Nexus Launcher - Game Download Manager

A robust and modern download manager component for a game launcher application, built with Electron, React, and TypeScript. This project provides efficient file downloading with progress tracking, IPC communication, and a sleek user interface.

🚀 Features

• Efficient Downloads: Uses Node.js https and streams for high-performance file downloading.
• Real-time Progress Tracking: Reports download progress, speed, and status via IPC from the main process to the renderer.
• Modern UI: Polished interface built with React, styled with Vanilla CSS, and featuring Lucide React icons.
• IPC Communication: Seamless integration between Main and Renderer processes for controlling and monitoring downloads.
• TypeScript Core: Fully typed codebase for reliability and maintainability.

🛠️ Tech Stack

• Framework: Electron
• Frontend: React
• Language: TypeScript
• Build Tool: Electron Forge with Webpack
• Icons: Lucide React

📂 Project Structure

src/
├── main/           # Main process logic (IPC setup, window management)
├── renderer/       # React components and UI logic
│   ├── main/       # Main window entry and layout
│   │   └── ui/     # UI Components (GameCard, HeroSection, Sidebar)
├── domain/         # Business logic (DownloadManager)
├── preload/        # Preload scripts for secure IPC communication
└── types/          # Type definitions

🚥 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js (Latest LTS recommended)
• npm or yarn

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone <repository-url>
   cd my-new-app

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install

Development

Run the application in development mode with live reloading:

npm start

Packaging

To package the application for your current platform:

npm run package

To create installers (make):

npm run make

📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

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Built with ❤️ by miguel-sanchez