feat!: upgrade to Node 22.18.0 and load forge.config.ts via Node.js

.nvmrc

@@ -1 +1 @@
-22.12
+22.18

package.json

@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "type": "module",
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 22.12.0"
+    "node": ">= 22.18.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "clean": "node -e \"fs.rmSync('dist', { recursive: true, force: true })\" && lerna exec -- \"node -e \\\"fs.rmSync('dist', { recursive: true, force: true })\\\" && node -e \\\"fs.rmSync('tsconfig.tsbuildinfo', { recursive: true, force: true })\\\"\"",
-    "build": "tsc -b packages && tsx tools/test-dist",
+    "build": "tsc -b packages && node tools/test-dist.ts",
     "build:watch": "tsc -b packages --watch",
     "docs": "yarn build && typedoc",
     "lerna:version": "./tools/version.sh",
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@
     "test": "xvfb-maybe vitest run --project fast --project slow --project slow-verdaccio",
     "test:fast": "xvfb-maybe vitest run --project fast",
     "test:slow": "xvfb-maybe vitest run --project slow",
-    "test:verdaccio": "tsx tools/verdaccio/spawn-verdaccio.ts xvfb-maybe vitest run --project slow-verdaccio",
-    "test:clear": "tsx tools/test-clear",
-    "postinstall": "husky install && node -e \"try { fs.rmSync('node_modules/.bin/*.ps1', { recursive: true, force: true }) } catch (e) {}\" && tsx ./tools/gen-tsconfigs.ts && tsx ./tools/gen-ts-glue.ts",
-    "spawn-verdaccio": "tsx tools/verdaccio/spawn-verdaccio.ts"
+    "test:verdaccio": "node tools/verdaccio/spawn-verdaccio.ts xvfb-maybe vitest run --project slow-verdaccio",
+    "test:clear": "node tools/test-clear.ts",
+    "postinstall": "husky install && node -e \"try { fs.rmSync('node_modules/.bin/*.ps1', { recursive: true, force: true }) } catch (e) {}\" && node ./tools/gen-tsconfigs.ts && node ./tools/gen-ts-glue.ts",
+    "spawn-verdaccio": "node tools/verdaccio/spawn-verdaccio.ts"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@aws-sdk/client-s3": "^3.654.0",
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@
     "parse-author": "^2.0.0",
     "semver": "^7.2.1",
     "source-map-support": "^0.5.13",
-    "tsx": "^4.21.0",
     "username": "^5.1.0",
     "vite": "^7.2.4",
     "webpack": "^5.69.1",

packages/api/cli/package.json

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     "semver": "^7.2.1"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 22.12.0"
+    "node": ">= 22.18.0"
   },
   "funding": [
     {

packages/api/cli/spec/cli.slow.spec.ts

@@ -5,11 +5,10 @@ import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 
 function runForgeCLI(...extraArgs: string[]): Promise<string> {
   const args = [
-    'tsx',
     path.resolve(import.meta.dirname, '../src/electron-forge.ts'),
     ...extraArgs,
   ];
-  return spawn('npx', args);
+  return spawn('node', args);
 }
 
 describe('cli', () => {

packages/api/core/package.json

@@ -46,15 +46,14 @@
     "find-up": "^5.0.0",
     "fs-extra": "^10.0.0",
     "got": "^14.0.0",
-    "jiti": "^2.4.2",
     "listr2": "^7.0.2",
     "log-symbols": "^4.0.0",
     "semver": "^7.2.1",
     "source-map-support": "^0.5.13",
     "username": "^5.1.0"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 22.12.0"
+    "node": ">= 22.18.0"
   },
   "funding": [
     {

packages/api/core/spec/fixture/dummy_default_cts_conf/forge.config.cts

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-import type { ForgeConfig } from '@electron-forge/shared-types';
-
-const config: ForgeConfig = {
+const config = {
   buildIdentifier: 'typescript-commonjs',
 };
 
-export default config;
+module.exports = config;

packages/api/core/src/util/forge-config.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import path from 'node:path';
 
