@distromate/wails

Build Wails desktop apps through distromate with Wails as the host build tool.

Install

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

wails must be available on your PATH.

Usage

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

source:
  type: adapter
  plugin: wails
  options:
    projectDir: .
    platform: windows/amd64
    outputName: DemoApp
    wailsArgs:
      - --webview2
      - embed

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/wails adds the dm-plugin-wails command. distromate no longer installs plugins for you.

Behavior

• runs wails build
• derives output paths, product metadata, icons, and version info from wails.json and the built artifact
• writes DistroMate package artifacts to the same Wails build directory (build/bin) 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: one platform per run, matching the current OS and architecture
• plugin-specific overrides go under source.options
• relative icon, extraFiles, extraResources, signing paths, outputDir, and source.options.cliPath values resolve from the config file location
• DistroMate owns the final installer step; this plugin does not drive Wails native installer modes directly