Is there any possibility that electron app can be updated by downloading and installing the changes only and not the whole exe file?

Question

Is there any possibility that electron app can be updated by downloading and installing the changes only and not the whole exe file? As in if I make changes to one file I just wanna update that particular code in the existing exe so that I can reduce the download time.

method to reduce download time or reduce size of exe, or by updating the required code only.

Answer 1

Electron (currently) does not provide the ability for delta updates.

As you build the "exe" file on your local computer and publish it by whatever means / platform, the full "exe" file will always be downloaded and installed by your user, even for minor updates.

That said, a simple Google search has uncovered the below:

• https://electrondelta.com/
  • Associated Repo: https://github.com/electron-delta/electron-delta