This is a simple browser project made from electron. It looks like Chrome and you can use it to build your own browser.
The goal of this project is not to make a full-featured browser, but to be a good scaffold to let you make your custom browser easier.
This project has not completed yet
The meaning of each directories like below:
├── app // Electron app folder, all files in this folder will be packaged
│ ├── assets // Static resources
| ├── background-process // Electron's background process
| | └── main.js // The main entry file
| ├── build-in-pages // Build-in pages, such as blank/error pages
| ├── renderer // Electron's renderer pages, **This folder is built by vue**
| └── package.json // package.json file for electron app
├── build // Build resources for electron-builder
├── dist // Contains the target file, such as .exe / .dmg
├── shell-window-src // Source files for `app/renderer`, which build from vue CLI 3
| ├── public // Public resources which will be copied to `app/renderer` foler
| | ├── src
| | | ├── main // Source of main browser frame window
| | | └── shared // Shared files for pages
| | └── package.json // package.json for vue codes
├── electron-builder.json // electron-builder configure file
├── package.json // The main package.json file
└── README.md
The main browser is built from VueJS, so you have to know the basic usage of Vue.
This project has 3 package.json files. You must install all dependencies from them:
npm install
cd app
npm install
cd ../shell-window-src
npm installYou can run webpack dev server and electron in 2 bash window
cd shell-window-src
npm run servenpm run dev