📦 wnpkg

wnpkg is a tiny utility that packages a Node.js application into a portable executable — works on Windows and Linux.

🚀 Features

• Automatically wraps your Node.js script into a standalone executable
• Includes the Node.js runtime (node.exe on Windows, node on Linux)
• Optional custom icon support (icon.ico)
• Generates a clean build structure in wnpkg-build/
• Super lightweight — written in pure C using gcc

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🛠️ Usage

wnpkg <project-folder>

This command will:

1. Copy node (or node.exe on Windows) and your index.js into a build folder.
2. Compile a small C launcher using gcc.
3. Output a single executable:
   • On Windows: my-app.exe
   • On Linux: my-app (ELF binary without file extension)

Example

wnpkg my-app

This will create the following structure:

wnpkg-build/
├── source/
│   ├── index.js         <-- Your Node.js app
│   └── node(.exe)       <-- Node.js runtime
├── my-app(.exe)         <-- Final executable

• On Windows, just double-click my-app.exe to run your app.
• On Linux, run it with:

./my-app

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🎨 Optional: Custom Icon

To embed a custom icon in the Windows executable:

1. Place your icon.ico file in the project folder.
2. wnpkg will automatically detect and include it in the .exe.

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⚙️ Optional: Configuration File (wnpkg_config)

You can customize the app name and icon by creating a file named wnpkg_config in your project folder. This file should contain:

app-name;
icon.ico;

• Replace app-name with the desired output name.
• If you don't want to use an icon, simply use a * instead:

my-app;
*;

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📄 Requirements

• Windows or Linux (32 or 64 bit)
• GCC / MinGW installed and available in PATH

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🧠 Author Notes

This project was built for fun and utility — feel free to hack it, improve it or fork it.

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🐧 Created by Leonardo Pinezi (a.k.a. Shinpi)