shinyelectron: Export 'Shiny' Applications as Desktop Apps using 'Electron'

Provides tools to export 'Shiny' applications written in 'R' or 'Python' as standalone desktop applications using 'Electron'. The applications run as native, cross-platform programs. Depending on the runtime strategy chosen, end users do not need 'R' or 'Python' installed on their machine.

Version: 0.2.1
Depends: R (≥ 4.4.0)
Imports: cli (≥ 3.6.6), fs (≥ 2.1.0), jsonlite (≥ 2.0.0), rappdirs (≥ 0.3.4), whisker (≥ 0.4.1), processx (≥ 3.9.0), stats, tools, utils, yaml (≥ 2.3.12)
Suggests: testthat (≥ 3.3.2), mockery (≥ 0.4.5), quarto (≥ 1.5.1), renv (≥ 1.2.3), shinylive (≥ 0.5.0), withr (≥ 3.0.3)
Published: 2026-08-07
DOI: 10.32614/CRAN.package.shinyelectron (may not be active yet)
Author: James Joseph Balamuta ORCID iD [aut, cre, cph]
Maintainer: James Joseph Balamuta <james.balamuta at gmail.com>
BugReports: https://github.com/coatless-rpkg/shinyelectron/issues
License: AGPL (≥ 3)
URL: https://r-pkg.thecoatlessprofessor.com/shinyelectron/, https://github.com/coatless-rpkg/shinyelectron
NeedsCompilation: no
SystemRequirements: Node.js (>= 22.0.0), npm (>= 11.5.0)
Materials: README, NEWS
CRAN checks: shinyelectron results

Documentation:

Reference manual: shinyelectron.html , shinyelectron.pdf
Vignettes: Automatic Updates (source, R code)
Code Signing and Distribution (source, R code)
Configuration Guide (source, R code)
Container Strategy (source, R code)
Customizations (source, R code)
Getting Started with shinyelectron (source, R code)
Building with GitHub Actions (source, R code)
Multi-App Suites (source, R code)
Node.js Management (source, R code)
Runtime Strategies (source, R code)
Security Considerations (source, R code)
Troubleshooting Guide (source, R code)

Downloads:

Package source: shinyelectron_0.2.1.tar.gz
Windows binaries: r-devel: not available, r-release: not available, r-oldrel: not available
macOS binaries: r-release (arm64): shinyelectron_0.2.1.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): shinyelectron_0.2.1.tgz, r-release (x86_64): shinyelectron_0.2.1.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): shinyelectron_0.2.1.tgz

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