Remove repo config from flowzone.yml

This functionality is being deprecated in Flowzone. See: https://github.com/product-os/flowzone/pull/833 Change-type: patch Signed-off-by: Kyle Harding <kyle@balena.io>
v1.18.13
2025-08-30 21:40:22 +00:00 · 2023-12-19 18:15:38 -05:00 · 2023-10-16 13:32:31 +00:00 · 2023-10-16 13:31:21 +00:00 · 2023-10-16 14:49:06 +02:00 · 2023-10-16 14:49:06 +02:00
48 changed files with 34675 additions and 18828 deletions
--- a/.github/actions/publish/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/publish/action.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ inputs:
    default: "accounts+apple@balena.io"
  NODE_VERSION:
    type: string
-    default: "14.x"
+    default: "18.x"
  VERBOSE:
    type: string
    default: "true"
@@ -31,10 +31,17 @@ runs:
        path: ${{ runner.temp }}

    - name: Extract custom source artifact
+      if: runner.os != 'Windows'
      shell: pwsh
      working-directory: .
      run: tar -xf ${{ runner.temp }}/custom.tgz

+    - name: Extract custom source artifact
+      if: runner.os == 'Windows'
+      shell: pwsh
+      working-directory: .
+      run: C:\"Program Files"\Git\usr\bin\tar.exe --force-local -xf ${{ runner.temp }}\custom.tgz
+
    - name: Setup Node.js
      uses: actions/setup-node@v3
      with:
--- a/.github/actions/test/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/test/action.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ inputs:
  # --- custom environment
  NODE_VERSION:
    type: string
-    default: "14.x"
+    default: "16.x"
  VERBOSE:
    type: string
    default: "true"
@@ -47,9 +47,15 @@ runs:
        ELECTRON_NO_ATTACH_CONSOLE: true

    - name: Compress custom source
+      if: runner.os != 'Windows'
      shell: pwsh
      run: tar -acf ${{ runner.temp }}/custom.tgz .

+    - name: Compress custom source
+      if: runner.os == 'Windows'
+      shell: pwsh
+      run: C:\"Program Files"\Git\usr\bin\tar.exe --force-local -acf ${{ runner.temp }}\custom.tgz .
+
    - name: Upload custom artifact
      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
      with:
--- a/.github/workflows/flowzone.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/flowzone.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 name: Flowzone
-
 on:
  pull_request:
    types: [opened, synchronize, closed]
@@ -8,7 +7,6 @@ on:
  pull_request_target:
    types: [opened, synchronize, closed]
    branches: [main, master]
-
 jobs:
  flowzone:
    name: Flowzone
@@ -23,7 +21,4 @@ jobs:
      tests_run_on: '["ubuntu-20.04","macos-latest","windows-2019"]'
      restrict_custom_actions: false
      github_prerelease: true
-      repo_config: true
-      repo_description: "Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives, safely and easily."
-      repo_homepage: https://etcher.io/
-      repo_enable_wiki: true
+      cloudflare_website: "etcher"
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ pids

