 +30,14 @@ try {
 
 const { app, BrowserWindow, screen } = require('electron')
 
-const currentDir = process.cwd()
-
-const mainServerPath = path.join(currentDir, '.next/standalone/server.js')
 
-// now we load the main server
-require(mainServerPath)
+try {
+  // used when the app is built with `npm run electron:make`
+  require(path.join(process.resourcesPath, 'standalone/server.js'))
+} catch (err) {
+  // used when the app is started with `npm run electron:start`
+  require(path.join(process.cwd(), '.next/standalone/server.js'))
+}
 
 // TODO: load the proxy server (for AI providers that refuse browser-side clients)
 // const proxyServerPath = path.join(currentDir, '.next/standalone/proxy-server.js')