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electron 5.0.0 Uncaught ReferenceError: require is not defined

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I had initially been using electron stable (4.x.x), and was able to use require in both my browser and renderer processes. I upgraded to electron beta (5.0.0) because I needed a newer version of node and encountered this error message in my renderer process, Uncaught ReferenceError: require is not defined.

Googling and looking through the electron docs, I found comments saying the error could be caused by setting webPreferences.nodeIntegration to false when initializing the BrowserWindow; e.g.: new BrowserWindow({width, height, webPreferences: {nodeIntegration: false}});. But I was not doing this, so I thought something else must be the issue and continued searching for a resolution.

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answered 5 Years ago rocky · Accepted Answer

For Electron version 12 and above

const electron = require("electron");



const { app, BrowserWindow } = electron;



app.on("ready", () => {

  const mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({

    width: 1000,

    height: 600,

    webPreferences: {

      nodeIntegration: true,

      contextIsolation: false,

      enableRemoteModule: true,

    },

  });

  mainWindow.loadURL(`file://${__dirname}/index.html`);

});