Port details
electron43 Build cross-platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
43.8.3 devel Σ 43.7.3Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch. Maintainer: tagattie@FreeBSD.org Port Added: 2026-07-16 19:51:07Last Update: 2026-10-25 08:48:02Commit Hash: a9ce9b9 License: BSD3CLAUSE LGPL21 MPL11 MITWWW: https://electronjs.org/ Description: # Build cross platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
It's easier than you think.
If you can build a website, you can build a desktop app. Electron is a
framework for creating native applications with web technologies like
JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. It takes care of the hard parts so you can
focus on the core of your application. Manual pages: # FreshPorts has no man page information for this port.
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist # USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines :
electron43>0:devel/electron43 To install the port : # cd /usr/ports/devel/electron43/ && make install clean To add the package , run one of these commands: pkg install devel/electron43 pkg install electron43 PKGNAME: electron43 Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port. # ONLY_FOR_ARCHS: aarch64 amd64 i386 distinfo: # TIMESTAMP = 1792841895
SHA256 (electron/chromium-150.0.7871.250.tar.xz.0) = ff59b1687c8682c9f6138ae24f0e3b0239c035a585857debd902a5783ebed85c
SIZE (electron/chromium-150.0.7871.250.tar.xz.0) = 2000000000
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Dependencies # NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered. Build dependencies: #
gperf : devel/gperf bindgen : devel/rust-bindgen-cli yasm : devel/yasm dri.pc : graphics/mesa-libs videodev2.h : multimedia/v4l_compat node24>0 : www/node24 npm-node24>0 : www/npm-node24 bison : devel/bison rust>=1.99.0 : lang/rust cmake : devel/cmake-core gettext-tools>=0.26 : devel/gettext-tools gmake>=4.4.1 : devel/gmake ninja : devel/ninja node : www/node24 node24>0 : www/node24 pkgconf>=1.3.0_1 : devel/pkgconf python3.12 : lang/python312 clang22 : devel/llvm22 nasm : devel/nasm xorgproto>=0 : x11/xorgproto x11.pc : x11/libX11 xcb.pc : x11/libxcb xcomposite.pc : x11/libXcomposite xcursor.pc : x11/libXcursor xdamage.pc : x11/libXdamage xext.pc : x11/libXext xfixes.pc : x11/libXfixes xi.pc : x11/libXi xrandr.pc : x11/libXrandr xrender.pc : x11/libXrender xscrnsaver.pc : x11/libXScrnSaver xtst.pc : x11/libXtst qt5-buildtools>=5.15 : devel/qt5-buildtools libQt5Core.so : devel/qt5-core libQt5Widgets.so : x11-toolkits/qt5-widgets
Test dependencies: #
git : devel/git py312-python-dbusmock>0 : devel/py-python-dbusmock@py312 sentry-cli : devel/sentry-cli Xvfb : x11-servers/xorg-server@xvfb 8x13O.pcf.gz : x11-fonts/xorg-fonts-miscbitmaps fonts.alias : x11-fonts/font-alias base : x11/xkeyboard-config xkbcomp : x11/xkbcomp node24>0 : www/node24 python3.12 : lang/python312
Runtime dependencies: #
xdg-open : devel/xdg-utils libasound_module_pcm_oss.so : audio/alsa-plugins alsa-lib>=1.1.1_1 : audio/alsa-lib x11.pc : x11/libX11 xcb.pc : x11/libxcb xcomposite.pc : x11/libXcomposite xcursor.pc : x11/libXcursor xdamage.pc : x11/libXdamage xext.pc : x11/libXext xfixes.pc : x11/libXfixes xi.pc : x11/libXi xrandr.pc : x11/libXrandr xrender.pc : x11/libXrender xscrnsaver.pc : x11/libXScrnSaver xtst.pc : x11/libXtst
Library dependencies: #
libatk-bridge-2.0.so : accessibility/at-spi2-core libatspi.so : accessibility/at-spi2-core libFLAC.so : audio/flac libopus.so : audio/opus libdbus-1.so : devel/dbus libepoll-shim.so : devel/libepoll-shim libevent.so : devel/libevent libffi.so : devel/libffi libnotify.so : devel/libnotify libpci.so : devel/libpci libnspr4.so : devel/nspr libre2.so : devel/re2 libdrm.so : graphics/libdrm libpng.so : graphics/png libwayland-client.so : graphics/wayland libwebp.so : graphics/webp libdav1d.so : multimedia/dav1d libva.so : multimedia/libva libopenh264.so : multimedia/openh264 libfreetype.so : print/freetype2 libharfbuzz.so : print/harfbuzz libsecret-1.so : security/libsecret libnss3.so : security/nss libexpat.so : textproc/expat2 libxkbcommon.so : x11/libxkbcommon libxshmfence.so : x11/libxshmfence libfontconfig.so : x11-fonts/fontconfig libasound.so : audio/alsa-lib libcups.so : print/cups libpipewire-0.3.so : multimedia/pipewire libsndio.so : audio/sndio libgbm.so : graphics/mesa-libs libGL.so : graphics/libglvnd libGLESv2.so : graphics/libglvnd libatk-1.0.so : accessibility/at-spi2-core libcairo.so : graphics/cairo libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so : graphics/gdk-pixbuf2 libglib-2.0.so : devel/glib20 libintl.so : devel/gettext-runtime libgtk-3.so : x11-toolkits/gtk30 libxml2.so : textproc/libxml2 libxslt.so : textproc/libxslt libharfbuzz.so : print/harfbuzz libpango-1.0.so : x11-toolkits/pango libiconv.so : converters/libiconv libjpeg.so : graphics/jpeg-turbo
Fetch dependencies: #
git : devel/git npm-node24>0 : www/npm-node24 node24>0 : www/node24
Patch dependencies: #
git : devel/git jq : textproc/jq
This port is required by: # for Build #
editors/vscode net-im/teams textproc/obsidian for Run #
net-im/teams textproc/obsidian for Test #
editors/vscode net-im/teams Configuration Options : # ===> The following configuration options are available for electron43-43.8.3:
AVX512=on: Enable AVX512 instructions
CODECS=on: Compile and enable patented codecs like H.264
CUPS=on: CUPS printing system support
DEBUG=off: Build with debugging support
DIST=off: Build distribution zip files
DRIVER=on: Install chromedriver
KERBEROS=on: Kerberos support
LTO=off: Use Link-Time Optimization
PIPEWIRE=on: Screen capture via PipeWire
====> Options available for the group AUDIO
ALSA=on: ALSA audio architecture support
PULSEAUDIO=on: PulseAudio sound server support
SNDIO=on: Sndio audio support
====> Kerberos support: you can only select none or one of them
HEIMDAL=off: Heimdal Kerberos (security/heimdal)
HEIMDAL_BASE=off: Heimdal Kerberos (base)
MIT=off: MIT Kerberos (security/krb5)
===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings Options name : # devel_electron43 USES: # bison cargo compiler:c++17-lang cpe display:test gettext-tools gl gmake gnome iconv:wchar_t jpeg localbase:ldflags ninja nodejs:24,build npm:yarn4 pkgconfig python:build,test qt:5 shebangfix tar:xz xorg
FreshPorts was unable to extract/find any pkg message # Master Sites: #
Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page) Commit Credits Log message 43.8.3 Hiroki Tagato (tagattie) devel/electron43: Update to 43.8.3
Changelog:
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v43.8.1
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v43.8.2
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v43.8.3
Reported by: GitHub (watch releases) 43.8.0 Hiroki Tagato (tagattie) devel/electron43: Update to 43.8.0
Changelog: https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v43.8.0
Reported by: GitHub (watch releases) 43.7.11 Hiroki Tagato (tagattie) devel/electron43: Update to 43.7.11
Changelog:
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v43.7.10
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v43.7.11
Reported by: GitHub (watch releases) 43.7.9_1 Mikael Urankar (mikael) lang/rust: Bump revisions after 1.99.0
PR: 299016 43.7.9 Hiroki Tagato (tagattie) devel/electron{41,42,43,44}: Fix build with LOCALBASE != /usr/local 43.7.9 Hiroki Tagato (tagattie) devel/electron{41,42,43,44}: Add AVX512 option to support older CPUs
Builds on older CPUs without AVX512 instructions support fail with the
following error:
In file included from
../../third_party/skia/modules/skcms/src/skcms_TransformSkx.cc:53:
../../third_party/skia/modules/skcms/src/Transform_inl.h:152:15: error:
always_inline function '_mm512_cvtph_ps' requires target feature 'avx512f', but
would be inlined into function 'F_from_Half' that is compiled without support
for 'avx512f'
152 | return (F)_mm512_cvtph_ps((__m256i)half);
Add AVX512 option, which is ON by default (status quo). Users can set
the option to OFF to build on older hardware.
