MAS

The top-level mas key contains set of options instructing electron-builder on how it should build MAS (Mac Application Store) target. Inherits macOS options.

Configuration¶

Electron-Builder / app-builder-lib / MasConfiguration

Extends¶

MacConfiguration

Properties¶

additionalArguments?¶

readonly optional additionalArguments: null | string[]

Array of strings specifying additional arguments to pass to the codesign command used to sign a specific file.

Some subresources that you may include in your Electron app may need to be signed with –deep, this is not typically safe to apply to the entire Electron app and therefore should be applied to just your file. Usage Example: ['--deep']

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.additionalArguments

appId?¶

readonly optional appId: null | string

The application id. Used as CFBundleIdentifier for MacOS and as Application User Model ID for Windows (NSIS target only, Squirrel.Windows not supported). It is strongly recommended that an explicit ID is set.

Default¶

com.electron.${name}

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.appId

artifactName?¶

readonly optional artifactName: null | string

The artifact file name template. Defaults to ${productName}-${version}.${ext} (some target can have other defaults, see corresponding options).

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.artifactName

asar?¶

readonly optional asar: null | boolean | AsarOptions

Whether to package the application’s source code into an archive, using Electron’s archive format.

Node modules, that must be unpacked, will be detected automatically, you don’t need to explicitly set asarUnpack - please file an issue if this doesn’t work.

Default¶

true

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.asar

asarUnpack?¶

readonly optional asarUnpack: null | string | string[]

A glob patterns relative to the app directory, which specifies which files to unpack when creating the asar archive.

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.asarUnpack

binaries?¶

readonly optional binaries: null | string[]

Paths of any extra binaries that need to be signed.

Overrides¶

MacConfiguration.binaries

bundleShortVersion?¶

readonly optional bundleShortVersion: null | string

The CFBundleShortVersionString. Do not use it unless you need to.

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.bundleShortVersion

bundleVersion?¶

readonly optional bundleVersion: null | string

The CFBundleVersion. Do not use it unless you need to.

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.bundleVersion

category?¶

readonly optional category: null | string

The application category type, as shown in the Finder via View -> Arrange by Application Category when viewing the Applications directory.

For example, "category": "public.app-category.developer-tools" will set the application category to Developer Tools.

Valid values are listed in Apple’s documentation.

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.category

compression?¶

readonly optional compression: null | CompressionLevel

The compression level. If you want to rapidly test build, store can reduce build time significantly. maximum doesn’t lead to noticeable size difference, but increase build time.

Default¶

normal

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.compression

cscKeyPassword?¶

optional cscKeyPassword: null | string

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.cscKeyPassword

cscLink?¶

optional cscLink: null | string

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.cscLink

darkModeSupport?¶

readonly optional darkModeSupport: boolean

Whether a dark mode is supported. If your app does have a dark mode, you can make your app follow the system-wide dark mode setting.

Default¶

false

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.darkModeSupport

defaultArch?¶

readonly optional defaultArch: string

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.defaultArch

detectUpdateChannel?¶

readonly optional detectUpdateChannel: boolean

Whether to infer update channel from application version pre-release components. e.g. if version 0.12.1-alpha.1, channel will be set to alpha. Otherwise to latest.

Default¶

true

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.detectUpdateChannel

disableDefaultIgnoredFiles?¶

optional disableDefaultIgnoredFiles: null | boolean

Whether to exclude all default ignored files(https://www.electron.build/contents#files) and options. Defaults to false.

Default¶

false

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.disableDefaultIgnoredFiles

electronLanguages?¶

readonly optional electronLanguages: string | string[]

The electron locales to keep. By default, all Electron locales used as-is.

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.electronLanguages

electronUpdaterCompatibility?¶

readonly optional electronUpdaterCompatibility: null | string

The electron-updater compatibility semver range.

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.electronUpdaterCompatibility

entitlements?¶

readonly optional entitlements: null | string

The path to entitlements file for signing the app. build/entitlements.mas.plist will be used if exists (it is a recommended way to set). See this folder in osx-sign’s repository for examples. Be aware that your app may crash if the right entitlements are not set like com.apple.security.cs.allow-jit for example on arm64 builds with Electron 20+. See Signing and Notarizing macOS Builds from the Electron documentation for more information.

Overrides¶

MacConfiguration.entitlements

entitlementsInherit?¶

readonly optional entitlementsInherit: null | string

The path to child entitlements which inherit the security settings for signing frameworks and bundles of a distribution. build/entitlements.mas.inherit.plist will be used if exists (it is a recommended way to set). See this folder in osx-sign’s repository for examples.