 # Generated files
 /generated
+/binaries

 # Dependency directory
 # https://docs.npmjs.com/misc/faq#should-i-check-my-node-modules-folder-into-git
--- a/.nvmrc
+++ b/.nvmrc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-14
+16
--- a/.versionbot/CHANGELOG.yml
+++ b/.versionbot/CHANGELOG.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,261 @@
+- commits:
+    - subject: "patch: upgrade to electron 25"
+      hash: f38bca290fe26121bed58d1131265e1aa350ddb5
+      body: ""
+      footer: {}
+      author: Edwin Joassart
+      nested: []
+    - subject: "patch: refactor scanner, loader and flasher out of gui + upgrade to
+        electron 25"
+      hash: fb8ed5b529e22bc9e766bfe99c2b6955ed695b58
+      body: ""
+      footer: {}
+      author: Edwin Joassart
+      nested: []
+  version: 1.18.13
+  title: ""
+  date: 2023-10-16T13:32:26.738Z
+- commits:
+    - subject: Update instructions for installing deb file
+      hash: acab03ad77a1c1901d0c8a65999e93c1d27169a0
+      body: ""
+      footer:
+        Change-type: patch
+        change-type: patch
+      author: Jorge Capona
+      nested: []
+  version: 1.18.12
+  title: ""
+  date: 2023-07-19T10:24:22.407Z
+- commits:
+    - subject: "fix: prevent stealing window focus from auth dialog"
+      hash: f716c74ef7cb164b4d825828e4e46033484ad9af
+      body: ""
+      footer:
+        Change-type: patch
+        change-type: patch
+      author: leadpogrommer
+      nested: []
+  version: 1.18.11
+  title: ""
+  date: 2023-07-13T14:31:40.021Z
+- commits:
+    - subject: "spelling: validates"
+      hash: 06d246e3fd1c573b9e04d23ab3bc3c4036fb9859
+      body: ""
+      footer:
+        Change-type: patch
+        change-type: patch
+        Signed-off-by: Josh Soref <jsoref@users.noreply.github.com>
+        signed-off-by: Josh Soref <jsoref@users.noreply.github.com>
+      author: Josh Soref
+      nested: []
+    - subject: "spelling: undefined"
+      hash: 67b26a5b69f819066c6419d3d915846b63fdbcf0
+      body: ""
+      footer:
+        Change-type: patch
+        change-type: patch
+        Signed-off-by: Josh Soref <jsoref@users.noreply.github.com>
+        signed-off-by: Josh Soref <jsoref@users.noreply.github.com>
+      author: Josh Soref
+      nested: []
+    - subject: "spelling: except if"
+      hash: b4b9db7ffa2104c19e7bd079e4f394a817f40bc0
+      body: ""
+      footer:
+        Change-type: patch
+        change-type: patch
+        Signed-off-by: Josh Soref <jsoref@users.noreply.github.com>
+        signed-off-by: Josh Soref <jsoref@users.noreply.github.com>
+      author: Josh Soref
+      nested: []
+  version: 1.18.10
+  title: ""
+  date: 2023-07-12T11:21:59.231Z
+- commits:
+    - subject: Fix opening links from within SafeWebView
+      hash: 497bb0e2cbefad3e9a1188ee5df49cf61f6bd6e4
+      body: ""
+      footer:
+        Change-type: patch
+        change-type: patch
+      author: Akis Kesoglou
+      nested: []
+  version: 1.18.9
+  title: ""
+  date: 2023-07-12T09:07:17.666Z
+- commits:
+    - subject: "Patch: Fix Support link"
+      hash: 882b385c88111a192e5f37e20c1c8aeca9950b21
+      body: ""
+      footer: {}
+      author: Oliver Plummer
+      nested: []
+  version: 1.18.8
+  title: ""
+  date: 2023-04-26T09:57:46.155Z
+- commits:
+    - subject: "patch: update docs to remove cloudsmith install instructions for linux"
+      hash: 02a406711852cf237e41da4cd39350d8acc1f0b0
+      body: ""
+      footer: {}
+      author: Edwin Joassart
+      nested: []
+  version: 1.18.7
+  title: ""
+  date: 2023-04-25T15:25:35.584Z
+- commits:
+    - subject: add-flash-with-etcher-to-docs
+      hash: 856b426dc98925f5e339976a5cac144f4bb4ea59
+      body: ""
+      footer:
+        Change-type: patch
+        change-type: patch
+      author: Lizzie Epton
+      nested: []
+  version: 1.18.6
+  title: ""
+  date: 2023-03-21T13:24:18.265Z
+- commits:
+    - subject: "patch: add apt-get update in flowzone preinstall"
+      hash: 0d9ac710880e6b9413b09e4c35a505034d1e9d51
+      body: libudev package has changed and cannot be installed if we not update apt
+        cache
+      footer: {}
+      author: Edwin Joassart
+      nested: []
+  version: 1.18.5
+  title: ""
+  date: 2023-03-09T11:30:34.540Z
+- commits:
+    - subject: "patch: bump etcher-sdk to 8.3.1"
+      hash: bf0360e7f46ac620f95021e0c48a3a04d302e725
+      body: ""
+      footer: {}
+      author: JOASSART Edwin
+      nested: []
+  version: 1.18.4
+  title: ""
+  date: 2023-03-02T17:31:31.788Z
+- commits:
+    - subject: fix-typo
+      hash: 496f131c4b024dfcd17fde5173016f70c0d0599c
+      body: ""
+      footer:
+        Change-type: patch
+        change-type: patch
+      author: Lizzie Epton
+      nested: []
+    - subject: edits-to-info-about-efp
+      hash: f582b0215c2cf66acf652afdaa47353e1a7eac07
+      body: ""
+      footer:
+        Change-type: patch
+        change-type: patch
+      author: Lizzie Epton
+      nested: []
+    - subject: Add reference to etcher-efp in publishing.md
+      hash: 4c3c4babea5efdadbed7ba0df85f08b68a7b6f20
+      body: |
+        Add reference to etcher-efp in publishing.md
+      footer:
+        Change-type: patch
+        change-type: patch
+      author: Edwin Joassart
+      nested: []
+  version: 1.18.3
+  title: ""
+  date: 2023-02-22T12:12:40.270Z
+- commits:
+    - subject: "patch: organize docs"
+      hash: e479b95d72bed6a50ae6a971598a18d8a7562f0d
+      body: ""
+      footer: {}
+      author: mcraa
+      nested: []
+    - subject: "patch: actualized develop guide"
+      hash: 926ff2b7549d8b187b18ee452ce48c62f6cd3531
+      body: ""
+      footer: {}
+      author: mcraa
+      nested: []
+    - subject: "patch: updated commit message guide"
+      hash: 394b64319de11b1010b8acfe160de13a6f3851cd
+      body: ""
+      footer: {}
+      author: mcraa
+      nested: []
+    - subject: add-item-from-FAQs
+      hash: 96fa53b6ee4ec7a29522df488b927074c0f301ca
+      body: ""
+      footer:
+        Change-type: patch
+        change-type: patch
+      author: Lizzie Epton
+      nested: []
+    - subject: "patch: removed gt characters from contributing guide"
+      hash: 9b54e2af0b9356bb73e197cccbcc2ff89673361f
+      body: ""
+      footer: {}
+      author: mcraa
+      nested: []
+    - subject: "patch: added docosaurus site name"
+      hash: b01cf3c2e1c3a7a234c8b957bd570ecdca81e0c1
+      body: ""
+      footer: {}
+      author: mcraa
+      nested: []
+  version: 1.18.2
+  title: ""
+  date: 2023-02-21T13:17:09.606Z
+- commits:
+    - subject: "patch: use @electron/remote for locating rpiboot files"
+      hash: 04fa3dcd8c619dce927221cef5799b5210354d2e
+      body: ""
+      footer: {}
+      author: mcraa
+      nested: []
+  version: 1.18.1
+  title: ""
+  date: 2023-02-15T14:54:45.951Z
+- commits:
+    - subject: Update to Electron 19
+      hash: c11db0a2797a6b1093dd3fa6f55bee5f100c6da4
+      body: ""
+      footer:
+        Change-type: minor
+        change-type: minor
+      author: Akis Kesoglou
+      nested: []
+    - subject: Remove Spectron and related (low-value) tests
+      hash: 6f7570d265e4b457afe832d00e5f45e0bf5a8a53
+      body: >
+        Spectron is long deprecated and abandoned and the browser tests are so
+        rudimentary that it’s no longer worth having them around. We will
+        introduce a proper browser-based test suite in the short term — it’s a
+        project in progress.
+      footer:
+        Change-type: minor
+        change-type: minor
+      author: Akis Kesoglou
+      nested: []
+  version: 1.18.0
+  title: ""
+  date: 2023-02-14T18:07:05.870Z
+- commits:
+    - subject: Update to Electron 17 and Node 16
+      hash: 3c1dd6ce29ddf43ef35e58236d25713fa2026c10
+      body: |
+        This is the latest Electron version officially supported by Spectron.
+      footer:
+        Change-type: minor
+        change-type: minor
+      author: Akis Kesoglou
+      nested: []
+  version: 1.17.0
+  title: ""
+  date: 2023-02-14T16:18:54.834Z
 - commits:
    - subject: Update to Electron 14
      hash: df7854111a901b620e3284edf10768d308ce7755
@@ -39,10 +297,11 @@
    - subject: Switch to `@electron/remote`
      hash: 7ee174edcecbfc2d7370db6d4185b3ee4eedbe28
      body: >
-        Electron 12 deprecated `electron.remote` and the functionality was removed
-        in Electron 14, but became available as a separate `@electron/remote`
-        module. This commit makes the transition to the external module as an
-        intermediary step to enable updating to a newer Electron version.
+        Electron 12 deprecated `electron.remote` and the functionality was
+        removed in Electron 14, but became available as a separate
+        `@electron/remote` module. This commit makes the transition to the
+        external module as an intermediary step to enable updating to a newer
+        Electron version.
      footer:
        Change-type: patch
        change-type: patch
@@ -87,8 +346,8 @@
    - subject: Lazily import Electron from child-writer process
      hash: 851219f835ed037d9fd970f538095e4b339c5342
      body: >
-        No idea how this *used* to work, but it doesn’t since 887ec428 and this is
-        fixing it properly.
+        No idea how this *used* to work, but it doesn’t since 887ec428 and this
+        is fixing it properly.
      footer:
        Change-type: patch
        change-type: patch
@@ -1033,7 +1292,8 @@
    - subject: Fixing call to electron block screensaver methods invocation
      hash: 1b5b64713505dfb69448bc2184839b4c23bd677b
      body: >
-        Replacing `send` calls to `invoke` for `enable/disable-screensaver` calls.
+        Replacing `send` calls to `invoke` for `enable/disable-screensaver`
+        calls.
      footer:
        Change-type: patch
        change-type: patch
@@ -1785,11 +2045,11 @@
    - subject: Add support for basic auth when downloading images from URL.
      hash: b2d0c1c9ddbbfe87d5a905d420d615821610e825
      body: >
-        When selecting "Flash from URL" the user can optionally provide a username
-        and password for basic authentication. The authentication input fields
-        are collapsed by default. When the authentication input fields are
-        collapsed after entering values the values are cleared to ensure that
-        the user sees all parameter passed to the server.
+        When selecting "Flash from URL" the user can optionally provide a
+        username and password for basic authentication. The authentication input
+        fields are collapsed by default. When the authentication input fields
+        are collapsed after entering values the values are cleared to ensure
+        that the user sees all parameter passed to the server.
      footer:
        Change-Type: minor
        change-type: minor
@@ -2346,7 +2606,8 @@
            - subject: Ignore ENOENT errors on unlink in withTmpFile
              hash: 7bb2a23c4e94dcda6a7b494fe0435c0b59b56b06
              body: >
-                The temporary file might have been already deleted by cleanupTmpFiles
+                The temporary file might have been already deleted by
+                cleanupTmpFiles
              footer:
                Change-type: patch
                change-type: patch
@@ -2416,7 +2677,8 @@
                    - subject: Pass strings between methods as std::string instead of char *
                      hash: 1ec6a8ffc4c9e138b78210f0db84a9ebd6c9182b
                      body: >
-                        - Fixes "basic_string::_M_construct null not valid" exception
+                        - Fixes "basic_string::_M_construct null not valid"
+                        exception
                          aborting program, because WCharToUtf8() returned NULL
                          in some cases, and NULL was being fed to string constructor.
                        - Fixes memory leak because memory allocated with calloc()
@@ -4504,8 +4766,8 @@
        change-type: patch
      subject: Fixes the Command for macOS drive recovery
      body: >-
-        Changes the documentation to update the disktutil command which didn't fix
-        my case, cause the boot partition was broken.
+        Changes the documentation to update the disktutil command which didn't
+        fix my case, cause the boot partition was broken.

