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.
===> The following configuration options are available for electron44-44.9.0_1:
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
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>
devel/electron44: Fix crash on self-spawning with ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE=1
The crash was due to incorrectly handled crashpad handler, which is
not supported on FreeBSD. Removing the incorrect patch solved the
problem.
GitHub Issue: https://github.com/tagattie/FreeBSD-Electron/issues/169
Reported by: Wenyin Root <ruojiner@hotmail.com> (via GitHub Issue)
devel/electron44: 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)
devel/electron44: 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/
