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Electron builds are not available on platform: ${targetPlatf

Error message

Electron builds are not available on platform: ${targetPlatform}

What it means

getElectronPlatformPath maps the target platform to Electron's binary path inside the archive (e.g. 'Electron.app/Contents/MacOS/Electron' on darwin, 'electron' on linux, 'electron.exe' on win32). It throws for any platform outside the handled set. The target platform is resolved from ELECTRON_INSTALL_PLATFORM, then npm_config_platform, then osPlatform().

Source

Thrown at config/scripts/install-electron-package-binary.mjs:371

}

function getElectronTargetArch() {
  return process.env.ELECTRON_INSTALL_ARCH || process.env.npm_config_arch || process.arch
}

function getElectronPlatformPath(targetPlatform) {
  switch (targetPlatform) {
    case 'mas':
    case 'darwin':
      return 'Electron.app/Contents/MacOS/Electron'
    case 'freebsd':
    case 'openbsd':
    case 'linux':
      return 'electron'
    case 'win32':
      return 'electron.exe'
    default:
      throw new Error(`Electron builds are not available on platform: ${targetPlatform}`)
  }
}

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Solutions

1. Set ELECTRON_INSTALL_PLATFORM (or npm_config_platform) to one of mas, darwin, freebsd, openbsd, linux, win32.
2. Run the install on a supported host OS.
3. Check for a typo in the platform env var.

Example fix

# before
export ELECTRON_INSTALL_PLATFORM=linix

# after
export ELECTRON_INSTALL_PLATFORM=linux

const SUPPORTED = new Set(['mas','darwin','freebsd','openbsd','linux','win32'])
const targetPlatform = process.env.ELECTRON_INSTALL_PLATFORM || process.env.npm_config_platform || osPlatform()
if (!SUPPORTED.has(targetPlatform)) {
  throw new Error(`Unsupported Electron target platform: ${targetPlatform}`)
}

function isElectronSupportedPlatform(value: unknown): value is 'mas'|'darwin'|'freebsd'|'openbsd'|'linux'|'win32' {
  return typeof value === 'string' && ['mas','darwin','freebsd','openbsd','linux','win32'].includes(value)
}

When it happens

Trigger: ELECTRON_INSTALL_PLATFORM or npm_config_platform is set to an unsupported value (e.g. 'aix', 'sunos', 'android'); the host os.platform() returns something other than darwin/linux/win32/freebsd/openbsd/mas.

Common situations: Cross-installing Electron for an unsupported target; a typo in ELECTRON_INSTALL_PLATFORM (e.g. 'linix'); running on an exotic OS.

Related errors

• [electron-package] ${command.label} failed with status ${res
• Electron builds are not available on platform: ${targetPlatf
• [plain-node-entry-guard] "${entryName}" reaches chunk "${chu
• Electron did not expose GC; keep --js-flags=--expose-gc in t
• The production watchdog is macOS-only; run this benchmark on

AI-assisted analysis of stablyai/orca@1136503c6a (2026-08-12). Data as JSON: /api/errors/ec030e89270c61fc. Report an issue: GitHub.