How to make exe files from a node.js app?

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The solution I’ve used is Roger Wang’s node-webkit.

This is a fantastic way to package nodejs apps and distribute them, it even gives you the option to “bundle” the whole app as a single executable. It supports windows, mac and linux.

Here are some docs on the various options for deploying node-webkit apps, but in a nutshell, you do the following:

  1. Zip up all your files, with a package.json in the root
  2. Change the extension from .zip to .nw
  3. copy /b nw.exe+app.nw app.exe

Just as an added note – I’ve shipped several production box/install cd applications using this, and it’s worked great. Same app runs on windows, mac, linux and over the web.

Update: the project name has changed to ‘nw.js’ and is properly located here: nw.js

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