Overrides¶

MacConfiguration.entitlementsInherit

entitlementsLoginHelper?¶

readonly optional entitlementsLoginHelper: null | string

Path to login helper entitlement file. When using App Sandbox, the the com.apple.security.inherit key that is normally in the inherited entitlements cannot be inherited since the login helper is a standalone executable. Defaults to the value provided for entitlements. This option only applies when signing with entitlements provided.

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.entitlementsLoginHelper

executableName?¶

readonly optional executableName: null | string

The executable name. Defaults to productName.

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.executableName

extendInfo?¶

readonly optional extendInfo: any

The extra entries for Info.plist.

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.extendInfo

extraDistFiles?¶

readonly optional extraDistFiles: null | string | string[]

Extra files to put in archive. Not applicable for tar.*.

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.extraDistFiles

extraFiles?¶

optional extraFiles: null | string | FileSet | (string | FileSet)[]

The same as extraResources but copy into the app’s content directory (Contents for MacOS, root directory for Linux and Windows).

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.extraFiles

extraResources?¶

optional extraResources: null | string | FileSet | (string | FileSet)[]

A glob patterns relative to the project directory, when specified, copy the file or directory with matching names directly into the app’s resources directory (Contents/Resources for MacOS, resources for Linux and Windows).

File patterns (and support for from and to fields) the same as for files.

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.extraResources

fileAssociations?¶

readonly optional fileAssociations: FileAssociation | FileAssociation[]

The file associations.

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.fileAssociations

files?¶

optional files: null | string | FileSet | (string | FileSet)[]

A glob patterns relative to the app directory, which specifies which files to include when copying files to create the package.

Defaults to:

[
"**/*",
"!**/node_modules/*/{CHANGELOG.md,README.md,README,readme.md,readme}",
"!**/node_modules/*/{test,__tests__,tests,powered-test,example,examples}",
"!**/node_modules/*.d.ts",
"!**/node_modules/.bin",
"!**/*.{iml,o,hprof,orig,pyc,pyo,rbc,swp,csproj,sln,xproj}",
"!.editorconfig",
"!**/._*",
"!**/{.DS_Store,.git,.hg,.svn,CVS,RCS,SCCS,.gitignore,.gitattributes}",
"!**/{__pycache__,thumbs.db,.flowconfig,.idea,.vs,.nyc_output}",
"!**/{appveyor.yml,.travis.yml,circle.yml}",
"!**/{npm-debug.log,yarn.lock,.yarn-integrity,.yarn-metadata.json}"
]

Development dependencies are never copied in any case. You don’t need to ignore it explicitly. Hidden files are not ignored by default, but all files that should be ignored, are ignored by default.

Default pattern **/* is not added to your custom if some of your patterns is not ignore (i.e. not starts with !). package.json and **/node_modules/**/* (only production dependencies will be copied) is added to your custom in any case. All default ignores are added in any case — you don’t need to repeat it if you configure own patterns.

May be specified in the platform options (e.g. in the mac).

You may also specify custom source and destination directories by using FileSet objects instead of simple glob patterns.

[
{
 "from": "path/to/source",
 "to": "path/to/destination",
 "filter": ["**/*", "!foo/*.js"]
}
]

You can use file macros in the from and to fields as well. from and to can be files and you can use this to rename a file while packaging.

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.files

forceCodeSigning?¶

readonly optional forceCodeSigning: boolean

Whether to fail if app will be not code signed.

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.forceCodeSigning

gatekeeperAssess?¶

readonly optional gatekeeperAssess: boolean

Whether to let @electron/osx-sign validate the signing or not.

Default¶

false

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.gatekeeperAssess

generateUpdatesFilesForAllChannels?¶

readonly optional generateUpdatesFilesForAllChannels: boolean

Please see Building and Releasing using Channels.

Default¶

false

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.generateUpdatesFilesForAllChannels

hardenedRuntime?¶

readonly optional hardenedRuntime: boolean

Whether your app has to be signed with hardened runtime.

Default¶

true

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.hardenedRuntime

helperBundleId?¶

readonly optional helperBundleId: null | string

The bundle identifier to use in the application helper’s plist.

Default¶

${appBundleIdentifier}.helper

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.helperBundleId

helperEHBundleId?¶

readonly optional helperEHBundleId: null | string

The bundle identifier to use in the EH helper’s plist.

