@juliangumenita/electron-is-dev

Check if Electron is running in development

Useful for enabling debug features only during development.

This package must be used from the Electron main process.

Install

$ npm install @juliangumenita/electron-is-dev

Requires Electron 3 or later.

Usage

const isDev = require('electron-is-dev');

if (isDev) {
	console.log('Running in development');
} else {
	console.log('Running in production');
}

You can force development mode by setting the ELECTRON_IS_DEV environment variable to 1.

FAQ

How is this different than app.isPackaged?

This package existed long before that property. The benefit of this package is that you can override the value using an environment variable.

Related

• electron-is-dev - Useful for enabling debug features only during development
• electron-util - Useful utilities for developing Electron apps
• electron-debug - Adds useful debug features to your Electron app