What's Changed

Highlights

• fix(maker-msix): rename and add named exports by @erickzhao in #4020
• fix(msix): use temp staging folder and fix types by @MarshallOfSound in #4021
• build: upgrade to Lerna 9 and Yarn 4 by @georgexu99 in #4009
• fix(maker-squirrel): make app in tmpdir by @MarshallOfSound in #4022

Other Changes

• build: update yarn version by @georgexu99 in #4023
• build: correct lerna-publish version by @VerteDinde in #4024
• build: move husky to postinstall by @VerteDinde in #4025
• docs: update CONTRIBUTING to include build by @VerteDinde in #4027

Full Changelog: v7.10.0...v7.10.2

Unfortunately, this release had an error in the final npm package. We're sorry for the inconvenience; we recommend upgrading directly to v7.10.2.

The MSIX Release

Forge v7.10.0 adds experimental support for the MSIX packaging format on Windows. The new @electron-forge/maker-msix package adapts the standalone electron-windows-msix installer utility to work alongside the rest of the Electron Forge build and release pipeline.

npm install --save-dev @electron-forge/maker-msix

What's Changed

• fix(init): unbreak interactive force check by @erickzhao in #4007
• feat(msix): add maker-msix by @bitdisaster in #3978

New Contributors

• @bitdisaster made their first contribution in #3978

Full Changelog: v7.9.0...v7.10.0

What's Changed

Vite Plugin Changes

In this release, a few improvements to the Vite plugin are important to note:

• We've had Out of Memory issues reported in the past for Vite builds with many renderer targets (ref #3965). Forge 7.9 adds the ability to limit the number of concurrent builds with the concurrent configuration flag. Note that another workaround to memory issues is to increase V8's max memory size using the --max_old_space_size CLI flag in Node.
• Forge 7.9 changes the default behaviour of Vite's static asset handling. Previously, the publicDir would copy to all build targets, where apps would typically only want to have the dir available for the web/renderer target. If you need to change this behaviour back, enable the build.copyPublicDir option in the relevant Vite configurations.

Features:

• feat: updated publisher-s3 to support cache max-age for release files by @discorev in #3968
• feat: added inquirer as an alternative to --template cli by @sethcg in #3933
• feat(plugin-vite): add concurrent option by @erickzhao in #3990
• feat: improve Yarn Berry support by @erickzhao in #3997

Bug Fixes and Improvements

• build(deps): bump vite from 5.4.19 to 5.4.20 by @dependabot[bot] in #4001
• build(deps): use @vscode/sudo-prompt fork by @erickzhao in #3983
• build(deps): update form-data by @erickzhao in #3991
• fix: wait for previous app to exit before restarting by @MarshallOfSound in #3973
• fix(plugin-vite): only copy /public in the renderer by @erickzhao in #3971
• fix(core-utils): startLogic was called in incorrect context by @Hill-98 in #3809
• fix(plugin-vite): handle object-like inputs from rollup options in CLI output by @erickzhao in #3982
• fix(plugin-vite): support electron/* subpath imports by @erickzhao in #3988
• fix(plugin-vite): clearer bundle error state by @erickzhao in #3987

New Contributors

• @Hill-98 made their first contribution in #3809
• @sethcg made their first contribution in #3933
• @discorev made their first contribution in #3968

Full Changelog: v7.8.3...v7.9.0

What's Changed

Bug Fixes & Improvements

• fix(plugin-fuses): only use fuses v1 by @erickzhao in #3972

Full Changelog: v7.8.2...v7.8.3

What's Changed

Bug Fixes & Improvements

• fix(plugin-vite): ensure vite build errors are propagated to CLI by @erickzhao in #3939
• fix(vite-typescript): add missing @types/electron-squirrel-startup dependency by @alectrocute in #3957
• fix: remove unused ts-node in template by @himself65 in #3959
• fix: hide promises from promisify by @MarshallOfSound in #3969