PR: 299208
Reported by: Hiroo Ono <hiroo.ono+freebsd@gmail.com>
Tested by: Hiroo Ono <hiroo.ono+freebsd@gmail.com> 43.7.9 Hiroki Tagato (tagattie) devel/electron43: Update to 43.7.9
Changelog:
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v43.7.8
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v43.7.9
Reported by: GitHub (watch releases) 43.7.7 Hiroki Tagato (tagattie) devel/electron43: Update to 43.7.7
Changelog:
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v43.7.4
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v43.7.5
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v43.7.6
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v43.7.7
Reported by: GitHub (watch releases) 43.7.3 Hiroki Tagato (tagattie) devel/electron43: Update to 43.7.3
Changelog:
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v43.7.2
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v43.7.3
Reported by: GitHub (watch releases) 43.7.1 Hiroki Tagato (tagattie) devel/electron43: Update to 43.7.1
Changelog: https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v43.7.1
Reported by: GitHub (watch releases) 43.7.0 Hiroki Tagato (tagattie) devel/electron43: Use esbuild binary provided by npm package registry
The chromium upstream expects a specific version of esbuild for
building, which is sometimes different from the one we have in the
ports tree. To prevent such a discrepancy, always use the binary of
the same version as the upstream one which is provided by the npm
package registry.
Reported by: Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it> (via ports) 43.7.0 Hiroki Tagato (tagattie) devel/electron43: Update to 43.7.0
Changelog: https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v43.7.0
Reported by: GitHub (watch releases) 43.6.0_2 Mikael Urankar (mikael) lang/rust: Bump revisions after 1.98.1
PR: 298139 43.6.0_1 Hiroki Tagato (tagattie) devel/electron{42,43}: Install electron.d.ts
Some applications (e.g. VSCode) requires the file to be present while
building. Although it can be downloaded from Electron's releases page,
include here for convenience. 43.6.0 Hiroki Tagato (tagattie) devel/electron43: Update to 43.6.0
Changelog:
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v43.5.1
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v43.6.0
Reported by: GitHub (watch releases) 43.5.0 Hiroki Tagato (tagattie) devel/electron43: Update to 43.5.0
Changelog: https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v43.5.0
Reported by: GitHub (watch releases) 43.4.1 Hiroki Tagato (tagattie) devel/electron43: Update to 43.4.1
Changelog: https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v43.4.1
Reported by: GitHub (watch releases) 43.4.0 Hiroki Tagato (tagattie) devel/electron43: Update to 43.4.0
While here, prepare node modules archives for amd64 and aarch64
separately.
Changelog: https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v43.4.0
Reported by: GitHub (watch releases) 43.3.0 Hiroki Tagato (tagattie) devel/electron43: Update to 43.3.0
Changelog: https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v43.3.0
Reported by: GitHub (watch releases) 43.2.0 Hiroki Tagato (tagattie) devel/electron43: Update to 43.2.0
Changelog: https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v43.2.0
Reported by: GitHub (watch releases) 43.1.1_1 Mikael Urankar (mikael) lang/rust: Bump revisions after 1.97.1
PR: 296645 43.1.1 Hiroki Tagato (tagattie) devel/electron43: Add port: Build cross-platform desktop apps with JavaScript,
HTML, and CSS
Build cross platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
It's easier than you think.
If you can build a website, you can build a desktop app. Electron is a
framework for creating native applications with web technologies like
JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. It takes care of the hard parts so you can
focus on the core of your application.
WWW: https://electronjs.org/
