This is a minimal Electron application built with electron-forge and properly integrated with OpenVidu. It may be compiled to a native desktop application for Windows, Mac and Linux.

Running the tutorial

To clone and run this repository you'll need Git and Node.js (which comes with npm) installed on your computer. From your command line:

# Clone this repository
git clone https://github.com/OpenVidu/openvidu-tutorials
# Go into the repository
cd openvidu-tutorials/openvidu-electron
# Install dependencies
npm install
# Run the app
npm start

Note: If you're using Linux Bash for Windows, see this guide or use node from the command prompt.

Packaging your app

Electron Forge makes this extremely easy: electron-forge make (install it with npm i -g @electron-forge/cli). Boom, you're good to go. There you have your production-ready OpenVidu desktop app.

Resources for Learning Electron

electronjs.org/docs - all of Electron's documentation
electronjs.org/community#boilerplates - sample starter apps created by the community
electron/electron-quick-start - a very basic starter Electron app
electron/simple-samples - small applications with ideas for taking them further
electron/electron-api-demos - an Electron app that teaches you how to use Electron
hokein/electron-sample-apps - small demo apps for the various Electron APIs