Default¶

${appBundleIdentifier}.helper.EH

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.helperEHBundleId

helperGPUBundleId?¶

readonly optional helperGPUBundleId: null | string

The bundle identifier to use in the GPU helper’s plist.

Default¶

${appBundleIdentifier}.helper.GPU

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.helperGPUBundleId

helperNPBundleId?¶

readonly optional helperNPBundleId: null | string

The bundle identifier to use in the NP helper’s plist.

Default¶

${appBundleIdentifier}.helper.NP

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.helperNPBundleId

helperPluginBundleId?¶

readonly optional helperPluginBundleId: null | string

The bundle identifier to use in the Plugin helper’s plist.

Default¶

${appBundleIdentifier}.helper.Plugin

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.helperPluginBundleId

helperRendererBundleId?¶

readonly optional helperRendererBundleId: null | string

The bundle identifier to use in the Renderer helper’s plist.

Default¶

${appBundleIdentifier}.helper.Renderer

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.helperRendererBundleId

icon?¶

readonly optional icon: null | string

The path to application icon.

Default¶

build/icon.icns

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.icon

identity?¶

readonly optional identity: null | string

The name of certificate to use when signing. Consider using environment variables CSC_LINK or CSC_NAME instead of specifying this option. MAS installer identity is specified in the mas.

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.identity

mergeASARs?¶

readonly optional mergeASARs: boolean

Whether to merge ASAR files for different architectures or not.

This option has no effect unless building for “universal” arch.

Default¶

true

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.mergeASARs

minimumSystemVersion?¶

readonly optional minimumSystemVersion: null | string

The minimum version of macOS required for the app to run. Corresponds to LSMinimumSystemVersion.

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.minimumSystemVersion

notarize?¶

readonly optional notarize: null | boolean | NotarizeNotaryOptions

Options to use for @electron/notarize (ref: https://github.com/electron/notarize). Use false to explicitly disable

Note: In order to activate the notarization step You MUST specify one of the following via environment variables: 1. APPLE_API_KEY, APPLE_API_KEY_ID and APPLE_API_ISSUER. 2. APPLE_ID, APPLE_APP_SPECIFIC_PASSWORD, and APPLE_TEAM_ID 3. APPLE_KEYCHAIN and APPLE_KEYCHAIN_PROFILE

For security reasons it is recommended to use the first option (see https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/issues/7859)

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.notarize

preAutoEntitlements?¶

readonly optional preAutoEntitlements: boolean

Whether to enable entitlements automation from @electron/osx-sign.

Default¶

true

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.preAutoEntitlements

protocols?¶

readonly optional protocols: Protocol | Protocol[]

The URL protocol schemes.

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.protocols

provisioningProfile?¶

readonly optional provisioningProfile: null | string

The path to the provisioning profile to use when signing, absolute or relative to the app root.

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.provisioningProfile

publish?¶

optional publish: Publish

Publisher configuration. See Auto Update for more information.

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.publish

releaseInfo?¶

readonly optional releaseInfo: ReleaseInfo

The release info. Intended for command line usage:

-c.releaseInfo.releaseNotes="new features"

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.releaseInfo

requirements?¶

readonly optional requirements: null | string

Path of requirements file used in signing. Not applicable for MAS.

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.requirements

sign?¶

readonly optional sign: null | string | CustomMacSign

The custom function (or path to file or module id) to sign an app bundle.

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.sign

signIgnore?¶

readonly optional signIgnore: null | string | string[]

Regex or an array of regex’s that signal skipping signing a file.

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.signIgnore

singleArchFiles?¶

readonly optional singleArchFiles: null | string

Minimatch pattern of paths that are allowed to be present in one of the ASAR files, but not in the other.

This option has no effect unless building for “universal” arch and applies only if mergeASARs is true.

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.singleArchFiles

strictVerify?¶

readonly optional strictVerify: boolean

Whether to let @electron/osx-sign verify the contents or not.

Default¶

true

Inherited from¶

MacConfiguration.strictVerify

target?¶

readonly optional target: null | TargetConfiguration | MacOsTargetName | TargetConfiguration | MacOsTargetName[]

The target package type: list of default, dmg, mas, mas-dev, pkg, 7z, zip, tar.xz, tar.lz, tar.gz, tar.bz2, dir. Defaults to default (dmg and zip for Squirrel.Mac). Note: Squirrel.Mac auto update mechanism requires both dmg and zip to be enabled, even when only dmg is used. Disabling zip will break auto update in dmg packages.