pear-runtime

Embeddable Runtime library for Pear with P2P OTA updates, Bare workers and storage APIs

npm install pear-runtime

This module integrates Pear into JavaScript-based Desktop applications.

See pear-mobile for Pear's embeddable runtime module for Mobile Devices.

MVP - EXPERIMENTAL

This boilerplate is MVP and Experimental.

OS Support

• MacOS
• Linux - Work in Progress
• Windows - Work in Progress

Usage

const path = require('path')
const PearRuntime = require('pear-runtime')
const { version, upgrade } = require('./package.json')

function getApp() {
  return path.join(process.resourcesPath, '../..')
}

const pear = new PearRuntime({
  dir: path.join(__dirname, 'runtime-data'),
  version,
  upgrade,
  app: getApp() // path to .app / .AppImage
})
pear.on('error', console.error) // log network errors etc.
pear.updater.on('updating', () => console.log('Updating...'))
pear.updater.on('updated', () => pear.updater.applyUpdate())

const worker = pear.run(require.resolve('./worker.js'))
worker.on('data', (data) => console.log('worker:', data.toString()))

// be sure to await pear.close() during process teardown

Quick Starts

Electron

git clone https://github.com/holepunchto/hello-pear-electron

For end-to-end instructions from building to deploying with Pear see hello-pear-electron README.md.

WebView

Coming Soon

Features

• Peer-to-Peer Over-the-Air (P2P OTA) updates (via pear-runtime-updater)
• Run workers in Bare Runtime
• Application storage management

API

const pear = new PearRuntime(opts)

• opts.dir – (required) Directory to store data (e.g. app data dir).
• opts.upgrade – (required) Pear upgrade link (e.g. from package.json upgrade field).
• opts.version – (optional) Current app version; used to decide if an update should be stored.
• opts.app – (optional) Path to the app bundle (for bundled apps; used with applyUpdate()).
• opts.bundled – (optional) Whether the app is bundled. Defaults to !!opts.app.
• opts.updates – (optional) Set to false to opt out of updates.

IPC <stream.Duplex> = pear.run(path, args = [], opts = {})

Start a bare worker. Returns a duplex stream, the IPC pipe.

In the worker, Bare.IPC is the other end of the pipe.

Worker stdio is available at IPC.stdin, IPC.stdout & IPC.stderr.

pear.storage

Suggested storage folder for app storage.

await pear.ready()

Resolves when ready. Initialization is eager, but can be used to determine when OTA updates are ready.

await pear.close()

Shut down the embedded runtime, including OTA updates. For best performance, be sure to do this when closing the app.

Making updates

VERY EXPERIMENTAL, MOST DEFINITELY WILL CHANGE.

Update listening and apply logic lives in pear-runtime-updater.

First allocate a pear link if you haven't using pear:

pear touch

Store this link in the package.json upgrade field of a project. See example.

Build an app. Take the distributable (e.g .app) produced and make a deployment folder with the following structure:

/package.json
/by-arch
  /[...platform-arch]
    /app

Now go to this folder and stage this onto the link with pear stage

pear stage {link-from-touch}

Now seed it. Any build out there on a lower version will trigger the update flow.

LICENSE

Apache-2.0