add auto updater

src/main/index.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import "./ipc";
 
 import { app, BrowserWindow, nativeTheme } from "electron";
-import { checkUpdates } from "updater/main";
+import { autoUpdater } from "electron-updater";
 
 import { DATA_DIR } from "./constants";
 import { createFirstLaunchTour } from "./firstLaunch";
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ if (IS_DEV) {
     require("source-map-support").install();
 }
 
+autoUpdater.checkForUpdatesAndNotify();
+
 // Make the Vencord files use our DATA_DIR
 process.env.VENCORD_USER_DATA_DIR = DATA_DIR;
 
@@ -74,7 +76,6 @@ function init() {
     });
 
     app.whenReady().then(async () => {
-        checkUpdates();
         if (process.platform === "win32") app.setAppUserModelId("dev.vencord.vesktop");
 
         registerScreenShareHandler();

src/main/settings.ts

@@ -41,14 +41,7 @@ export const VencordSettings = loadSettings<any>(VENCORD_SETTINGS_FILE, "Vencord
 if (Object.hasOwn(Settings.plain, "firstLaunch") && !existsSync(STATE_FILE)) {
     console.warn("legacy state in settings.json detected. migrating to state.json");
     const state = {} as TState;
-    for (const prop of [
-        "firstLaunch",
-        "maximized",
-        "minimized",
-        "skippedUpdate",
-        "steamOSLayoutVersion",
-        "windowBounds"
-    ] as const) {
+    for (const prop of ["firstLaunch", "maximized", "minimized", "steamOSLayoutVersion", "windowBounds"] as const) {
         state[prop] = Settings.plain[prop];
         delete Settings.plain[prop];
     }

src/renderer/components/settings/Settings.tsx

@@ -102,15 +102,7 @@ const SettingsOptions: Record<string, Array<BooleanSetting | SettingsComponent>>
             defaultValue: false
         }
     ],
-    "Notifications & Updates": [
-        NotificationBadgeToggle,
-        {
-            key: "checkUpdates",
-            title: "Check for updates",
-            description: "Automatically check for Vesktop updates",
-            defaultValue: true
-        }
-    ],
+    Notifications: [NotificationBadgeToggle],
     Miscelleanous: [
         {
             key: "arRPC",

src/shared/settings.d.ts

@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ export interface Settings {
     clickTrayToShowHide?: boolean;
     customTitleBar?: boolean;
 
-    checkUpdates?: boolean;
-
     splashTheming?: boolean;
     splashColor?: string;
     splashBackground?: string;
@@ -49,7 +47,6 @@ export interface State {
     windowBounds?: Rectangle;
     displayid: int;
 
-    skippedUpdate?: string;
     firstLaunch?: boolean;
 
     steamOSLayoutVersion?: number;

src/updater/main.ts

@@ -1,115 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0
- * Vesktop, a desktop app aiming to give you a snappier Discord Experience
- * Copyright (c) 2023 Vendicated and Vencord contributors
- */
-
-import { app, BrowserWindow, shell } from "electron";
-import { PORTABLE } from "main/constants";
-import { Settings, State } from "main/settings";
-import { handle } from "main/utils/ipcWrappers";
-import { makeLinksOpenExternally } from "main/utils/makeLinksOpenExternally";
-import { githubGet, ReleaseData } from "main/utils/vencordLoader";
-import { join } from "path";
-import { IpcEvents } from "shared/IpcEvents";
-import { ICON_PATH, VIEW_DIR } from "shared/paths";
-
-export interface UpdateData {
-    currentVersion: string;
-    latestVersion: string;
-    release: ReleaseData;
-}
-
-let updateData: UpdateData;
-
-handle(IpcEvents.UPDATER_GET_DATA, () => updateData);
-handle(IpcEvents.UPDATER_DOWNLOAD, () => {
-    const { assets } = updateData.release;
-    const url = (() => {
-        switch (process.platform) {
-            case "win32":
-                return assets.find(a => {
-                    return a.name.endsWith(PORTABLE ? "win.zip" : ".exe");
-                })!.browser_download_url;
-            case "darwin":
-                return assets.find(a =>
-                    process.arch === "arm64"
-                        ? a.name.endsWith("-arm64-mac.zip")
-                        : a.name.endsWith("-mac.zip") && !a.name.includes("arm64")
-                )!.browser_download_url;
-            case "linux":
-                return updateData.release.html_url;
-            default:
-                throw new Error(`Unsupported platform: ${process.platform}`);
-        }
-    })();
-
-    shell.openExternal(url);
-});
-
-handle(IpcEvents.UPDATE_IGNORE, () => {
-    State.store.skippedUpdate = updateData.latestVersion;
-});
-
-function isOutdated(oldVersion: string, newVersion: string) {
-    const oldParts = oldVersion.split(".");
-    const newParts = newVersion.split(".");
-
-    if (oldParts.length !== newParts.length)
-        throw new Error(`Incompatible version strings (old: ${oldVersion}, new: ${newVersion})`);
-
-    for (let i = 0; i < oldParts.length; i++) {
-        const oldPart = Number(oldParts[i]);
-        const newPart = Number(newParts[i]);
-
-        if (isNaN(oldPart) || isNaN(newPart))
-            throw new Error(`Invalid version string (old: ${oldVersion}, new: ${newVersion})`);
-
-        if (oldPart < newPart) return true;
-        if (oldPart > newPart) return false;
-    }
-
-    return false;
-}
-
-export async function checkUpdates() {
-    if (Settings.store.checkUpdates === false) return;
-
-    try {
-        const raw = await githubGet("/repos/Vencord/Vesktop/releases/latest");
-        const data: ReleaseData = await raw.json();
-
-        const oldVersion = app.getVersion();
-        const newVersion = data.tag_name.replace(/^v/, "");
-        updateData = {
-            currentVersion: oldVersion,
-            latestVersion: newVersion,
-            release: data
-        };
-
-        if (State.store.skippedUpdate !== newVersion && isOutdated(oldVersion, newVersion)) {
-            openNewUpdateWindow();
-        }
-    } catch (e) {
-        console.error("AppUpdater: Failed to check for updates\n", e);
-    }
-}
-
-function openNewUpdateWindow() {
-    const win = new BrowserWindow({
-        width: 500,
-        autoHideMenuBar: true,
-        alwaysOnTop: true,
-        webPreferences: {
-            preload: join(__dirname, "updaterPreload.js"),
-            nodeIntegration: false,
-            contextIsolation: true,
-            sandbox: true
-        },
-        icon: ICON_PATH
-    });
-
-    makeLinksOpenExternally(win);
-
-    win.loadFile(join(VIEW_DIR, "updater.html"));
-}

src/updater/preload.ts

@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0
- * Vesktop, a desktop app aiming to give you a snappier Discord Experience
- * Copyright (c) 2023 Vendicated and Vencord contributors
- */
-
-import { contextBridge } from "electron";
-import { invoke } from "preload/typedIpc";
-import { IpcEvents } from "shared/IpcEvents";
-
-import type { UpdateData } from "./main";
-
-contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld("Updater", {
-    getData: () => invoke<UpdateData>(IpcEvents.UPDATER_GET_DATA),
-    download: () => {
-        invoke<void>(IpcEvents.UPDATER_DOWNLOAD);
-        invoke<void>(IpcEvents.CLOSE);
-    },
-    ignore: () => invoke<void>(IpcEvents.UPDATE_IGNORE),
-    close: () => invoke<void>(IpcEvents.CLOSE)
-});