Electron node integration refers to the ability of accessing Node.js resources from within the “renderer” thread (the UI). It is enabled by default in Quasar CLI, although Electron is encouraging developers to turn it off as a security precaution.

As of “@quasar/app” v1.3+, you can turn off the node integration.

What won’t work when turning it off

If you turn off the node integration, then in the renderer thread you won’t be able to:

• Import Node.js packages (like “fs”, “path”, “electron”). Using “require” will trigger an error.
• Use __statics (more info).
• Use this.$q.electron (as an alias to electron Object) in your .vue files.

Example of what you WON’T be able to do:

export default {
  methods: {
    minimize () {
      this.$q.electron.remote.BrowserWindow.getFocusedWindow().minimize()

      // equivalent to:
      const { remote } = require('electron')
      remote.BrowserWindow.getFocusedWindow().minimize()
    }
  }
}

However, if you will be using an Electron preload script, you can access Node from there, regardless if Node integration is turned on or off. So basically you can inject stuff into “window” global from there.

How to turn it off

Should you want to disable the node integration then you must edit /quasar.conf.js:

// file: /quasar.conf.js
electron: {
  nodeIntegration: false
}

Legacy warnings

If your version of “@quasar/app” is greater than v1.7 and lower than v2.0, then you also need to use QUASAR_NODE_INTEGRATION in your main thread file (/src-electron/main-process/main.js):

// file: /src-electron/main-process/main.js

mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({
  // ..

  webPreferences: {
    nodeIntegration: QUASAR_NODE_INTEGRATION
  }
})

If your version of “@quasar/app” is lower than v1.7, then you also need to edit your main thread file (/src-electron/main-process/main.js):

// file: /src-electron/main-process/main.js

mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({
  // ..

  webPreferences: {
    nodeIntegration: false
  }
})

Make sure that you keep the two configuration places in sync!