discovered 03 Aug 2026
asar
→ View on GitHub@electron/asar is a Node.js module that provides a simple archive format for Electron applications, allowing for the concatenation of files without compression while supporting random access. Its primary use case is to package and manage application assets efficiently, featuring a command-line interface (CLI) for creating archives, listing contents, and extracting files, along with programmatic access for customization and transformation of files during packaging. Notable features include JSON storage for file information and ease of integration with existing Node.js projects.