Neutralinojs CLI v11.3.0 released!

What's new

Host projects support

Developers can launch Neutralinojs from any programming language using child process APIs (i.e., subprocess in Python) and communicate with the framework process using the extension API. The new hostProject configuration object extends the official CLI to help developers easily create, run, and build these host projects. For example, the following host project configuration instructs the CLI to run a Node.js host project:

"hostProject": {
  "projectPath": "/node-src",
  "buildPath": "/node-src/dist/",
  "initCommand": "npm install",  
  "devCommand": "npm start",     
  "buildCommand": "npm run build"
}

Community projects implement bindings and templates to create host projects using Node.js, Python, Go, etc. For example, the node-neutralino NPM package lets you launch Neutralinojs via Node.js environments and execute native APIs via the NeutralinoApp class:

import NeutralinoApp from 'node-neutralino';

const app = new NeutralinoApp({
  url: '/',
  windowOptions: {
    enableInspector: false,
  }
});

app.init();
app.window.setTitle('Node.js');

Executable icon and metadata on Windows

Now, the neu build command automatically updates the executable file icon and metadata based on the following configuration options:

• author: gets written into executable's metadata.
• description: gets written into executable's metadata.
• copyright: gets written into executable's metadata. Defaults to current date + generic "all rights reserved".
• applicationName: gets written into executable's metadata. Defaults to cli.binaryName.
• applicationIcon: a relative path to an icon in .png format. Defaults to modes.window.icon. If it is not set, uses Neutralinojs logo.

Bugfixes/improvements

Use the zip-lib package to handle ZIP files for better performance and simplicity in the source code.

Install the latest (v11.3.0) npm package:

npm i -g @neutralinojs/neu

Get started: https://neutralino.js.org/docs/cli/neu-cli

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Neutralinojs CLI v11.2.2 released!

What's new

Bugfixes/improvements

• Fix initial loading issues with frontend library development file patching.

Install the latest (v11.2.2) npm package:

npm i -g @neutralinojs/neu

Get started: https://neutralino.js.org/docs/cli/neu-cli

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Neutralinojs CLI v11.2.0 released!

What's new

Core: Bundler

• Introduce the --clean flag to the neu build command to clean previous build files.
• Add file excluding feature for the app bundle and extensions directory via cli.resourcesExclude and cli.extensionsExclude configuration properties. For example, now developers can use the "resourcesExclude": ".*\\.scss$|.*\\.d.ts$" configuration to exclude *.scss and *.d.ts files from the final app bundle.
• Let app developers customize the frontend library development server wait time using the cli.frontendLibrary.waitTimeout configuration property.

Core: Version

• The neu version command now compares the installed CLI version and the framework version with the latest released versions and displays a warning messages if the users use an older versions.
• The neu version command now displays the (latest) tag with CLI, binary, client library version details.

Bugfixes/improvements

• Check and validate neutralino.config.json file before executing app-specific commands.
• Check app template validity before downloading content from a specific GitHub repository using the official GitHub API.
• Add the app icon to the final app bundle only the specific project uses an app icon.
• Fix the port waiting timeout issue with frontend library-based development workflow.

Install the latest (v11.2.0) npm package:

npm i -g @neutralinojs/neu

Get started: https://neutralino.js.org/docs/cli/neu-cli

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Neutralinojs CLI v11.1.0 released!

What's new

Core: Bundler

• Add cli.distributionPath into the neutralino.config.json file to customize the default dist distribution directory.

Install the latest (v11.1.0) npm package:

npm i -g @neutralinojs/neu

Get started: https://neutralino.js.org/docs/cli/neu-cli

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Neutralinojs CLI v11.0.1 released!

What's new

Bugfixes/improvements

• Clean existing app build files before creating another build using the neu build command.
• Support older Node versions by removing the optional chaining feature usage.
• Fix the endless port waiting issue with the --frontend-lib-dev option.

Install the latest (v11.0.1) npm package:

npm i -g @neutralinojs/neu

Get started: https://neutralino.js.org/docs/cli/neu-cli

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Neutralinojs CLI v11.0.0 released!

What's new

Core: Runner

• Change the WebSocket connection based on the v5 framework APIs.

Bugfixes/improvements

• Fixed issues with the frontend library command execution.

Install the latest (v11.0.0) npm package:

npm i -g @neutralinojs/neu

Get started: https://neutralino.js.org/docs/cli/neu-cli

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Neutralinojs CLI v10.1.1 released!

What's new

Bugfixes/improvements

• Fixed app development issues with the Vite server.

Install the latest (v10.1.1) npm package:

npm i -g @neutralinojs/neu

Get started: https://neutralino.js.org/docs/cli/neu-cli

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Neutralinojs CLI v10.1.0 released!

What's new

Bugfixes/improvements

• Fixed several issues in the frontend-library-based development flow (i.e., removed the hardcoded port number, fixed double devCommand execution, etc.,).

Install the latest (v10.1.0) npm package:

npm i -g @neutralinojs/neu

Get started: https://neutralino.js.org/docs/cli/neu-cli

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Neutralinojs CLI v10.0.0 released!

What's new

Core: frontend-library-based development

Added new configuration options to the cli.frontendLibrary key of the neutralino.config.json:

• projectPath: Sets the project path of the frontend-library project. This path will be used as the current directory while executing the frontend-app-related commands.
• initCommand: A command that gets executed after downloading an app template with the neu create command.
• devCommand: This command will run with the neu run command to start the frontend development server. The CLI doesn't wait for devCommand completion, instead, it will wait for the frontend development server via the tcp-port-used package.
• buildCommand: The neu build command will execute this command before generating the app bundle, so you can generate static resources of your frontend app using this command.

Install the latest (v10.0.0) npm package:

npm i -g @neutralinojs/neu

Get started: https://neutralino.js.org/docs/cli/neu-cli

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Neutralinojs CLI v9.8.0 released!

What's new

Core: Downloader

• Download the latest Neutralinojs framework resources with the --latest option in the neu update command.
• If framework versions are not present in the app/template configuration, download the latest framework resources automatically. The CLI will download nightly releases if it can't fetch the latest release tag because of an GitHub API-related issue (i.e., Exceeded rate limits).

Install the latest (v9.8.0) npm package:

npm i -g @neutralinojs/neu

Get started: https://neutralino.js.org/docs/cli/neu-cli

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