simple-ahoy template

This is a totally minimal setup, designed to mke it really easy to get going.

Setup

To run this in development mode, clone this repo down, then :

$ cd ssb-ahoy/templates/simple
$ npm i
$ npm run dev

To build an installer/ executable :

$ npm run release

Produces an installer of ~88MB (for AppImage)

This setup will get you going and get installers in your friends hands, but it will be pretty raw.

Things this template doesn't cover, that you could improve:

no UI bundling
- I've written a very simple bundle-free ui to keep this template easy to read
- if you're using a framework which outputs bundles you'll need to wire that up
  - just make sure your main.js is pointing at the bundled index.html file
  - consider having the UI src in main.js pivot on process.env.NODE_ENV
no code signing
- without this, peers using your installers will just get warnings they have to click past to install.
- start simple, add this later if you need it
no custom icons
- you'll get a default electron icon 🤷
non-dev windows peers might have trouble
- there is a DLL they may be missing (Visual Studio something...)
- see the advanced template for patching that
no installer size optimisations
- by default all your node_modules are gonna be packaged into an installer
- see the advanced template for an example setup