v8.0.1

What's Changed

• build: Yarn 4 CI hardening by @erickzhao in #4028
• feat(init): add --electron-version flag by @erickzhao in #4037
• build(deps): bump vite from 5.4.20 to 5.4.21 by @dependabot[bot] in #4036
• feat: expose artifact version to static publishers by @MarshallOfSound in #4033
• fix(publisher-gcs): do not gzip artifacts by @MarshallOfSound in #4034
• chore: update node-abi to latest by @erickzhao in #4046
• build(deps): bump brace-expansion from 1.1.11 to 1.1.12 by @dependabot[bot] in #4047
• build(deps): bump vite from 5.4.20 to 5.4.21 by @dependabot[bot] in #4049
• build: remove electronegativity plugin by @erickzhao in #4053
• test(fuses): use local modules instead of initLink by @erickzhao in #4057
• chore: use yarn workspace:* cross-references by @erickzhao in #4056
• chore: add eslint config change to .git-blame-ignore-revs by @erickzhao in #4062
• feat(core)!: remove global module templates by @erickzhao in #4065
• ci: set up npm trusted publishing by @erickzhao in #4070
• chore: bump version to 8.0.0-alpha.1 by @erickzhao in #4072
• build: target "next" branch in gh release create by @VerteDinde in #4074
• chore: bump version to 8.0.0-alpha.3 by @VerteDinde in #4075
• test: fix slow tests on next branch by @erickzhao in #4076
• build: improve version + publish flow by @erickzhao in #4078
• ci: use .nvmrc file for CI by @erickzhao in #4081
• test: move AssetRelocatorPatch tests to slow tests by @erickzhao in #4080
• feat(import)!: remove Forge 5 import code by @erickzhao in #4083
• feat(core)!: remove rechoir + lodash templates from config loader by @erickzhao in #4066
• ci: optimize Windows builds with faster D:\ drive by @MarshallOfSound in #4038
• test: upgrade to Vitest 4 by @erickzhao in #4079
• build(deps): replace ts-node with tsx by @erickzhao in #4085
• build(deps): update lint-roller to latest major version by @erickzhao in #4086
• fix(maker-wix): set default arch by @ShGKme in #3859
• fix(core): prevent duplicate app restarts when typing 'rs' multiple times by @MarshallOfSound in #4089
• ci: run post-merge on next branch by @erickzhao in #4090
• test(slow): test api against file: protocol fixtures by @erickzhao in #4087
• chore: fix formatting by @erickzhao in #4091
• test(slow): simplify bootstrapping tests by @erickzhao in #4096
• fix(template): add private: true by @erickzhao in #4103
• test: use verdaccio for e2e init testing by @erickzhao in #4100
• fix: interactive mode should proxy signals by @MarshallOfSound in #4102
• chore: remove pre-push hook by @erickzhao in #4117
• test: use verdaccio in more init cases by @erickzhao in #4119
• feat(init)!: add --package-manager flag by @erickzhao in #4107
• fix: apply correct version bump commit title by @erickzhao in #4122
• chore: bump version to 8.0.0-alpha.4 by @erickzhao in #4131
• fix(template): modernize eslint deps by @erickzhao in #4132
• feat!: Node 22 + ESM by @erickzhao in #4059
• chore: add local claude code settings to .gitignore by @erickzhao in #4158
• build: isolate yarn cache when running verdaccio by @erickzhao in #4161
• feat(create-electron-app)!: move init and import out of core by @erickzhao in #4148
• perf(plugin-vite): run production builds in isolated subprocesses by @MarshallOfSound in #4163
• fix(plugin-vite): improve child logging by @erickzhao in #4165
• build: replace eslint with oxlint by @erickzhao in #4169
• chore: bump version to 8.0.0-alpha.5 by @erickzhao in #4173
• fix: prune final require calls by @erickzhao in #4176
• chore: bump version to 8.0.0-alpha.6 by @erickzhao in #4177
• build(deps): remove unused minimist dep by @erickzhao in #4171
• chore: remove additional eslint references by @erickzhao in #4178
• ci: upgrade actions/* to latest by @erickzhao in #4179
• feat(package): API returns result by @erickzhao in #4172
• build(deps): update transient dependencies by @erickzhao in #4182
