asar-node

Enable require('./path/to/any-node-project.asar') & require('./path/to/any-node-project.asar/any/file') in your nodejs app.

Usage

$ npm install -g asar-node

Exists ./path/to/any-node-project.asar

$ asar-node ./path/to/any-node-project # OK!
$ asar-node ./path/to/any-node-project.asar # OK!

$ asar-node ./path/to/any-node-project.asar/any/file # OK!
$ asar-node ./path/to/any-node-project.asar/any/file.js # OK!
$ asar-node ./path/to/any-node-project.asar/any/file.json # OK!
$ asar-node ./path/to/any-node-project.asar/any/file.node # OK!

Or

require('asar-node').register()
// Equivalent to require('asar-node/lib/register.js').register()

require('./path/to/any-node-project') // like require a nodejs directory
// or require('./path/to/any-node-project.asar')
require('./path/to/any-node-project.asar/any/file')

If require a asar file, make sure there is package.json and main field or index.js / index.json / index.node in the asar root.

You can also pack node_modules into node_modules.asar instead of packing the hole project folder into an asar file.

To let node find modules from node_modules.asar, You should

const { register, addAsarToLookupPaths } = require('asar-node')
// Equivalent to 
// const register = require('asar-node/lib/register.js').register
// const addAsarToLookupPaths = require('asar-node/lib/lookup.js').addAsarToLookupPaths

register()
addAsarToLookupPaths()

const Koa = require('koa') // koa is in node_modules.asar

In an electron project, it's unnecessary to call register() but you can also call addAsarToLookupPaths() to enable node_modules.asar support.

Migrate from v1

v1.x

require('asar-node')

v2.x

require('asar-node/lib/autorun/index')

Note

• Only these fs api functions are available in asar file and you should use absolute path. Also child_process api is not supported in asar file.

  • fs.readFileSync()
  • fs.createReadStream()
  • fs.statSync()
  • fs.lstatSync()
  • fs.readdirSync()
  • fs.existsSync()
  • fs.realpathSync()

• If your nodejs project use C++ native addons, please unpack it from asar file by specifying --unpack=*.node to asar CLI

• Express or Koa serving static file in asar file is not supported, but you can unpack the static file folder.