Other Changes

• build(deps): update Octokit by @erickzhao in #3940
• build(dev-deps): upgrade vitest to latest by @erickzhao in #3941
• build(deps): bump form-data from 4.0.0 to 4.0.4 by @dependabot[bot] in #3966
• ci: use latest version of wixtoolset v3 by @erickzhao in #3946
• ci: disable macOS x64 configs by @erickzhao in #3960
• chore: update electron-quick-start references by @yangannyx in #3958
• chore(plugin-vite): delete unused dependencies by @dmitriy-bizyaev in #3952

New Contributors

• @alectrocute made their first contribution in #3957
• @dmitriy-bizyaev made their first contribution in #3952
• @himself65 made their first contribution in #3959

Full Changelog: v7.8.1...v7.8.2

What's Changed

Bug Fixes and Improvements

• fix(plugin-webpack): make entry point consistent between dev and prod by @viliml in #3871
• fix(package): update @electron/universal to v2.0.3 by @erickzhao in #3931
• fix: add electron-winstaller in onlyBuiltDependencies by @wy-luke in #3924
• fix(core): load TypeScript configurations with jiti by @erickzhao in #3907

Other Changes

• build(deps): bump vite from 5.4.14 to 5.4.15 by @dependabot in #3899
• build(deps): bump vite from 5.4.15 to 5.4.16 by @dependabot in #3901
• build(deps): bump dsanders11/project-actions from 1.5.1 to 1.7.0 by @dependabot in #3905
• build(deps): bump actions/setup-node from 4.2.0 to 4.3.0 by @dependabot in #3904
• build(deps): bump vite from 5.4.16 to 5.4.17 by @dependabot in #3912
• build(deps): bump vite from 5.4.17 to 5.4.18 by @dependabot in #3920
• build(deps): bump http-proxy-middleware from 2.0.7 to 2.0.9 by @dependabot in #3921
• build(deps): update node-abi to latest 3.x by @erickzhao in #3929
• build(deps): bump vite from 5.4.18 to 5.4.19 by @dependabot in #3927
• build(deps): bump actions/setup-node from 4.3.0 to 4.4.0 by @dependabot in #3928
• ci(stale): use any-of-labels by @erickzhao in #3913
• test(plugin-fuses): use local build for tests by @erickzhao in #3910

New Contributors

• @viliml made their first contribution in #3871
• @wy-luke made their first contribution in #3924

Full Changelog: v7.8.0...v7.8.1

What's Changed

New Features

• feat(cli): show template sources when initializing by @erickzhao in #3895
• feat(cli): add --skip-git option by @erickzhao in #3860

Bug Fixes and Improvements

• fix(maker-wix): version with pre-release tag breaks app start by @ShGKme in #3855
• fix(maker-wix): inherit config types from electron-wix-msi by @erickzhao in #3858
• fix(core-utils): trim spawnPackageManager output by @rahulptl165 in #3866
• fix(start): pass app args with correct amount of -- by @erickzhao in #3879
• fix(cli): correctly wire up --skip-git opt by @erickzhao in #3886
• fix(core-utils): correctly fall back package manager lockfile by @erickzhao in #3885
• fix(template-base): properly add .npmrc to template files by @erickzhao in #3891
• fix(cli): add descriptive error for unsupported node version by @knqu in #3894

Other Changes

• build(deps): bump axios from 1.7.6 to 1.8.4 by @dependabot in #3897
• test(core-utils): add test coverage for spawnPackageManager by @dsanders11 in #3868

New Contributors

• @ShGKme made their first contribution in #3855
• @rahulptl165 made their first contribution in #3866
• @knqu made their first contribution in #3894