+import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
+
 import { ForgeConfig, ResolvedForgeConfig } from '@electron-forge/shared-types';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
-import { createJiti } from 'jiti';
 
 import { runMutatingHook } from './hook.js';
 import PluginInterface from './plugin-interface.js';
@@ -163,15 +164,14 @@ export default async (dir: string): Promise<ResolvedForgeConfig> => {
   ) {
     const forgeConfigPath = path.resolve(dir, forgeConfig);
     try {
-      let loadFn;
-      if (['.cts', '.mts', '.ts'].includes(path.extname(forgeConfigPath))) {
-        const jiti = createJiti(import.meta.filename);
-        loadFn = jiti.import;
-      }
       // The loaded "config" could potentially be a static forge config, ESM module or async function
       let loaded: MaybeESM<ForgeConfig | AsyncForgeConfigGenerator>;
-      if (loadFn) {
-        loaded = await loadFn(forgeConfigPath);
+
+      // Node.js >= 22.18 supports type stripping natively for .ts and .mts files.
+      // .cts files must be loaded via require() since they are CommonJS.
+      if (path.extname(forgeConfigPath) === '.cts') {
+        const cjsRequire = createRequire(import.meta.url);
+        loaded = cjsRequire(forgeConfigPath);
       } else {
         loaded = await import(forgeConfigPath);
       }

packages/external/create-electron-app/package.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   "author": "Samuel Attard",
   "license": "MIT",
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 22.12.0"
+    "node": ">= 22.18.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@electron-forge/core-utils": "workspace:*",

packages/maker/appx/package.json

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     "vitest": "^4.0.14"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 22.12.0"
+    "node": ">= 22.18.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@electron-forge/core-utils": "workspace:*",

packages/maker/base/package.json

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     "vitest": "^4.0.14"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 22.12.0"
+    "node": ">= 22.18.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@electron-forge/shared-types": "workspace:*",

packages/maker/deb/package.json

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "vitest": "^4.0.14"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 22.12.0"
+    "node": ">= 22.18.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@electron-forge/maker-base": "workspace:*",

packages/maker/dmg/package.json

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "vitest": "^4.0.14"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 22.12.0"
+    "node": ">= 22.18.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@electron-forge/maker-base": "workspace:*",

packages/maker/flatpak/package.json

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "vitest": "^4.0.14"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 22.12.0"
+    "node": ">= 22.18.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@electron-forge/maker-base": "workspace:*",

packages/maker/msix/package.json

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     "vitest": "^4.0.14"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 22.12.0"
+    "node": ">= 22.18.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@electron-forge/core-utils": "workspace:*",

packages/maker/pkg/package.json

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     "vitest": "^4.0.14"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 22.12.0"
+    "node": ">= 22.18.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@electron-forge/maker-base": "workspace:*",

packages/maker/rpm/package.json

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "vitest": "^4.0.14"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 22.12.0"
+    "node": ">= 22.18.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@electron-forge/maker-base": "workspace:*",

packages/maker/snap/package.json

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     "vitest": "^4.0.14"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 22.12.0"
+    "node": ">= 22.18.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@electron-forge/maker-base": "workspace:*",

packages/maker/squirrel/package.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   "exports": "./dist/MakerSquirrel.js",
   "typings": "dist/MakerSquirrel.d.ts",
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 22.12.0"
+    "node": ">= 22.18.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@electron-forge/maker-base": "workspace:*",

packages/maker/wix/package.json

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     "vitest": "^4.0.14"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 22.12.0"
+    "node": ">= 22.18.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@electron-forge/core-utils": "workspace:*",

packages/maker/zip/package.json

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "vitest": "^4.0.14"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 22.12.0"
+    "node": ">= 22.18.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@electron-forge/maker-base": "workspace:*",

packages/plugin/auto-unpack-natives/package.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   "exports": "./dist/AutoUnpackNativesPlugin.js",
   "typings": "dist/AutoUnpackNativesPlugin.d.ts",
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 22.12.0"
+    "node": ">= 22.18.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@electron-forge/plugin-base": "workspace:*",

packages/plugin/base/package.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   "exports": "./dist/Plugin.js",
   "typings": "dist/Plugin.d.ts",
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 22.12.0"
+    "node": ">= 22.18.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@electron-forge/shared-types": "workspace:*"

