# electron-node-red

This is an Electron template to embed Node-RED with a Dashboard generated by node-red-dashboard.

You can base off this model and update the package.json file to include your own required dependencies.

## To Use

To clone and run this repository you'll need [Git](https://git-scm.com) and [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/download/) (which comes with [npm](http://npmjs.com)) installed on your computer. From your command line:

```bash
# Clone this repository
git clone https://github.com/natcl/electron-node-red.git
# Go into the repository
cd electron-node-red
# Install dependencies and run the app
npm install && npm start
```

## Packaging your application

If you want to distribute executables of this project, the easiest way is to use electron-packager:

```
sudo npm install -g electron-packager

# build for OS X 64 bits
electron-packager electron-node-red Node-RED --icon=nodered.icns --platform=darwin --arch=x64

# build for Windows 64 bits
electron-packager electron-node-red Node-RED --icon=nodered.icns --platform=win32 --arch=x64

# build for Linux 64 bits
electron-packager electron-node-red Node-RED --icon=nodered.icns --platform=linux --arch=x64
```

Learn more about Electron and its API in the [documentation](http://electron.atom.io/docs/latest).


### To package as a dmg

look at `https://github.com/LinusU/node-appdmg`

    appdmg appdmg.json ~/Desktop/NodeRED.dmg

#### License [CC0 (Public Domain)](LICENSE.md)

## See also
 - **Stand-alone Starter Project** - https://github.com/dceejay/node-red-project-starter
 - **Bluemix Starter Project** - https://github.com/dceejay/node-red-bluemix-starter