• feat(template): use moduleResolution: bundler by @erickzhao in #4175
• build: patch out lerna for verdaccio publish by @erickzhao in #4185
• build: add knip for dead code detection by @MarshallOfSound in #4190
• refactor: replace got with native fetch API by @MarshallOfSound in #4189
• chore: fix got deps in lockfile by @erickzhao in #4191
• chore: resolve dependabot security alerts by @MarshallOfSound in #4204
• fix(plugin-webpack): ESM-compatible imports by @erickzhao in #4206
• chore: forward-ports by @erickzhao in #4205
• feat(plugin-vite): upgrade vite 8 by @0xlau in #4167
• chore: bump version to 8.0.0-alpha.7 by @erickzhao in #4212
• fix(plugin-vite): ignore .git directory in dev mode file watcher by @erickzhao in #4213
• fix(core): convert absolute file path to file URL in locateElectronExecutable by @erikian in #4214
• fix(init): ensure base tmpl scripts are added to package.json by @erickzhao in #4215
• fix: use file:// URLs when dynamically importing local paths by @erikian in #4217
• fix: tracer exception when tracing forge v8 by @MarshallOfSound in #4220
• feat(template): replace eslint/prettier with oxc.rs stack by @erickzhao in #4186
• feat(publisher-github)!: Github -> GitHub by @erickzhao in #4224
• refactor: replace fast-glob with built-in node:fs glob by @MarshallOfSound in #4227
• fix(template): update .gitignore by @erickzhao in #4221
• chore(template): remove stale nodeIntegration instructions by @erickzhao in #4223
• refactor(plugin-vite): use codeSplitting:false for preload by @erickzhao in #4222
• fix(maker-msix): ensure output has version and arch by @erickzhao in #4225
• fix(maker-msix): use path.basename(dir) for artifact by @erickzhao in #4230
• feat(plugin-vite): run main/preload dev builds in subprocess workers by @MarshallOfSound in #4226
• feat: add notarization support to MakerPKG by @MarshallOfSound in #4234
• chore: bump version to 8.0.0-alpha.8 by @MarshallOfSound in #4235
• chore: update dependencies to dedupe across child packages by @MarshallOfSound in #4236
• build: delete stray .eslintcache file by @erickzhao in #4237
• fix: bump to @electron/packager and @electron/get to drop 'got' transitive dep by @MarshallOfSound in #4239
• fix(cli): allow pre-release package manager ranges by @erickzhao in #4241
• build(deps): TypeScript 6 + 7 by @erickzhao in #4238
• chore: replace chalk and log-symbols with Node.js built-in styleText by @MarshallOfSound in #4245
• refactor: replace find-up dependency with internal implementation by @MarshallOfSound in #4248
• fix(template-base): copy over .oxfmtrc.json for instantiation by @erickzhao in #4256
• chore: bump version to 8.0.0-alpha.9 by @erickzhao in #4263
• refactor: replace fs-extra with graceful-fs and native fs by @MarshallOfSound in #4250
• fix(core): convert absolute paths to file URLs in importSearch by @erickzhao in #4273
• build: add tsconfig.json to clean script by @erickzhao in #4272
• refactor: inline filenamify utility to remove external dependency by @MarshallOfSound in #4249
• refactor(core-utils): inline parse-author and drop dependency by @MarshallOfSound in #4251
• feat(maker-dmg)!: write DMGs to platform/arch subdirectories by @erickzhao in #4275
• build(deps): use electron-internal/extract-zip by @erickzhao in #4285
• chore: exclude git worktrees from tooling by @erickzhao in #4286
• fix(cli): detect TTY for interactive mode instead of hardcoding true by @erickzhao in #4259
• chore: bump version to 8.0.0-alpha.10 by @erickzhao in #4289
• ci: cancel stale in-progress runs on PR pushes by @claude[bot] in #4297
• feat(maker-msix): allow overriding output filename by @claude[bot] in #4295
• ci: fail required-ci when a dependency fails or is cancelled by @claude[bot] in #4300
• feat(maker): add typed copyright option for deb and rpm makers by @claude[bot] in #4298
• fix(create-electron-app): mark vite as experimental in bundler chooser by @claude[bot] in #4307
