Electron-builder: electron-updater size

[astoilkov]

• Version: electron-updater 4.0.6
• Target: macOS

electron-updater increases the bundle size of our main process script by 22 times to half a megabyte. Pasting the screenshots produced by webpack bundle analyzer plugin:

Without electron-updater:

With electron-updater:

electron-builder is the most popular tool for packaging and publishing apps and I love it. It is so easy to work with. The auto-updating feature is so easy to set up. However, seeing that our app will load slower makes me think about the decision to use the electron-updater plugin.

Is there a way to minimize the bundle size by using different libraries to do the same? I am pasting a few resources to show where the size problems are.

https://bundlephobia.com/[email protected]

https://bundlephobia.com/scan-results?packages=@types/semver@6.0.0,[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],lodash.[email protected],[email protected]

[develar]

result for 4.1.0 — https://bundlephobia.com/[email protected]

2 less dependencies. Can be reduced further.

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[astoilkov]

Please don't close this issue as @develar said: "Can be reduced further.".

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[astoilkov]

Please don't close this issue as @develar said: "Can be reduced further.".

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