        This way it rewrites the drive into a FAT32 partition editable in Unix/Windows.
    - hash: b3f25c176b1bdb487d1a7bf111d7f170fe008842
@@ -7434,7 +7696,8 @@
        changelog-entry: Add support for configuration files
      subject: "feat(gui): Add ability to read settings from a config file"
      body: >-
-        This adds the capability to configure settings via a `.etcher.json` file,
+        This adds the capability to configure settings via a `.etcher.json`
+        file,

        either in the user's home directory, or the current working directory.

@@ -7552,7 +7815,8 @@
        change-type: patch
      subject: "doc: Update MAINTAINERS.md with Symantec Whitelisting"
      body: >-
-        This adds instructions for submitting Etcher for false positive detection
+        This adds instructions for submitting Etcher for false positive
+        detection

        to Symantec Endpoint Protection.
    - hash: bb2dac75040554c0ba2c7e50ff9ecd61608e7d38
@@ -7728,7 +7992,8 @@
        change-type: patch
      subject: "fix(image-writer): Remove use of _.isError"
      body: >-
-        `_.isError()` returns `true` for anything that has a `name` and `message`
+        `_.isError()` returns `true` for anything that has a `name` and
+        `message`

        property, causing the check here to always keep the plain object as error.
    - hash: 355373f24df6be0989fad9429c2230166b33a3bf
@@ -7744,7 +8009,8 @@
        change-type: patch
      subject: "upgrade(package): Update drivelist 6.1.5 -> 6.1.7"
      body: >-
-        This fixes a ReferenceError that could occur when the DeviceNode was null,
+        This fixes a ReferenceError that could occur when the DeviceNode was
+        null,

        as well as devices being null when run after the system recovers from sleep / standby.
    - hash: 6e7484d3dabc2aeaa7cd471822d7019860cc4a5c
@@ -8580,7 +8846,8 @@
        changelog-entry: Remove stale `invalidKey` check in store.
      subject: "refactor: remove stale invalid key check in store"
      body: >-
-        We remove a piece of code checking whether `_.keys` returns any non-string
+        We remove a piece of code checking whether `_.keys` returns any
+        non-string

        values in its array, but per the Lodash documentation `_.keys` always returns an

@@ -8608,7 +8875,8 @@
        changelog-entry: Make the drive-selector button orange on warnings.
      subject: "feat(GUI): warning makes drive-selector button orange"
      body: >-
-        We make the drive-selector button orange when there is a warning attached
+        We make the drive-selector button orange when there is a warning
+        attached

        to the image-drive pair.
    - hash: 4ce89f97fe02d714ce7f247a6a03ad6d326c3a8a
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,92 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).

