Alpha scope

The Alpha release validates the core build and development architecture. It is useful for experiments and early application work, but it is deliberately smaller than a complete Electron distribution toolchain.

Included today

• one vite.config.ts for Vite+ and Electron;
• main, preload, and renderer production builds;
• renderer HMR;
• main-process rebuild and restart;
• preload rebuild and renderer reload;
• Electron-aware output formats and dependency externalization;
• vanilla, React, and Vue project templates;
• dev, build, and preview commands;
• automated build coverage across macOS, Windows, and Linux;
• a macOS Electron runtime smoke test.

Not included yet

• Electron Forge or electron-builder integration;
• installer or application bundle generation;
• code signing and notarization;
• worker import conventions;
• bytecode protection;
• dedicated native-module integration tests.

Vite+ provides the underlying package-manager rebuild workflow, but electron-vite-plus does not yet add a native Electron module lifecycle on top of it.

Adoption guidance

Pin electron-vite-plus, vite-plus, and the aliased Vite core version together. Validate production output on every operating system you plan to ship, and keep packaging/signing as an explicit downstream step.

If you hit a problem, open a bug report with a minimal reproduction and the relevant Electron, Vite+, Node.js, and operating-system versions.