feat(cli): allow electron to start tauri (#13253)

Armaldio · lucasfernog · web-flow · commit f82594410cd5 · 2026-01-20T22:19:05.000+01:00
Co-authored-by: Lucas Fernandes Nogueira &lt;lucas@tauri.app&gt;
diff --git a/.changes/change-pr-13253.md b/.changes/change-pr-13253.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@tauri-apps/cli": patch:enhance
+"tauri-cli": patch:enhance
+---
+
+Allow electron to run the CLI directly
diff --git a/packages/cli/tauri.js b/packages/cli/tauri.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ if (globalThis.navigator?.userAgent?.includes('Deno')) {
 }
 // Even if started by a package manager, the binary will be NodeJS.
 // Some distribution still use "nodejs" as the binary name.
-else if (binStem.match(/(nodejs|node|bun)\-?([0-9]*)*$/g)) {
+else if (binStem.match(/(nodejs|node|bun|electron)\-?([0-9]*)*$/g)) {
   const managerStem = process.env.npm_execpath
     ? path.parse(process.env.npm_execpath).name.toLowerCase()
     : null

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ if (globalThis.navigator?.userAgent?.includes('Deno')) {`
`20`	`20`	`}`
`21`	`21`	`// Even if started by a package manager, the binary will be NodeJS.`
`22`	`22`	`// Some distribution still use "nodejs" as the binary name.`
`23`		`-else if (binStem.match(/(nodejs\|node\|bun)\-?([0-9])$/g)) {`
	`23`	`+else if (binStem.match(/(nodejs\|node\|bun\|electron)\-?([0-9])$/g)) {`
`24`	`24`	`const managerStem = process.env.npm_execpath`
`25`	`25`	`? path.parse(process.env.npm_execpath).name.toLowerCase()`
`26`	`26`	`: null`