ESH-Media/scripts/start-electron.js

// Waits for Vite dev server, then launches Electron with ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE
// removed from environment (any value of that variable causes Electron to run
// as plain Node.js instead of a GUI app).
const { spawn } = require('child_process');
const http = require('http');
const electronPath = require('electron');

const VITE_URL = 'http://localhost:5173';
const POLL_INTERVAL = 500;
const MAX_WAIT_MS = 60000;

function waitForVite(url, timeout) {
  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
    const deadline = Date.now() + timeout;
    const check = () => {
      http.get(url, (res) => {
        res.resume();
        resolve();
      }).on('error', () => {
        if (Date.now() >= deadline) return reject(new Error('Timed out waiting for ' + url));
        setTimeout(check, POLL_INTERVAL);
      });
    };
    check();
  });
}

console.log('Waiting for Vite at', VITE_URL, '...');
waitForVite(VITE_URL, MAX_WAIT_MS).then(() => {
  console.log('Vite ready — starting Electron');
  const env = { ...process.env };
  delete env.ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE;
  const child = spawn(electronPath, ['.'], { stdio: 'inherit', env });
  child.on('close', code => process.exit(code ?? 0));
}).catch(err => {
  console.error(err.message);
  process.exit(1);
});