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# Distributing Apps With Electron Forge
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Electron Forge is a tool for packaging and publishing Electron applications.
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It unifies Electron's build tooling ecosystem into
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a single extensible interface so that anyone can jump right into making Electron apps.
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## Getting started
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The [Electron Forge docs] contain detailed information on taking your application
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from source code to your end users' machines.
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This includes:
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* Packaging your application [(package)]
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* Generating executables and installers for each OS [(make)], and,
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* Publishing these files to online platforms to download [(publish)].
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For beginners, we recommend following through Electron's [tutorial] to develop, build,
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package and publish your first Electron app. If you have already developed an app on your machine
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and want to start on packaging and distribution, start from [step 5] of the tutorial.
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## Getting help
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* If you need help with developing your app, our [community Discord server][discord] is a great place
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to get advice from other Electron app developers.
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* If you suspect you're running into a bug with Forge, please check the [GitHub issue tracker]
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to see if any existing issues match your problem. If not, feel free to fill out our bug report
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template and submit a new issue.
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[Electron Forge Docs]: https://www.electronforge.io/
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[step 5]: ./tutorial-5-packaging.md
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[(package)]: https://www.electronforge.io/cli#package
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[(make)]: https://www.electronforge.io/cli#make
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[(publish)]: https://www.electronforge.io/cli#publish
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[GitHub issue tracker]: https://github.com/electron/forge/issues
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[discord]: https://discord.gg/APGC3k5yaH
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[tutorial]: https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/tutorial/tutorial-prerequisites
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