+# v1.18.13
+## (2023-10-16)
+
+* patch: upgrade to electron 25 [Edwin Joassart]
+* patch: refactor scanner, loader and flasher out of gui + upgrade to electron 25 [Edwin Joassart]
+
+# v1.18.12
+## (2023-07-19)
+
+* Update instructions for installing deb file [Jorge Capona]
+
+# v1.18.11
+## (2023-07-13)
+
+* fix: prevent stealing window focus from auth dialog [leadpogrommer]
+
+# v1.18.10
+## (2023-07-12)
+
+* spelling: validates [Josh Soref]
+* spelling: undefined [Josh Soref]
+* spelling: except if [Josh Soref]
+
+# v1.18.9
+## (2023-07-12)
+
+* Fix opening links from within SafeWebView [Akis Kesoglou]
+
+# v1.18.8
+## (2023-04-26)
+
+* Patch: Fix Support link [Oliver Plummer]
+
+# v1.18.7
+## (2023-04-25)
+
+* patch: update docs to remove cloudsmith install instructions for linux [Edwin Joassart]
+
+# v1.18.6
+## (2023-03-21)
+
+* add-flash-with-etcher-to-docs [Lizzie Epton]
+
+# v1.18.5
+## (2023-03-09)
+
+* patch: add apt-get update in flowzone preinstall [Edwin Joassart]
+
+# v1.18.4
+## (2023-03-02)
+
+* patch: bump etcher-sdk to 8.3.1 [JOASSART Edwin]
+
+# v1.18.3
+## (2023-02-22)
+
+* fix-typo [Lizzie Epton]
+* edits-to-info-about-efp [Lizzie Epton]
+* Add reference to etcher-efp in publishing.md [Edwin Joassart]
+
+# v1.18.2
+## (2023-02-21)
+
+* patch: organize docs [mcraa]
+* patch: actualized develop guide [mcraa]
+* patch: updated commit message guide [mcraa]
+* add-item-from-FAQs [Lizzie Epton]
+* patch: removed gt characters from contributing guide [mcraa]
+* patch: added docosaurus site name [mcraa]
+
+# v1.18.1
+## (2023-02-15)
+
+* patch: use @electron/remote for locating rpiboot files [mcraa]
+
+# v1.18.0
+## (2023-02-14)
+
+* Update to Electron 19 [Akis Kesoglou]
+* Remove Spectron and related (low-value) tests [Akis Kesoglou]
+
+# v1.17.0
+## (2023-02-14)
+
+* Update to Electron 17 and Node 16 [Akis Kesoglou]
+
 # v1.16.0
 ## (2023-02-14)

--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,128 +32,32 @@ installers for all supported operating systems.

 ## Packages

-> [![Hosted By: Cloudsmith](https://img.shields.io/badge/OSS%20hosting%20by-cloudsmith-blue?logo=cloudsmith&style=for-the-badge)](https://cloudsmith.com) \
-Package repository hosting is graciously provided by  [Cloudsmith](https://cloudsmith.com).
-Cloudsmith is the only fully hosted, cloud-native, universal package management solution, that
-enables your organization to create, store and share packages in any format, to any place, with total
-confidence.
-
 #### Debian and Ubuntu based Package Repository (GNU/Linux x86/x64)

-> Detailed or alternative steps in the [instructions by Cloudsmith](https://cloudsmith.io/~balena/repos/etcher/setup/#formats-deb)
+Package for Debian and Ubuntu can be downloaded from the [Github release page](https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/releases/)

-1. Add Etcher Debian repository:
+##### Install .deb file using apt

   ```sh
-   curl -1sLf \
-      'https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/balena/etcher/setup.deb.sh' \
-      | sudo -E bash
-   ```
-
-2. Update and install:
-
-   ```sh
-   sudo apt-get update
-   sudo apt-get install balena-etcher-electron
+      sudo apt install ./balena-etcher_******_amd64.deb
   ```

 ##### Uninstall

-```sh
-sudo apt-get remove balena-etcher-electron
-rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/balena-etcher.list
-apt-get clean
-rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-apt-get update
-```
+   ```sh
+      sudo apt remove balena-etcher
+   ```

 #### Redhat (RHEL) and Fedora-based Package Repository (GNU/Linux x86/x64)

-> Detailed or alternative steps in the [instructions by Cloudsmith](https://cloudsmith.io/~balena/repos/etcher/setup/#formats-rpm)
-
-
-##### DNF
-
-1. Add Etcher rpm repository:
-
-   ```sh
-   curl -1sLf \
-      'https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/balena/etcher/setup.rpm.sh' \
-      | sudo -E bash
-   ```
-
-2. Update and install:
-
-   ```sh
-   sudo dnf install -y balena-etcher-electron
-   ```
-
-###### Uninstall
-
-```sh
-rm /etc/yum.repos.d/balena-etcher.repo
-rm /etc/yum.repos.d/balena-etcher-source.repo
-```
-
 ##### Yum

-1. Add Etcher rpm repository:
+Package for Fedora-based and Redhat can be downloaded from the [Github release page](https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/releases/)

-   ```sh
-   curl -1sLf \
-      'https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/balena/etcher/setup.rpm.sh' \
-      | sudo -E bash
-   ```
-
-2. Update and install:
-
-   ```sh
-   sudo yum install -y balena-etcher-electron
-   ```
-
-###### Uninstall
+1. Install using yum

 ```sh
-sudo yum remove -y balena-etcher-electron
-rm /etc/yum.repos.d/balena-etcher.repo
-rm /etc/yum.repos.d/balena-etcher-source.repo
-```
-
-#### OpenSUSE LEAP & Tumbleweed install (zypper)
-
-1. Add the repo
-
-   ```sh
-   curl -1sLf \
-   'https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/balena/etcher/setup.rpm.sh' \
-   | sudo -E bash
-   ```
-2. Update and install
-
-   ```sh
-   sudo zypper up
-   sudo zypper install balena-etcher-electron
-   ```
-
-##### Uninstall
-
-```sh
-sudo zypper rm balena-etcher-electron
-# remove the repo
-sudo zypper rr balena-etcher
-sudo zypper rr balena-etcher-source
-```
-
-#### Solus (GNU/Linux x64)
-
-```sh
-sudo eopkg it etcher
-```
-
-##### Uninstall
-
-```sh
-sudo eopkg rm etcher
+   sudo yum localinstall balena-etcher-***.x86_64.rpm
 ```

