Auto Update

Requirements

• Apple Developer Certificate (if targeting macOS)
• Windows Developer Certificate (if targeting Windows)

Auto Updates

Electron works with auto updates out of the box.

1. Update Env Variables

To get started you'll need to configure the following environmental variables, which electron-builder uses to sign your app:

Variable Name	How to get it
APPLE_ID	Your Apple ID
APPLE_ID_PASS	Your Apple password (use an app specific password)
CSC_LINK	code-signing
CSC_KEY_PASSWORD	code-signing

https://github.com/electron-react-boilerplate/electron-react-boilerplate/blob/main/package.json#L34-L35

See electron-builder's docs for more details:

• https://www.electron.build/auto-update
• https://www.electron.build/code-signing.html

2. Update App Config

Update the productName and appId.

3. Configure Your Server

Auto update assets need to be published somewhere. For open source apps, its convenient and free to publish via github releases, which electron-react-boilerplate does out of the box. Electron-builder doesn't recommend using github releases publish private apps. Instead you should host your releases you can host your own server

See electron-builder's publish docs for more details.