Electron wrapper for the Taskify task management application.

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Start all services (frontend, backend, electron)
npm run dev:all

# Or start electron only (requires frontend/backend running separately)
npm run dev

# Build and package for current platform
npm run build
npm run pack

# Create distributable for specific platforms
npm run dist:mac    # macOS
npm run dist:win    # Windows
npm run dist:linux  # Linux

This Electron app bundles your existing React frontend and Express backend into a single desktop application:

• Frontend: React app served from built files
• Backend: Express server running locally in Electron
• Database: SQLite stored in user data directory

• npm run dev - Start Electron in development mode
• npm run dev:all - Start frontend, backend, and Electron together
• npm run build - Build frontend and backend for packaging
• npm run pack - Package app for current platform (no installer)
• npm run dist - Create installer/distributor for current platform
• npm run clean - Remove build and dist directories

electron/
├── main.js           # Electron main process
├── preload.js        # Secure IPC bridge
├── scripts/
│   ├── build.js      # Build automation
│   └── dev.js        # Development server
├── build/            # Built frontend/backend (generated)
└── dist/             # Packaged applications (generated)

In production, SQLite database is stored in:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/taskify-desktop/taskify.sqlite
• Windows: %APPDATA%/taskify-desktop/taskify.sqlite
• Linux: ~/.config/taskify-desktop/taskify.sqlite

The build process:

1. Builds React frontend (frontend/dist)
2. Copies backend files and dependencies
3. Creates production environment configuration
4. Packages everything with Electron Builder

Key environment variables for production:

• NODE_ENV=production
• DB_TYPE=sqlite
• JWT_SECRET (automatically generated for builds)
• PORT=3001 (internal backend port)

• macOS: Universal binary (Intel + Apple Silicon)
• Windows: x64 installer
• Linux: AppImage format