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So it looks like with newer electrons you can just start it off in typescript right away with

electron main.ts

  1. Though you can't do electron ./main and you'd still need to require('./file.ts').
  2. And I noticed that when I build it the .exe still complains that it needs a main.js file.

How can I solve these two issues without going with a compiler (just load typescript directly)?

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You can use TypeScript Execute (tsx) to execute typescript in electron now.

npm scripts "start:main": "NODE_OPTIONS=\"--import tsx\" electron ./src-main/main.ts",

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Electron is not supposed to execute TypeScript code directly so you have to convert it to Javascript before to be able to use it in electron. By the way here a useful link to refer: https://www.electronjs.org/blog/typescript

Please refer also to this question: How to add my own typescript classes in Electron project

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Thanks, that's a bit of a let down really, if electron executes typescript seemlessly that would've been ideal.

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