Full Changelog: v7.7.0...v7.8.0

What's Changed

Features

• feat(core): pnpm support by @erickzhao in #3822

Fixes

• fix(template): use esm imports for vite template only by @erickzhao in #3824
• fix(template-base): install correct version of plugin-fuses by @erickzhao in #3823
• fix(template-vite): make --force flag work by @erickzhao in #3825
• fix(template-vite-typescript): make --force flag work by @erickzhao in #3829
• fix(package): make packagerConfig.quiet configurable by @erickzhao in #3831
• fix(maker-flatpak): fix flatpakArch for arm64 by @pano9000 in #3839
• fix(cli): deduplicate default information by @erickzhao in #3842
• fix: upgrade commander 4 -> 11 by @erickzhao in #3848
• fix(cli): clean up output by @erickzhao in #3851
• fix(cli): error if system check fails by @erickzhao in #3852
• perf(cli): minimize resolvePackageManager calls by @erickzhao in #3853
• perf(cli): only check system on commands by @erickzhao in #3843
• perf(cli): only check for git on init by @erickzhao in #3846

Other Changes

• build: update outdated yarn.lock by @dsanders11 in #3819
• build(deps): bump @octokit/request-error from 2.1.0 to 5.1.1 by @dependabot in #3856
• build(deps): bump deps to partially clear audit by @dsanders11 in #3820
• build(deps): bump dsanders11/project-actions from 1.4.0 to 1.5.1 by @dependabot in #3834
• build(deps): bump actions/setup-node from 4.1.0 to 4.2.0 by @dependabot in #3833
• build(deps): bump serialize-javascript from 6.0.1 to 6.0.2 by @dependabot in #3850
• build(deps-dev): bump vitest from 3.0.3 to 3.0.5 by @dependabot in #3836
• chore: run ESLint with cache on lint-staged by @erickzhao in #3837
• chore: clean up issue templates by @erickzhao in #3841
• chore: add actions/stale for issues by @erickzhao in #3830
• chore: remove .vscode/settings.json from source control by @erickzhao in #3826
• docs: update broken link to outdated process docs by @sarahetter in #3821
• refactor(init): remove unmaintained resolve-package by @erickzhao in #3812
• test: unskip prebuilt-native-module test by @erickzhao in #3832

New Contributors

• @sarahetter made their first contribution in #3821
• @pano9000 made their first contribution in #3839

Full Changelog: v7.6.1...v7.7.0

What's Changed

This release contains several bug fixes and improvements, as well as bumps in dependencies.

Bug Fixes and Improvements

• fix(maker-dmg): remove extraneous properties from MakerDMGConfig by @tanishqkancharla in #3761
• fix(core-utils): don't add --save flag for npm install by @erickzhao in #3795
• fix: update native module unpack pattern to include hidden directories by @glowingjade in #3793
• fix(maker-dmg): make macos-alias build on Node.js 22 by @erickzhao in #3810
• fix(template): install fuses@ELECTRON_FORGE/VERSION by @erickzhao in #3702

Other Changes

• build(deps): remove unused pretty-ms dep by @erickzhao in #3775
• build(deps): bump vite from 5.4.11 to 5.4.12 by @dependabot in #3814
• build(plugin-vite): allow renderer name to contain dashes by @broose-goose in #3794
• build(deps): TypeScript 5.4 by @erickzhao in #3790
• ci: disable parallelism by @erickzhao in #3798
• ci: change gh-pages workflow to ubuntu-latest runner by @dsanders11 in #3807
• chore(core): remove unused download-to-file util by @erickzhao in #3774
• chore: upgrade [email protected] in corepack by @erickzhao in #3799
• chore: upgrade ESLint dependencies by @erickzhao in #3811
• refactor(all): use node: prefixes by @erickzhao in #3784
• test: avoid proxyquire in api_spec_slow by @erickzhao in #3786
• test: refactor fast suite to use vitest by @erickzhao in #3797
• refactor(core): replace yarn-or-npm with detect-package-manager by @erickzhao in #3813
• test(plugin-fuses): bump Electron version in fixture by @dsanders11 in #3815
• test: Vitest 3 by @erickzhao in #3816
• test: migrate slow tests to use vitest by @erickzhao in #3802

New Contributors

• @tanishqkancharla made their first contribution in #3761
• @broose-goose made their first contribution in #3794
• @glowingjade made their first contribution in #3793

Full Changelog: v7.6.0...v7.6.1