 #### Arch/Manjaro Linux (GNU/Linux x64)
@@ -170,6 +74,20 @@ yay -S balena-etcher
 yay -R balena-etcher
 ```

+#### WinGet (Windows)
+
+This package is updated by [gh-action](https://github.com/vedantmgoyal2009/winget-releaser), and is kept up to date automatically.
+
+```sh
+winget install balenaEtcher #or Balena.Etcher
+```
+
+##### Uninstall
+
+```sh
+winget uninstall balenaEtcher
+```
+
 #### Chocolatey (Windows)

 This package is maintained by [@majkinetor](https://github.com/majkinetor), and
@@ -198,11 +116,9 @@ the [license].
 [etcher]: https://balena.io/etcher
 [electron]: https://electronjs.org/
 [electron-supported-platforms]: https://electronjs.org/docs/tutorial/support#supported-platforms
-[support]: https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/blob/master/SUPPORT.md
+[support]: https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/blob/master/docs/SUPPORT.md
 [contributing]: https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/blob/master/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
 [user-documentation]: https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/blob/master/docs/USER-DOCUMENTATION.md
 [milestones]: https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/milestones
 [newissue]: https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/issues/new
 [license]: https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/blob/master/LICENSE
-
-
--- a/docs/COMMIT-GUIDELINES.md
+++ b/docs/COMMIT-GUIDELINES.md
@@ -12,67 +12,29 @@ over the commit history.
 - Be able to automatically reference relevant changes from a dependency
 upgrade.

-The guidelines are inspired by the [AngularJS git commit
-guidelines][angular-commit-guidelines].

 Commit structure
 ----------------

-Each commit message consists of a header, a body and a footer. The header has a
-special format that includes a type, a scope and a subject.
+Each commit message needs to specify the semver-type. Which can be `patch|minor|major`.
+See the [Semantic Versioning][semver] specification for a more detailed explanation of the meaning of these types.
+See balena commit guidelines for more info about the whole commit structure.

 ```
-<type>(<scope>): <subject>
+<semver-type>: <subject>
+```
+or
+```
+<subject>
 <BLANK LINE>
-<body>
+<details>
 <BLANK LINE>
-<footer>
+Change-Type: <semver-type>
 ```

 The subject should not contain more than 70 characters, including the type and
 scope, and the body should be wrapped at 72 characters.

-Type
----
-
-Must be one of the following:
-
- `feat`: A new feature.
- `fix`: A bug fix.
- `minifix`: A minimal fix that doesn't warrant an entry in the CHANGELOG.
- `docs`: Documentation only changes.
- `style`: Changes that do not affect the meaning of the code (white-space,
-formatting, missing semi-colons, JSDoc annotations, comments, etc).
- `refactor`: A code change that neither fixes a bug nor adds a feature.
- `perf`: A code change that improves performance.
- `test`: Adding missing tests.
- `chore`: Changes to the build process or auxiliary tools and libraries.
- `upgrade`: A version upgrade of a project dependency.
-
-Scope
-----
-
-The scope is required for types that make sense, such as `feat`, `fix`,
-`test`, etc. Certain commit types, such as `chore` might not have a clearly
-defined scope, in which case its better to omit it.
-
-Subject
-------
-
-The subject should contain a short description of the change:
-
- Use the imperative, present tense.
- Don't capitalize the first letter.
- No dot (.) at the end.
-
-Footer
------
-
-The footer contains extra information about the commit, such as tags.
-
-**Breaking Changes** should start with the word BREAKING CHANGE: with a space
-or two newlines. The rest of the commit message is then used for this.
-
 Tags
 ----

@@ -121,125 +83,4 @@ Closes: https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/issues/XXX
 Fixes: https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/issues/XXX
 ```

-### `Change-Type: <type>`
-
-This tag is used to determine the change type that a commit introduces. The
-following types are supported:
-
- `major`
- `minor`
- `patch`
-
-This tag can be omitted for commits that don't change the application from the
-user's point of view, such as for refactoring commits.
-
-Examples:
-
-```
-Change-Type: major
-Change-Type: minor
-Change-Type: patch
-```
-
-See the [Semantic Versioning][semver] specification for a more detailed
-explanation of the meaning of these types.
-
-### `Changelog-Entry: <message>`
-
-This tag is used to describe the changes introduced by the commit in a more
-human style that would fit the `CHANGELOG.md` better.
-
-If the commit type is either `fix` or `feat`, the commit will take part in the
-CHANGELOG. If this tag is not defined, then the commit subject will be used
-instead.
-
-You explicitly can use this tag to make a commit whose type is not `fix` nor
-`feat` appear in the `CHANGELOG.md`.
-
-Since whatever your write here will be shown *as it is* in the `CHANGELOG.md`,
-take some time to write a decent entry. Consider the following guidelines:
-
- Use the imperative, present tense.
- Capitalize the first letter.
-
-There is no fixed length limit for the contents of this tag, but always strive
-to make as short as possible without compromising its quality.
-
-Examples:
-
-```
-Changelog-Entry: Fix EPERM errors when flashing to a GPT drive.
-```
-
-Complete examples
-----------------
-
-```
-fix(GUI): ignore extensions before the first non-compressed extension
-
-Currently, we extract all the extensions from an image path and report back
-that the image is invalid if *any* of the extensions is not valid , however
-this can cause trouble with images including information between dots that are
-not strictly extensions, for example:
-
-    elementaryos-0.3.2-stable-i386.20151209.iso
-
-Etcher will consider `20151209` to be an invalid extension and therefore
-will prevent such image from being selected at all.
-
-As a way to allow these corner cases but still make use of our enforced check
-controls, the validation routine now only consider extensions starting from the
-first non compressed extension.
-
-Change-Type: patch
-Changelog-Entry: Don't interpret image file name information between dots as image extensions.
-Fixes: https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/issues/492
-```
-
-***
-
-```
-upgrade: etcher-image-write to v5.0.2
-
-This version contains a fix to an `EPERM` issue happening to some Windows user,
-triggered by the `write` system call during the first ~5% of a flash given that
-the operating system still thinks the drive has a file system.
-
-Change-Type: patch
-Changelog-Entry: Upgrade `etcher-image-write` to v5.0.2.
-Link: https://github.com/balena-io-modules/etcher-image-write/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#502---2016-06-27
-Fixes: https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/issues/531
-```
-
-***
-
-```
-feat(GUI): implement update notifier functionality
-
-Auto-update functionality is not ready for usage. As a workaround to
-prevent users staying with older versions, we now check for updates at
-startup, and if the user is not running the latest version, we present a
-modal informing the user of the availiblity of a new version, and
-provide a call to action to open the Etcher website in his web browser.
-
-Extra features:
-
- The user can skip the update, and tell the program to delay the
-notification for 7 days.
-
-Misc changes:
-
- Center modal with flexbox, to allow more flexibility on the modal height.
-interacting with the S3 server.
- Implement `ManifestBindService`, which now serves as a backend for the
-`manifest-bind` directive to allow the directive's functionality to be
-re-used by other services.
- Namespace checkbox styles that are specific to the settings page.
-
-Change-Type: minor
-Changelog-Entry: Check for updates and show a modal prompting the user to download the latest version.
-Closes: https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/issues/396
-```
-
-[angular-commit-guidelines]: https://github.com/angular/angular.js/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#commit
 [semver]: http://semver.org
--- a/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ Developing