• feat(publisher-github): show byte-level asset upload progress by @claude[bot] in #4304
• build(deps): upgrade webpack-dev-server to v5.2.4 on next by @claude[bot] in #4308
• fix(core): disable concurrency for package subtasks by @claude[bot] in #4309
• ci: port zizmor audit hardening to next (backport of #4200) by @claude[bot] in #4310
• feat: rename publish command to release by @claude[bot] in #4305
• test: add end-to-end tests for create-electron-app across all templates and package managers by @erikian in #4218
• test: retry temp folder removal for tests that spawn Electron by @erikian in #4316
• fix: avoid duplicate draft releases when publishing multiple dry runs (next) by @claude[bot] in #4327
• build: Yarn 4.18 and TypeScript 7 stable by @SpacingBat3 in #4322
• fix(create-electron-app): surface dependency install failures during init by @erickzhao in #4348
• feat(plugin-vite): enable main process hot restart via exported API by @erickzhao in #4346
• test: apply the supply-chain age gate to npm and pnpm in Verdaccio tests by @erickzhao in #4347
• docs: import documentation from electron-forge-docs by @erickzhao in #4345
• fix(typedoc): documentation & API completeness fixes by @SpacingBat3 in #4321
• feat(plugin-vite): support custom server host in renderer dev server URL by @erickzhao in #4363
• build(deps): bump lint-staged to 17.4.1 by @claude[bot] in #4366
• feat(template): unify JS/TS templates by @erickzhao in #4229
• test: remove orphaned e2e specs for deleted typescript template packages by @erickzhao in #4374
• ci: shard the slow tests and drop the dead node-gyp setup step by @erickzhao in #4380
• build(deps): bump @electron/* and electron-installer-* packages by @erickzhao in #4379
• fix(core): guard against archs dropped by Electron 44 (win32/ia32, linux/armv7l) by @erickzhao in #4377
• feat(plugin-vite): graduate from experimental by @erickzhao in #4382
• feat(maker-pkg)!: write PKGs to arch subdirectories by @erickzhao in #4383
• test(core): stub packager arch list in the dropped-arch warning test by @erickzhao in #4384
• chore: remove Discord links by @erickzhao in #4378
• chore(deps)!: upgrade listr2 to v11 by @erickzhao in #4375
• ci: skip the test jobs on docs-only changes by @claude[bot] in #4387
• test: add unit coverage for maker-appx and maker-msix make() by @claude[bot] in #4388
• feat(bundlers)!: emit main and preload bundles as .cjs by @erickzhao in #4393
• feat(plugin-webpack): render compiler output in the terminal with an ink multi-logger by @claude[bot] in #4389
• build: stop lint-staged failing on oxfmt-ignored files by @erickzhao in #4396
• fix(core): resolve the Forge config once per command by @erickzhao in #4394
• ci: prepare next for promotion to main as Forge 8 by @erickzhao in #4381
• ci: forward-port GHA improvements from 7.x by @claude[bot] in #4401
• fix(template-base): accept partial yarn versions when initializing by @erickzhao in #4403
• feat!: replace release --from-dry-run with --from-make, and make --skip-package with --from-package by @erickzhao in #4395
• build: bump @electron/lint-roller to ^4.0.0 by @claude[bot] in #4404
• fix(template-vite): use .mts for Vite configs in the TypeScript variant by @erickzhao in #4406
• fix(template): typecheck root-level config files by @erickzhao in #4407
• build(deps): bump vulnerable transitive and direct dependencies by @erickzhao in #4408
• build(deps): upgrade Electron to 44.4.3 by @erickzhao in #4410
• docs: add AGENTS.md guidance for AI coding agents by @erickzhao in #4416
• refactor(maker-appx)!: reimplement as a legacy wrapper over the MSIX maker by @claude[bot] in #4392
• chore: bump version to 8.0.0 by @claude[bot] in #4425
• chore: bump version to 8.0.1 by @claude[bot] in #4426

New Contributors

• @0xlau made their first contribution in #4167

Full Changelog: v7.10.2...v8.0.1