reUpdater

August 23, 2024 ยท View on GitHub

An open source alternative to/replacement of Discord's Rust-programmed updater.node.

For questions read faq.md.

For support join: https://discord.gg/SP4syJnFqg

License notice

Before/On v1.0.1, the license of this project used is the MIT license. However, the subsequent versions after v1.0.1 will be in MPL license. If you use anything after v1.0.1, please open source your version of reUpdater, or if you did not make any changes, please mention that you use reUpdater in your project/modification.

Status

It's now stable in terms of usability.

Note: v1.x.x is now in maintenance mode as development shifted to v2.x.x, there will be no new features added in v1.x.x.

For people who implement custom update server API.

X-Content-Length is to bypass a weird issue in Express.js/Node.js where setting Content-Length does not even set. For best results please set both.

Usage

For normal users

  1. Download release.zip.
  2. Go to discordDir/app-latest.version.here/, delete (or rename) the updater.node file and create a folder named updater.
  3. Extract the files inside.
  4. If you have any was compiled against a different Node.js version problems please find the Electron version used and run ./node_modules/.bin/electron-rebuild -v (electron version here) from the updater folder.

For people who want to try out HEAD changes

  1. Download the latest source build.
  2. Extract and run npm i inside.
  3. Run ./node_modules/.bin/electron-rebuild -v (electron version here)
  4. Run npm run build.
  5. Go to discordDir/app-latest.version.here/, delete (or rename) the updater.node file and create a folder named updater.
  6. Copy dist, node_modules and package.json inside.

For developers

  1. Download the latest source build.
  2. Extract and run npm i inside.
  3. Run ./node_modules/.bin/electron-rebuild -v (electron version here)
  4. Run npm run dev.
  5. Go to discordDir/app-latest.version.here/, delete (or rename) the updater.node file and create a folder named updater.
  6. Copy dist, node_modules and package.json inside.

Alternatively you can package this with a repacker and setup your own update environment via Wumpdle. (recommended method if you want to test)