 #### Common

- [NodeJS](https://nodejs.org) (at least v6.11)
- [Python 2.7](https://www.python.org)
+- [NodeJS](https://nodejs.org) (at least v16.11)
+- [Python 3](https://www.python.org)
 - [jq](https://stedolan.github.io/jq/)
 - [curl](https://curl.haxx.se/)
- [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/) (version 6.7)
+- [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/)

 ```sh
 pip install -r requirements.txt
@@ -33,16 +33,16 @@ You might need to run this with `sudo` or administrator permissions.

 - [NSIS v2.51](http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Main_Page) (v3.x won't work)
 - Either one of the following:
-  - [Visual C++ 2015 Build Tools](http://landinghub.visualstudio.com/visual-cpp-build-tools) containing standalone compilers, libraries and scripts
-  - Install the [windows-build-tools](https://github.com/felixrieseberg/windows-build-tools) via npm with `npm install --global windows-build-tools`
-  - [Visual Studio Community 2015](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48146) (free) (other editions, like Professional and Enterprise, should work too)
-    **NOTE:** Visual Studio 2015 doesn't install C++ by default. You have to rerun the
+  - [Visual C++ 2019 Build Tools](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/features/cplusplus/) containing standalone compilers, libraries and scripts
+  - The [windows-build-tools](https://github.com/felixrieseberg/windows-build-tools#windows-build-tools) should be installed along with NodeJS
+  - [Visual Studio Community 2019](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/) (free) (other editions, like Professional and Enterprise, should work too)
+    **NOTE:** Visual Studio doesn't install C++ by default. You have to rerun the
    setup, select "Modify" and then check `Visual C++ -> Common Tools for Visual
-    C++ 2015` (see http://stackoverflow.com/a/31955339)
+    C++` (see http://stackoverflow.com/a/31955339)
 - [MinGW](http://www.mingw.org)

-You might need to `npm config set msvs_version 2015` for node-gyp to correctly detect
-the version of Visual Studio you're using (in this example VS2015).
+You might need to `npm config set msvs_version 2019` for node-gyp to correctly detect
+the version of Visual Studio you're using (in this example VS2019).

 The following MinGW packages are required:

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ as well.

 #### Linux

- `libudev-dev` for libusb (install with `sudo apt install libudev-dev` for example)
+- `libudev-dev` for libusb (for example install with `sudo apt install libudev-dev`, or on fedora `systemd-devel` contains the required package)

 ### Cloning the project

@@ -70,28 +70,13 @@ git clone --recursive https://github.com/balena-io/etcher
 cd etcher
 ```

-### Installing npm dependencies
-
-**NOTE:** Please make use of the following command to install npm dependencies rather
-than simply running `npm install` given that we need to do extra configuration
-to make sure native dependencies are correctly compiled for Electron, otherwise
-the application might not run successfully.
-
-If you're on Windows, **run the command from the _Developer Command Prompt for
-VS2015_**, to ensure all Visual Studio command utilities are available in the
-`%PATH%`.
-
-```sh
-make electron-develop
-```
-
 ### Running the application

 #### GUI

 ```sh
 # Build the GUI
-npm run webpack
+npm run webpack #or npm run build
 # Start Electron
 npm start
 ```
@@ -119,10 +104,6 @@ systems as they can before sending a pull request.
 *The test suite is run automatically by CI servers when you send a pull
 request.*

-We also rely on various `make` targets to perform some common tasks:
-
- `make lint`: Run the linter.
- `make sass`: Compile SCSS files.

 We make use of [EditorConfig] to communicate indentation, line endings and
 other text editing default. We encourage you to install the relevant plugin in
@@ -132,20 +113,7 @@ process.
 Updating a dependency
 ---------------------

-Given we use [npm shrinkwrap][shrinkwrap], we have to take extra steps to make
-sure the `npm-shrinkwrap.json` file gets updated correctly when we update a
-dependency.
-
-Use the following steps to ensure everything goes flawlessly:
-
- Run `make electron-develop` to ensure you don't have extraneous dependencies
-  you might have brought during development, or you are running older
-  dependencies because you come from another branch or reference.
-
- Install the new version of the dependency. For example: `npm install --save
-  <package>@<version>`. This will update the `npm-shrinkwrap.json` file.
-
- Commit *both* `package.json` and `npm-shrinkwrap.json`.
+- Commit *both* `package.json` and `package-lock.json`.

 Diffing Binaries
 ----------------
--- a/docs/FAQ.md
+++ b/docs/FAQ.md
@@ -44,3 +44,9 @@ Etcher requires an available [polkit authentication agent](https://wiki.archlinu
 ## May I run Etcher in older macOS versions?

 Etcher GUI is based on the [Electron](http://electron.atom.io/) framework, [which only supports macOS 10.10 and newer versions](https://github.com/electron/electron/blob/master/docs/tutorial/support.md#supported-platforms).
+
+## Can I use the Flash With Etcher button on my site?
+
+You can use the Flash with Etcher button on your site or blog, if you have an OS that you want your users to be able to easily flash using Etcher, add the following code where you want to button to be:
+
+`<a href="https://efp.balena.io/open-image-url?imageUrl=<your image URL>"><img src="http://balena.io/flash-with-etcher.png" /></a>`
--- a/docs/MAINTAINERS.md
+++ b/docs/MAINTAINERS.md
@@ -8,10 +8,14 @@ Releasing

 ### Release Types

- **snapshot** (default): A continues snapshot of current master, made by the CI services
- **production**: Full releases
+- **draft**: A continues snapshot of current master, made by the CI services
+- **pre-release** (default): A continues snapshot of current master, made by the CI services
+- **release**: Full releases
+
+Draft release is created from each PR, tagged with the branch name.
+All merged PR will generate a new tag/version as a *pre-release*.
+Mark the pre-release as final when it is necessary, then distribute the packages in alternative channels as necessary.

