https://github.com/egoist/nwjs

Install nw.js prebuilts using npm (formerly node-webkit)
https://github.com/egoist/nwjs

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Install nw.js prebuilts using npm (formerly node-webkit)

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/egoist/nwjs
• Owner: egoist
• License: mit
• Created: 2015-07-31T15:09:36.000Z (about 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-03-27T05:51:19.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-07-06T22:02:45.032Z (2 months ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 37.1 KB
• Stars: 77
• Watchers: 7
• Forks: 19
• Open Issues: 13
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# nwjs [![version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/nwjs.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/nwjs) [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/nwjs.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/nwjs)

Inspired by [electron-prebuilt](https://github.com/mafintosh/electron-prebuilt)

You can use `nwjs` as an nw.js version manager, and do things like `nw /your/app/path`

![preview](http://ooo.0o0.ooo/2016/02/01/56af0ee357dab.gif)

# Install

```bash

npm i -g nwjs

```

# Usage

```bash

# Install a version

$ nw install 0.12.3

# Install a SDK version

$ nw install 0.13.0-rc3-sdk

# Run nw in cwd or specific any directory

$ nw .

# Use another cached version

$ nw use 0.13.0-beta3

# Use SDK version

$ nw use 0.13.0-rc3-sdk

# List all local cached versions

$ nw ls

# Use a proxy

$ http_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:8787 nw install 0.13.0-beta5

# For fish shell users

$ env http_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:8787 nw install 0.13.0-beta5

```

For all available versions to install please use `nw ls-remote`

_Tested on Windows 7(32), Windows 10(32), Ubuntu 14.04(32), OSX El Capitan (64)._

## Help

```bash

$ nw -h

  Usage: nw [options] [command]

  Commands:

    *                       Run nwjs in a directory

    install|i      Install an nwjs version

    use|u          Set an active nwjs version

    list|ls                 List local cached nwjs versions

    list-remote|ls-remote   List all available nwjs versions from remote

    remove|r       Remove a specific version of nwjs

  Options:

    -h, --help     output usage information

    -V, --version  output the version number

```

## Programmatic usage

```js

const spawn = require('child_process').spawn

// this returns the path to nwjs excutable

const nw = require('nwjs')

const child = spawn(nw)

```

## License

MIT © [EGOIST](https://github.com/egoist)