@distromate/avalonia

Build Avalonia desktop apps through distromate with dotnet publish as the host build step.

Install

npm install -D @distromate/cli @distromate/avalonia

dotnet must be available on your PATH, or configured through source.options.dotnetCliPath.

Usage

Point distromate.yaml at the builder plugin and keep Avalonia-specific overrides in source.options:

source:
  type: adapter
  plugin: avalonia
  options:
    projectDir: .
    projectFile: src/DemoApp/DemoApp.csproj
    runtime: win-x64
    selfContained: true
    dotnetArgs:
      - --property:PublishSingleFile=true

publish:
  appId: "70253487"
  channel: stable

package:
  publisher: Demo Inc.

Run DistroMate directly:

distromate package -v 1.2.3
distromate publish -v 1.2.3

Installing @distromate/avalonia adds the dm-plugin-avalonia command. distromate no longer installs plugins for you.

Behavior

• runs dotnet publish for a host-native RID
• derives package metadata, icons, and executable paths from project metadata and published output
• reuses the native dotnet publish output directory and writes DistroMate package artifacts there unless outputDir is overridden
• returns prepared native source metadata plus inferred DistroMate defaults over JSON/stdio so distromate continues the package or publish flow

Notes

• host-native only: target platform and arch must match the current machine
• plugin-specific overrides go under source.options
• the adapter defaults to the native bin/<Configuration>/<Framework>/<RID>/publish layout unless publishDir is overridden
• if the published output does not contain a runnable app host, enable UseAppHost or publish with an explicit RID