# DeepSeek cross-platform app that run on Windows, macOS, and Linux built with the Electron framework
https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/tutorial/quick-start
# Platform built on V8 to build network applications
brew install node
# Convert SVG files to other image formats
brew install librsvg
# Lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor
brew install jqElectron apps follow the same general structure as other Node.js projects. Start by creating a folder and initializing an npm package.
mkdir DeepSeek-app && cd DeepSeek-app
# npm init
cat > package.json <<'EOF'
{
"name": "DeepSeek-app",
"version": "1.0.0",
"description": "DeepSeek is a Chinese AI startup specialising in open-source large language models (LLMs)",
"main": "main.js",
"scripts": {
"start": "electron ."
},
"keywords": []
}
EOF# curl --silent https://registry.npmjs.org/electron | jq '."dist-tags".latest'
# npm search electron
#
# https://www.npmjs.com/package/electron
#
npm install --save-dev [email protected]
#
# https://www.npmjs.com/package/electron-store
#
npm install [email protected]
npm list --depth 0
We created a main.js script that runs our main process, which controls our app and runs in a Node.js environment. In this script, we used Electron's app and BrowserWindow modules to create a browser window that displays web content in a separate process (the renderer).
cat > main.js <<'EOF'
// Modules to control application life and create native browser window
const { app, BrowserWindow } = require('electron')
const Store = require('electron-store')
const path = require('node:path')
function createWindow () {
const store = new Store();
// Create the browser window.
const mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({
show: false,
width: 800,
height: 600,
webPreferences: {}
})
// and load the index.html of the app.
mainWindow.loadURL('https://chat.deepseek.com/')
// Open the DevTools.
// mainWindow.webContents.openDevTools()
mainWindow.once('ready-to-show', () => {
if (store.has('window_bounds')) {
// set all bounds properties
mainWindow.setBounds(store.get('window_bounds'))
//console.log(store.get('window_bounds'))
}
mainWindow.show()
})
mainWindow.on('resize', () => {
store.set('window_bounds', mainWindow.getBounds())
//console.log(mainWindow.getBounds())
})
mainWindow.on('move', () => {
store.set('window_bounds', mainWindow.getBounds())
//console.log(mainWindow.getBounds())
})
}
// This method will be called when Electron has finished
// initialization and is ready to create browser windows.
// Some APIs can only be used after this event occurs.
app.whenReady().then(() => {
createWindow()
app.on('activate', function () {
// On macOS it's common to re-create a window in the app when the
// dock icon is clicked and there are no other windows open.
if (BrowserWindow.getAllWindows().length === 0) createWindow()
})
})
// Quit when all windows are closed, except on macOS. There, it's common
// for applications and their menu bar to stay active until the user quits
// explicitly with Cmd + Q.
app.on('window-all-closed', function () {
if (process.platform !== 'darwin') app.quit()
})
// app.on('before-quit', function () {
// console.log('quit')
// })
// In this file you can include the rest of your app's specific main process
// code. You can also put them in separate files and require them here.
EOF# npm install
npm starthttps://www.electronforge.io/guides/create-and-add-icons
mkdir images
# start from a square svg logo: DeepSeek_logo.svg
rsvg-convert images/DeepSeek_logo.svg -w 1024 -f png -o images/icon.png
rsvg-convert images/DeepSeek_logo.svg -w $(( 1024 * 2 )) -f png -o images/[email protected]
rsvg-convert images/DeepSeek_logo.svg -w $(( 1024 * 3 )) -f png -o images/[email protected]
rsvg-convert images/DeepSeek_logo.svg -w $(( 1024 * 4 )) -f png -o images/[email protected]
rsvg-convert images/DeepSeek_logo.svg -w $(( 1024 * 5 )) -f png -o images/[email protected]mkdir icon.iconset
rsvg-convert images/DeepSeek_logo.svg -w 16 -f png -o icon.iconset/icon_16x16.png
rsvg-convert images/DeepSeek_logo.svg -w 32 -f png -o icon.iconset/[email protected]
rsvg-convert images/DeepSeek_logo.svg -w 32 -f png -o icon.iconset/icon_32x32.png
rsvg-convert images/DeepSeek_logo.svg -w 64 -f png -o icon.iconset/[email protected]
rsvg-convert images/DeepSeek_logo.svg -w 128 -f png -o icon.iconset/icon_128x128.png
rsvg-convert images/DeepSeek_logo.svg -w 256 -f png -o icon.iconset/[email protected]
rsvg-convert images/DeepSeek_logo.svg -w 256 -f png -o icon.iconset/icon_256x256.png
rsvg-convert images/DeepSeek_logo.svg -w 512 -f png -o icon.iconset/[email protected]
rsvg-convert images/DeepSeek_logo.svg -w 512 -f png -o icon.iconset/icon_512x512.png
rsvg-convert images/DeepSeek_logo.svg -w 1024 -f png -o icon.iconset/[email protected]
iconutil --convert icns --output images/icon.icns icon.iconset
rm -rf icon.iconset### Package and distribute your application
Package and distribute your application https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/tutorial/quick-start#package-and-distribute-your-application
Quickly scaffold an Electron project with a full build pipeline https://www.electronforge.io/
Append "config" json node to package.json
jq '. |= . + {
"config": {
"forge": {
"packagerConfig": {
"asar": true,
"icon": "./images/icon"
},
"rebuildConfig": {},
"makers": [
{
"name": "@electron-forge/maker-squirrel",
"config": {}
},
{
"name": "@electron-forge/maker-zip",
"platforms": [
"darwin"
]
},
{
"name": "@electron-forge/maker-deb",
"config": {}
},
{
"name": "@electron-forge/maker-rpm",
"config": {}
},
{
"name": "@electron-forge/maker-dmg",
"config": {
"options": {
"icon": "./images/icon.icns"
},
"format": "ULFO"
}
}
]
}
}
}' package.json > package_temp.json
mv package_temp.json package.jsonAdd Electron Forge as a development dependency of your app, and use its import command to set up Forge's scaffolding
npm install --save-dev @electron-forge/cli
npm install --save-dev @electron-forge/maker-dmg
npm list --depth 0
npx electron-forge import
npm run make
open out/make
# npm run publishls -la ~/Library/Application\ Support/DeepSeek-app