feat: Add auto-updater

package.json

@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@electron/remote": "^2.1.2",
     "@quasar/extras": "^1.16.9",
+    "electron-log": "^5.1.2",
+    "electron-updater": "^6.1.8",
     "events": "^3.3.0",
     "pinia": "^2.1.7",
     "quasar": "^2.15.0",

src-electron/electron-main.ts

@@ -4,12 +4,16 @@ import initAppApiHandler from 'app/src-electron/appAPI/main';
 import path from 'path';
 import os from 'os';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+import log from 'electron-log';
+import electronUpdater, { type AppUpdater } from 'electron-updater';
 
 // needed in case process is undefined under Linux
 const platform = process.platform || os.platform();
 
 const currentDir = fileURLToPath(new URL('.', import.meta.url));
 
+log.initialize();
+
 function getPreloadPath(name: string): string {
   return path.resolve(
     currentDir,
@@ -95,10 +99,25 @@ function createWindow() {
   });
 }
 
+export function getAutoUpdater(): AppUpdater {
+  // Using destructuring to access autoUpdater due to the CommonJS module of 'electron-updater'.
+  // It is a workaround for ESM compatibility issues, see https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/issues/7976.
+  const { autoUpdater } = electronUpdater;
+  return autoUpdater;
+}
+
+const startAutoUpdater = () => {
+  const autoUpdater = getAutoUpdater();
+  autoUpdater.logger = log;
+  autoUpdater.checkForUpdatesAndNotify();
+};
+
 app.whenReady().then(() => {
   initAppApiHandler();
   initWindowApiHandler();
   createWindow();
+
+  startAutoUpdater();
 });
 
 app.on('window-all-closed', () => {