Nextron v4 : Electron + Next.js with ease

Today zeit released Next.js v8, so Nextron came to v4 :)

https://nextjs.org/blog/next-8

What is Nextron?

Nextron is an electron app generator, which includes Next.js and it can handle electron renderer process with Next.js easily.

# install nextron
$ npm install --global nextron@latest

There are 13 example templates for now:

# list all templates
$ nextron list

  Available examples:

    - custom-build-options
    - custom-server
    - custom-server-nodemon
    - custom-server-typescript
    - ipc-communication
    - parameterized-routing
    - store-data
    - with-javascript
    - with-javascript-ant-design
    - with-javascript-material-ui
    - with-typescript
    - with-typescript-less
    - with-typescript-material-ui

  USAGE

    $ nextron init my-app [--template example_folder_name]

  If you want to use "with-typescript-material-ui", just type the command below:

    $ nextron init my-app --template with-typescript-material-ui

The usage is so simple:

# generate an example
$ nextron init my-app --template with-typescript-material-ui

# install dependencies
$ cd my-app
$ yarn (or "npm install")

# development mode
$ yarn dev (or "npm run dev")

# production build
$ yarn build (or "npm run build")

My Belief for Nextron

1. Show a way of developing desktop apps only web knowledge
   • always maintenanced 👍
2. Easy to use
   • run it one command
   • build it one command
3. Be transparent (Open to OSS developers)
   • shows all sources like webpack.config.js, electron production build configs and so on

Nextron's statuses

• 650+ commits over the last 9 months
• 200+ releases (npm publish)
• 100+ stargazers on GitHub
• listed on awesome-nextjs
• PRs are welcome!

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