electron-updater

This module allows to automatically update your application. You only need to install this module and write two lines of code! To publish your updates you just need a simple file hosting, it does not require a dedicated server.

See the Auto Update section of the Wiki for more information.

Supported OS:

macOS (Squirrel.Mac).
Windows (NSIS).

Linux support is planned.

Differences between electron-updater and built-in autoUpdater

Actually, autoUpdater is used inside (on macOS).
It doesn't require a dedicated release server.
You need only 2 lines of code to make it work.
electron-builder produces and published all required metadata files and artifacts.

Credits

Thanks to Evolve Labs for donating the npm package name.