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cargo-bundle vs Electron Forge

cargo-bundle

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Price from—Free
Free plan—Yes
Free trial——
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WindowsYesYes
macOSYesYes
LinuxYesYes
iOSYes—
AndroidYes—
Plans published01
Spec score · Software Packaging Tools7.9 (#7)8.6 (#1)
Purposecargo-bundle generates installers or app bundles for GUI executables built with Cargo.Electron Forge is an all-in-one tool for packaging and distributing Electron applications.

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Electron Forge

Electron Forge is a free, open-source tool for packaging and distributing Electron applications on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Its build pipeline brings together code signing, installer creation, and artifact publishing. Makers generate platform-specific distributables, including Squirrel.Windows, ZIP, DEB, RPM, DMG, AppX, and Flatpak formats. Publishers can send outputs from the make command to distribution services, update servers, or storage such as an S3 bucket. Developers can initialize projects with create-electron-app and choose first-party Webpack, Webpack with TypeScript, Vite, or Vite with TypeScript templates. The Plugin API supports custom build logic, and custom Makers and Publishers can address additional build or storage targets. The GitHub Publisher supports GitHub Releases and, with host configuration, GitHub Enterprise. Documented auto-update options include a free Electron team service for open-source GitHub apps, static storage publishers, and a hosted update server; macOS auto-updates require a signed app. Getting started requires Node.js 16.4.0 or later, Git, and a JavaScript package manager. Packaging requires node_modules on disk and does not account for symlinked dependencies or Yarn Plug'n'Play.

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