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title: 'Distribution Overview'
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description: 'To distribute your app with Electron, you need to package and rebrand it. To do this, you can either use specialized tooling or manual approaches.'
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slug: distribution-overview
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Once your app is ready for production, there are a couple steps you need to take before
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you can deliver it to your users.
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## Packaging
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To distribute your app with Electron, you need to package all your resources and assets
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into an executable and rebrand it. To do this, you can either use specialized tooling like Electron Forge
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or do it manually. See the [Application Packaging][application-packaging] tutorial
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for more information.
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## Code signing
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Code signing is a security technology that you use to certify that an app was
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created by you. You should sign your application so it does not trigger the
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security checks of your user's operating system.
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To get started with each operating system's code signing process, please read the
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[Code Signing][code-signing] docs.
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## Publishing
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Once your app is packaged and signed, you can freely distribute your app directly
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to users by uploading your installers online.
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To reach more users, you can also choose to upload your app to each operating system's
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digital distribution platform (i.e. app store). These require another build step aside
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from your direct download app. For more information, check out each individual app store guide:
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- [Mac App Store][mac-app]
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- [Windows Store][windows-store]
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- [Snapcraft (Linux)][snapcraft]
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## Updating
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Electron's auto-updater allows you to deliver application updates to users
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without forcing them to manually download new versions of your application.
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Check out the [Updating Applications][updates] guide for details on implementing automatic updates
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with Electron.
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<!-- Link labels -->
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[application-packaging]: ./application-distribution.md
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[code-signing]: ./code-signing.md
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[mac-app]: ./mac-app-store-submission-guide.md
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[windows-store]: ./windows-store-guide.md
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[snapcraft]: ./snapcraft.md
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[updates]: ./updates.md
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