Unable to create the project

[Sunquymans]

Pre-flight checklist

• I have read the contribution documentation for this project.
• I agree to follow the code of conduct that this project uses.
• I have searched the issue tracker for a bug that matches the one I want to file, without success.

Forge version

7.8.2

Electron version

latest

Operating system

Windows 10 24H2

Last known working Forge version

7.8.2

Expected behavior

C:\Users\H\Desktop>npx create-electron-app my-new-app
Need to install the following packages:
create-electron-app@7.8.2
Ok to proceed? (y)

npm warn skipping integrity check for git dependency ssh://git@github.com/electron/node-gyp.git
npm warn deprecated rimraf@3.0.2: Rimraf versions prior to v4 are no longer supported
npm warn deprecated @npmcli/move-file@2.0.1: This functionality has been moved to @npmcli/fs
npm warn deprecated boolean@3.2.0: Package no longer supported. Contact Support at https://www.npmjs.com/support for more info.
npm warn deprecated inflight@1.0.6: This module is not supported, and leaks memory. Do not use it. Check out lru-cache if you want a good and tested way to coalesce async requests by a key value, which is much more comprehensive and powerful.
npm warn deprecated lodash.get@4.4.2: This package is deprecated. Use the optional chaining (?.) operator instead.
npm warn deprecated glob@7.2.3: Glob versions prior to v9 are no longer supported
npm warn deprecated sudo-prompt@9.2.1: Package no longer supported. Contact Support at https://www.npmjs.com/support for more info.
npm warn deprecated glob@8.1.0: Glob versions prior to v9 are no longer supported
npm warn deprecated glob@8.1.0: Glob versions prior to v9 are no longer supported
✔ Resolving package manager: npm
✔ Resolving template: base
› Using @electron-forge/template-base (local module)
✔ Initializing directory
✔ Initializing git repository
✔ Preparing template
✔ Initializing template
✔ Installing template dependencies

C:\Users\H\Desktop>cd my-new-app

C:\Users\H\Desktop\my-new-app>npm start

my-new-app@1.0.0 start
electron-forge start

✔ Checking your system
✔ Locating application
✔ Loading configuration
✖ Preparing native dependencies
› Could not find any Electron packages in devDependencies
◼ Running generateAssets hook
◼ Running preStart hook

An unhandled rejection has occurred inside Forge:
Error: Could not find any Electron packages in devDependencies
at getElectronModuleName (C:\Users\H\Desktop\my-new-app\node_modules@electron-forge\core-utils\dist\electron-version.js:50:15)
at getElectronVersion (C:\Users\H\Desktop\my-new-app\node_modules@electron-forge\core-utils\dist\electron-version.js:75:25)
at C:\Users\H\Desktop\my-new-app\node_modules@electron-forge\core\dist\api\start.js:57:115
at _Task.taskFn (C:\Users\H\Desktop\my-new-app\node_modules@electron-forge\tracer\dist\index.js:58:42)
at _Task.run (C:\Users\H\Desktop\my-new-app\node_modules\listr2\dist\index.cjs:2063:35)

Actual behavior

Unable to create the project

Steps to reproduce

Unable to create the project

Additional information

Unable to create the project

[erickzhao]

Hey @Sunquymans, I can't reproduce this with the latest Forge release.

[0xkalle]

Just for the record:

npx create-electron-app@latest my-new-app --template=vite-typescript works

npx create-electron-app my-new-app gives the same error for me

(so if @latest should be used, as it is described in the docs, maybe they readme should be changed)

[erickzhao]

I usually recommend people use @latest so I can update those instructions in the README as well!

As an aside, I think I broke npx create-electron-app my-new-app in the last release so here's a PR to fix that: #4007

For what it's worth, npx create-electron-app my-new-app --template=vite-typescript works for me.