Auto-update hourly

main.js

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ const BrowserWindow = electron.BrowserWindow
 
 const path = require('path')
 const url = require('url')
+const autoUpdater = require('electron-updater').autoUpdater
+const autoUpdaterInterval = 60 * 60 * 1000;
 
 // Keep a global reference of the window object, if you don't, the window will
 // be closed automatically when the JavaScript object is garbage collected.
@@ -37,7 +39,15 @@ function createWindow () {
 // This method will be called when Electron has finished
 // initialization and is ready to create browser windows.
 // Some APIs can only be used after this event occurs.
-app.on('ready', createWindow)
+app.on('ready', function() {
+  autoUpdater.addListener('update-downloaded', function() {
+    autoUpdater.quitAndInstall()
+  });
+  autoUpdater.checkForUpdates();
+
+  setInterval(function() { autoUpdater.checkForUpdates(); }, autoUpdaterInterval);
+  createWindow();
+})
 
 // Quit when all windows are closed.
 app.on('window-all-closed', function () {

package.json

@@ -66,5 +66,8 @@
     "publish": [
       "github"
     ]
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "electron-updater": "^1.11.2"
   }
 }