Build Instructions (OS X)
Follow the guidelines below for building Electron on OS X.
Prerequisites
If you are using the Python downloaded by Homebrew, you also need to install following python modules:
- pyobjc
Getting the Code
$ git clone https://github.com/atom/electron.git
Bootstrapping
The bootstrap script will download all necessary build dependencies and create
the build project files. Notice that we're using ninja
to build Electron so
there is no Xcode project generated.
$ cd electron
$ ./script/bootstrap.py -v
Building
Build both Release
and Debug
targets:
$ ./script/build.py
You can also only build the Debug
target:
$ ./script/build.py -c D
After building is done, you can find Electron.app
under out/D
.
32bit Support
Electron can only be built for a 64bit target on OS X and there is no plan to support 32bit OS X in future.
Tests
Test your changes conform to the project coding style using:
$ ./script/cpplint.py
Test functionality using:
$ ./script/test.py