# electron/forge

:electron: A complete tool for building and publishing Electron applications

Repository: https://github.com/electron/forge
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/forge
Homepage: https://electronforge.io
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: electron, javascript, typescript, macos, webpack, build, linux, package, windows, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-26T16:51:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 90/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 72, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3619, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 105, "gap_med": 40.0, "n_releases_24m": 13}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 7133, forks 637 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:56.125121+00:00)

## What it is
Electron Forge is an all-in-one toolchain for building, packaging, and publishing Electron desktop applications. It unifies scaffolding, native module rebuilding, bundling (Webpack/Vite), code signing, installer creation, and release publishing behind a single CLI and configuration file.

## Use cases
- scaffold a new electron app from a template
- package my electron app into installers for mac windows and linux
- sign and publish electron releases to github
- rebuild native node modules for electron
- bundle an electron app with webpack or vite
- set up auto-updating for a desktop app
- import an existing electron project into a build pipeline

## When to choose
- you are building or distributing an Electron desktop application and want one standard tool for the whole build-to-publish lifecycle
- you want out-of-the-box code signing, installers, and auto-update support across macOS, Windows, and Linux
- you want to start an Electron project quickly with a single command

## When to avoid
- you are building with Tauri, NW.js, or another non-Electron desktop framework
- you already have a mature custom packaging pipeline and only need one narrow piece
- you need highly exotic packaging targets not covered by existing makers and publishers

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: build-tool, cli, deployment, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, desktop-applications, cross-platform, web-development
- platform: cross-platform, windows, cli
- tags: electron, packaging, installers, code-signing, publishing, webpack, vite, auto-update, nodejs, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- electron/forge (main) score 90

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:56.125121+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:40:03.168866+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/electron/forge (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:56.125121+00:00, sha 9bab112dd4af)
  - homepage: https://electronforge.io (fetched 2026-08-29T08:35:56.384611+00:00, sha fe7709abe665)
  - site_page: https://js.electronforge.io/modules/_electron_forge_core.html (fetched 2026-08-29T08:35:56.387298+00:00, sha a388bef44064)
  - site_page: https://www.electronforge.io/config/publishers/github (fetched 2026-08-29T08:35:56.388933+00:00, sha 80cb9d57490d)
  - site_page: https://www.electronforge.io/configuration (fetched 2026-08-29T08:35:56.390558+00:00, sha c27ad67a29ce)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.