packages/plugin/fuses/package.json

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     "@electron/fuses": "^2.0.0"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 22.12.0"
+    "node": ">= 22.18.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@electron-forge/plugin-base": "workspace:*",

packages/plugin/local-electron/package.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   "exports": "./dist/LocalElectronPlugin.js",
   "typings": "dist/LocalElectronPlugin.d.ts",
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 22.12.0"
+    "node": ">= 22.18.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@electron-forge/plugin-base": "workspace:*",

packages/plugin/vite/package.json

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     "xvfb-maybe": "^0.2.1"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 22.12.0"
+    "node": ">= 22.18.0"
   },
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"

packages/plugin/webpack/package.json

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     "xvfb-maybe": "^0.2.1"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 22.12.0"
+    "node": ">= 22.18.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@electron-forge/core-utils": "workspace:*",

packages/plugin/webpack/src/Config.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Configuration as RawWebpackConfiguration } from 'webpack';
+import type { Configuration as RawWebpackConfiguration } from 'webpack';
 import WebpackDevServer from 'webpack-dev-server';
 
 import { ConfigurationFactory as WebpackConfigurationFactory } from './WebpackConfig.js';

packages/plugin/webpack/src/WebpackConfig.ts

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ import path from 'node:path';
 
 import debug from 'debug';
 import HtmlWebpackPlugin from 'html-webpack-plugin';
-import * as webpack from 'webpack';
-import { DefinePlugin, ExternalsPlugin, WebpackPluginInstance } from 'webpack';
+import type { WebpackPluginInstance } from 'webpack';
+import webpack from 'webpack';
 import { merge as webpackMerge } from 'webpack-merge';
 
 import {
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ export default class WebpackConfigGenerator {
           filename: 'index.js',
           libraryTarget: 'commonjs2',
         },
-        plugins: [new DefinePlugin(this.getDefines())],
+        plugins: [new webpack.DefinePlugin(this.getDefines())],
         node: {
           __dirname: false,
           __filename: false,
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ export default class WebpackConfigGenerator {
       plugins:
         target === RendererTarget.ElectronPreload
           ? []
-          : [new ExternalsPlugin('commonjs2', externals)],
+          : [new webpack.ExternalsPlugin('commonjs2', externals)],
     };
     return webpackMerge(baseConfig, rendererConfig || {}, config);
   }

packages/plugin/webpack/src/WebpackPlugin.ts

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import debug from 'debug';
 import glob from 'fast-glob';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import { PRESET_TIMER } from 'listr2';
-import * as webpack from 'webpack';
+import webpack from 'webpack';
 import WebpackDevServer from 'webpack-dev-server';
 import { merge } from 'webpack-merge';
 

packages/plugin/webpack/src/util/AssetRelocatorPatch.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Chunk, Compiler } from 'webpack';
+import type { Chunk, Compiler } from 'webpack';
 
 export default class AssetRelocatorPatch {
   private readonly isProd: boolean;

packages/plugin/webpack/src/util/ElectronForgeLogging.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Tab } from '@electron-forge/web-multi-logger';
-import { Compiler } from 'webpack';
+import type { Compiler } from 'webpack';
 
 const pluginName = 'ElectronForgeLogging';
 

packages/plugin/webpack/src/util/processConfig.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Configuration } from 'webpack';
+import type { Configuration } from 'webpack';
 
 import { ConfigurationFactory } from '../WebpackConfig.js';
 

packages/publisher/base-static/package.json

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     "vitest": "^4.0.14"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 22.12.0"
+    "node": ">= 22.18.0"
   },
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"

packages/publisher/base/package.json

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     "vitest": "^4.0.14"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 22.12.0"
+    "node": ">= 22.18.0"
   },
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"

packages/publisher/bitbucket/package.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   "exports": "./dist/PublisherBitbucket.js",
   "typings": "dist/PublisherBitbucket.d.ts",
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 22.12.0"
+    "node": ">= 22.18.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@electron-forge/publisher-base": "workspace:*",

packages/publisher/electron-release-server/package.json

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "vitest": "^4.0.14"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 22.12.0"
+    "node": ">= 22.18.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@electron-forge/publisher-base": "workspace:*",