-### Flight Plan

 #### Preparation

@@ -33,9 +37,8 @@ Releasing
 - [Update the website](https://github.com/balena-io/etcher-homepage)
 - Wait 2-3 hours for analytics (Sentry, Amplitude) to trickle in and check for elevated error rates, or regressions
 - If regressions arise; pull the release, and release a patched version, else:
- [Upload deb & rpm packages to Bintray](#uploading-packages-to-bintray)
- [Upload build artifacts to Amazon S3](#uploading-binaries-to-amazon-s3)
- Post changelog with `#release-notes` tag on Flowdock
+- [Upload deb & rpm packages to Cloudfront](#uploading-packages-to-cloudfront)
+- Post changelog with `#release-notes` tag on internal chat
 - If this release packs noteworthy major changes:
  - Write a blog post about it, and / or
  - Write about it to the Etcher mailing list
@@ -57,46 +60,16 @@ export ANALYTICS_AMPLITUDE_TOKEN="xxxxxx"

 **NOTE:** Make sure to adjust the path as necessary (here the Etcher repository has been cloned to `/home/$USER/code/etcher`)

-```bash
-./scripts/build/docker/run-command.sh -r x64 -s . -c "make distclean"
-```
-
 ##### Generating artifacts

-```bash
-# x64
-
-# Build Debian packages
-./scripts/build/docker/run-command.sh -r x64 -s . -c "make electron-develop && make RELEASE_TYPE=production electron-installer-debian"
-# Build RPM packages
-./scripts/build/docker/run-command.sh -r x64 -s . -c "make electron-develop && make RELEASE_TYPE=production electron-installer-redhat"
-# Build AppImages
-./scripts/build/docker/run-command.sh -r x64 -s . -c "make electron-develop && make RELEASE_TYPE=production electron-installer-appimage"
-
-# x86
-
-# Build Debian packages
-./scripts/build/docker/run-command.sh -r x86 -s . -c "make electron-develop && make RELEASE_TYPE=production electron-installer-debian"
-# Build RPM packages
-./scripts/build/docker/run-command.sh -r x86 -s . -c "make electron-develop && make RELEASE_TYPE=production electron-installer-redhat"
-# Build AppImages
-./scripts/build/docker/run-command.sh -r x86 -s . -c "make electron-develop && make RELEASE_TYPE=production electron-installer-appimage"
-```
+The artifacts are generated by the CI and published as draft-release or pre-release.
+`electron-builder` is used to create the packaged application. 

 #### Mac OS

 **ATTENTION:** For production releases you'll need the code-signing key,
 and set `CSC_NAME` to generate signed binaries on Mac OS.

-```bash
-make electron-develop
-
-# Build the zip
-make RELEASE_TYPE=production electron-installer-app-zip
-# Build the dmg
-make RELEASE_TYPE=production electron-installer-dmg
-```
-
 #### Windows

 **ATTENTION:** For production releases you'll need the code-signing key,
@@ -105,38 +78,10 @@ and set `CSC_LINK`, and `CSC_KEY_PASSWORD` to generate signed binaries on Window
 **NOTE:**
 - Keep in mind to also generate artifacts for x86, with `TARGET_ARCH=x86`.

-```bash
-make electron-develop

-# Build the Portable version
-make RELEASE_TYPE=production electron-installer-portable
-# Build the Installer
-make RELEASE_TYPE=production electron-installer-nsis
-```
+### Uploading packages to Cloudfront

-### Uploading packages to Bintray
-
-```bash
-export BINTRAY_USER="username@account"
-export BINTRAY_API_KEY="youruserapikey"
-```
-
-```bash
-./scripts/publish/bintray.sh -c "etcher" -t "production" -v "1.2.1" -o "etcher" -p "debian" -y "debian" -r "x64" -f "dist/etcher-electron_1.2.1_amd64.deb"
-./scripts/publish/bintray.sh -c "etcher" -t "production" -v "1.2.1" -o "etcher" -p "debian" -y "debian" -r "x86" -f "dist/etcher-electron_1.2.1_i386.deb"
-./scripts/publish/bintray.sh -c "etcher" -t "production" -v "1.2.1" -o "etcher" -p "redhat" -y "redhat" -r "x64" -f "dist/etcher-electron-1.2.1.x86_64.rpm"
-./scripts/publish/bintray.sh -c "etcher" -t "production" -v "1.2.1" -o "etcher" -p "redhat" -y "redhat" -r "x86" -f "dist/etcher-electron-1.2.1.i686.rpm"
-```
-
-### Uploading binaries to Amazon S3
-
-```bash
-export S3_KEY="..."
-```
-
-```bash
-./scripts/publish/aws-s3.sh -b "balena-production-downloads" -v "1.2.1" -p "etcher" -f "dist/<filename>"
-```
+Log in to cloudfront and upload the `rpm` and `deb` files. 

 ### Dealing with a Problematic Release

--- a/docs/PUBLISHING.md
+++ b/docs/PUBLISHING.md
@@ -7,44 +7,9 @@ systems.
 Release Types
 -------------

-Etcher supports **production** and **snapshot** release types. Each is
-published to a different S3 bucket, and production release types are code
-signed, while snapshot release types aren't and include a short git commit-hash
-as a build number. For example, `1.0.0-beta.19` is a production release type,
-while `1.0.0-beta.19+531ab82` is a snapshot release type.
-
-In terms of comparison: `1.0.0-beta.19` (production) < `1.0.0-beta.19+531ab82`
-(snapshot) < `1.0.0-rc.1` (production) < `1.0.0-rc.1+7fde24a` (snapshot) <
-`1.0.0` (production) < `1.0.0+2201e5f` (snapshot). Keep in mind that if you're
-running a production release type, you'll only be prompted to update to
-production release types, and if you're running a snapshot release type, you'll
-only be prompted to update to other snapshot release types.
-
-The build system creates (and publishes) snapshot release types by default, but
-you can build a specific release type by setting the `RELEASE_TYPE` make
-variable.  For example:
-
-```sh
-make <target> RELEASE_TYPE=snapshot
-make <target> RELEASE_TYPE=production
-```
-
-We can control the version range a specific Etcher version will consider when
-showing the update notification dialog by tweaking the `updates.semverRange`
-property of `package.json`.
-
-Update Channels
---------------
-
-Etcher has a setting to include the unstable update channel. If this option is
-set, Etcher will consider both stable and unstable versions when showing the
-update notifier dialog. Unstable versions are the ones that contain a `beta`
-pre-release tag. For example:
-
- Production unstable version: `1.4.0-beta.1`
- Snapshot unstable version: `1.4.0-beta.1+7fde24a`
- Production stable version: `1.4.0`
- Snapshot stable version: `1.4.0+7fde24a`
+Etcher supports **pre-release** and **final** release types as does Github. Each is
+published to Github releases.
+The release version is generated automatically from the commit messasges.

