How to deploy an Electron app as an executable or installable in Windows?

You can package your program using electron-packager and then build a single setup EXE file using InnoSetup.

Since most answers dont have step by step instructions on packaging, let me post how i got to package the electron app.

We will be installing electron-packager first.

Electron Packager is a command line tool and Node.js library that bundles Electron-based application source code with a renamed Electron executable and supporting files into folders ready for distribution.

Install electron-packager :run following command in windows cmd

npm install -g electron-packager --save-dev

Next, lets package our app for windowsx64:

electron-packager appdirectory appName --platform=win32 --arch=x64 --electron-version=1.4.3

2020 UpdateYou can use electron-builder to create portable .exe file for your electron app. All you need to do is install electron-builder with yarn add electron-builder --devThen create a package.json file like this(this is just for portable .exe):

{  "name": "my-electron-app",  "productName": "electron app",  "version": "1.0.0",  "description": "an electron app",  "main": "main.js",  "scripts": {    "start": "electron .",    "dist": "electron-builder"  },  "devDependencies": {    "electron": "^8.0.2",    "electron-builder": "^22.3.2"  },  "build": {    "appId": "com.electron.app",    "win": {      "target": "portable"    },    "portable": {      "unicode": false,      "artifactName": "my_electron_app.exe"    }  }}