From 7935b250d0491cdc153097346ab09816eb6b0bec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Elian Doran <contact@eliandoran.me>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2025 22:16:59 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix(monorepo/desktop): remote not working

---
 apps/desktop/webpack.config.cjs    | 11 +++++++----
 apps/server/src/app.ts             |  2 +-
 apps/server/src/services/window.ts |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/desktop/webpack.config.cjs b/apps/desktop/webpack.config.cjs
index 87db2ea4b..3b61bbc73 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/webpack.config.cjs
+++ b/apps/desktop/webpack.config.cjs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const outputDir = join(__dirname, 'dist');
 
 module.exports = {
   output: {
-    path: outputDir
+    path: outputDir,
   },
   target: [ "node" ],
   plugins: [
@@ -21,13 +21,12 @@ module.exports = {
       generatePackageJson: true,
       externalDependencies: [
         "electron/main",
+        "@electron/remote/main",
         "electron",
         "@electron/remote",        
         "better-sqlite3"
       ],
-      assets: [
-
-      ]
+      assets: []
     }),
     new CopyPlugin({
         patterns: [            
@@ -42,6 +41,10 @@ module.exports = {
             {
                 from: "../server/dist/assets",
                 to: join(outputDir, "assets")
+            },
+            {
+              from: "node_modules/@electron/remote",
+              to: join(outputDir, "node_modules/@electron/remote")
             }
         ]
     })
diff --git a/apps/server/src/app.ts b/apps/server/src/app.ts
index ddd9bc2d0..87390a494 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/app.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/app.ts
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ export default async function buildApp() {
     startScheduledCleanup();
 
     if (utils.isElectron) {
-        (await import("@electron/remote/main/index.js")).initialize();
+        (await import("@electron/remote/main")).initialize();
     }
 
     return app;
diff --git a/apps/server/src/services/window.ts b/apps/server/src/services/window.ts
index 91bedb40c..1c041be59 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/services/window.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/services/window.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import log from "./log.js";
 import sqlInit from "./sql_init.js";
 import cls from "./cls.js";
 import keyboardActionsService from "./keyboard_actions.js";
-import remoteMain from "@electron/remote/main/index.js";
+import * as remoteMain from "@electron/remote/main";
 import { BrowserWindow, shell, type App, type BrowserWindowConstructorOptions, type WebContents } from "electron";
 import { dialog, ipcMain } from "electron";
 import { formatDownloadTitle, isDev, isMac, isWindows } from "./utils.js";