https://github.com/dillonkearns/elm-electron

Type-safe interprocess communication for Electron apps built with Elm.
https://github.com/dillonkearns/elm-electron

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Type-safe interprocess communication for Electron apps built with Elm.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/dillonkearns/elm-electron
• Owner: dillonkearns
• Created: 2017-07-27T03:09:00.000Z (almost 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2017-08-06T21:54:48.000Z (almost 9 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-05-17T21:37:33.071Z (about 1 year ago)
• Topics: electron, elm, ipc
• Language: Elm
• Size: 5.13 MB
• Stars: 19
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 4
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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# Elm-Electron

Communicate between your Elm pages and your main NodeJS Electron process

with the type-safety your accustomed to in Elm.

![Type-Safe IPC Messages](/demo.gif)

## Usage

See [github.com/dillonkearns/elm-electron-starter](https://github.com/dillonkearns/elm-electron-starter) for reference or to setup a brand new project.

See [github.com/dillonkearns/mobster](https://github.com/dillonkearns/mobster)

for a real-world example of this library in action.

* `cd` into your electron project.

* `npm install --save-dev elm-electron`.

* Add a script in your `package.json` `scripts` section similar to:

```javascript

"scripts": {

  ...

  "generate-ipc": "elm-electron src/Ipc.elm --ts src/ipc.ts --elm src/IpcSerializer.elm"

}

```

Where `src/Ipc.elm` is the location of your `Ipc.Msg` union type and `src/ipc.ts` is the location where you would like to save the generated typescript discriminated union.

Import the generated code in your Electron nodejs typescript code with `import { Ipc } from 'src/ipc.ts'` (or whatever the relative path to your generated file is).