Electron Forge Packaging

Quick Guide: Electron Forge v7 is the official Electron build toolchain. Configure via forge.config.ts with typed imports from @electron-forge/shared-types. Use makers to produce platform-specific installers (Squirrel for Windows, DMG/ZIP for macOS, deb/rpm for Linux). Use publishers to upload artifacts (GitHub Releases, S3, Snapcraft). Always code-sign production builds -- macOS requires both signing and notarization. Enable Electron Fuses to harden the binary at package time. Use hooks (prePackage, postMake) for custom build logic. Electron itself MUST be a devDependency -- Forge bundles only dependencies.

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CRITICAL: Before Using This Skill

All code must follow project conventions in CLAUDE.md (kebab-case, named exports, import ordering, import type, named constants)

(You MUST place electron in devDependencies -- Forge provides the Electron binary during packaging; placing it in dependencies bloats the app by ~200MB)

(You MUST code-sign macOS builds with osxSign and osxNotarize in packagerConfig -- unsigned apps are blocked by Gatekeeper on macOS 10.15+)

(You MUST enable asar: true in packagerConfig -- without ASAR, your source code ships as plain-text files readable by any user)

(You MUST store signing credentials in environment variables -- never hardcode secrets in forge.config.ts)