 Signing
 -------
@@ -73,63 +38,19 @@ Packaging

 The resulting installers will be saved to `dist/out`.

-Run the following commands:
-
-### OS X
+Run the following commands on all platforms with the right arguments:

 ```sh
-make electron-installer-dmg
-make electron-installer-app-zip
+./node_modules/electron-builder build <...>
 ```

-### GNU/Linux

-```sh
-make electron-installer-appimage
-make electron-installer-debian
-```
-
-### Windows
-
-```sh
-make electron-installer-zip
-make electron-installer-nsis
-```
-
-Publishing to Bintray
+Publishing to Cloudfront
 ---------------------

-We publish GNU/Linux Debian packages to [Bintray][bintray].
+We publish GNU/Linux Debian packages to [Cloudfront][cloudfront].

-Make sure you set the following environment variables:
-
- `BINTRAY_USER`
- `BINTRAY_API_KEY`
-
-Run the following command:
-
-```sh
-make publish-bintray-debian
-```
-
-Publishing to S3
----------------
-
- [AWS CLI][aws-cli]
-
-Make sure you have the [AWS CLI tool][aws-cli] installed and configured to
-access balena.io's production or snapshot S3 bucket.
-
-Run the following command to publish all files for the current combination of
-_platform_ and _arch_ (building them if necessary):
-
-```sh
-make publish-aws-s3
-```
-
-Also add links to each AWS S3 file in [GitHub Releases][github-releases]. See
-[`v1.0.0-beta.17`](https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/releases/tag/v1.0.0-beta.17)
-as an example.
+Log in to cloudfront and upload the `rpm` and `deb` files.

 Publishing to Homebrew Cask
 ---------------------------
@@ -147,8 +68,12 @@ Post messages to the [Etcher forum][balena-forum-etcher] announcing the new vers
 of Etcher, and including the relevant section of the Changelog.

 [aws-cli]: https://aws.amazon.com/cli
-[bintray]: https://bintray.com
+[cloudfront]: https://cloudfront.com
 [etcher-cask-file]: https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/blob/master/Casks/balenaetcher.rb
 [homebrew-cask]: https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask
 [balena-forum-etcher]: https://forums.balena.io/c/etcher
 [github-releases]: https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/releases
+
+Updating EFP / Success-Banner
+-----------------------------
+Etcher Featured Project is automatically run based on an algorithm which promoted projects from the balena marketplace which have been contributed by the community, the algorithm prioritises projects which give uses the best experience. Editing both EFP and the Etcher Success-Banner can only be done by someone from balena, instruction are on the [Etcher-EFP repo (private)](https://github.com/balena-io/etcher-efp)
--- a/docs/SUPPORT.md
+++ b/docs/SUPPORT.md
--- a/docs/USER-DOCUMENTATION.md
+++ b/docs/USER-DOCUMENTATION.md
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ Etcher User Documentation

 This document contains how-tos and FAQs oriented to Etcher users.

+Config
+------
+Etcher's configuration is saved to the `config.json` file in the apps folder.
+Not all the options are surfaced to the UI. You may edit this file to tweak settings even before launching the app.
+
 Why is my drive not bootable?
 -----------------------------

@@ -218,3 +223,5 @@ macOS 10.10 (Yosemite) and newer versions][electron-supported-platforms].
 [unetbootin]: https://unetbootin.github.io
 [windows-iot-dashboard]: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/iot/downloads
 [woeusb]: https://github.com/slacka/WoeUSB
+
+See [PUBLISHING](/docs/PUBLISHING.md) for more details about release types.
--- a/entitlements.mac.plist
+++ b/entitlements.mac.plist
@@ -14,5 +14,11 @@
    <true/>
    <key>com.apple.security.network.client</key>
    <true/>
+    <key>com.apple.security.cs.disable-library-validation</key>
+    <true/>
+    <key>com.apple.security.get-task-allow</key>
+    <true/>
+    <key>com.apple.security.cs.disable-executable-page-protection</key>
+    <true/>
  </dict>
 </plist>
--- a/lib/gui/app/app.ts
+++ b/lib/gui/app/app.ts
@@ -16,30 +16,30 @@

 import * as electron from 'electron';
 import * as remote from '@electron/remote';
-import * as sdk from 'etcher-sdk';
-import * as _ from 'lodash';
+import { debounce, capitalize, Dictionary, values } from 'lodash';
 import outdent from 'outdent';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 import { v4 as uuidV4 } from 'uuid';

 import * as packageJSON from '../../../package.json';
-import { DrivelistDrive, isSourceDrive } from '../../shared/drive-constraints';
+import { DrivelistDrive } from '../../shared/drive-constraints';
 import * as EXIT_CODES from '../../shared/exit-codes';
 import * as messages from '../../shared/messages';
 import * as availableDrives from './models/available-drives';
 import * as flashState from './models/flash-state';
-import { deselectImage, getImage } from './models/selection-state';
 import * as settings from './models/settings';
 import { Actions, observe, store } from './models/store';
 import * as analytics from './modules/analytics';
-import { scanner as driveScanner } from './modules/drive-scanner';
+import { startApiAndSpawnChild } from './modules/api';
 import * as exceptionReporter from './modules/exception-reporter';
 import * as osDialog from './os/dialog';
 import * as windowProgress from './os/window-progress';
 import MainPage from './pages/main/MainPage';
 import './css/main.css';
 import * as i18next from 'i18next';
+import { promises } from 'dns';
+import { SourceMetadata } from '../../shared/typings/source-selector';

 window.addEventListener(
 	'unhandledrejection',
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ analytics.logEvent('Application start', {
 	version: currentVersion,
 });

-const debouncedLog = _.debounce(console.log, 1000, { maxWait: 1000 });
+const debouncedLog = debounce(console.log, 1000, { maxWait: 1000 });

 function pluralize(word: string, quantity: number) {
 	return `${quantity} ${word}${quantity === 1 ? '' : 's'}`;
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ observe(() => {
 	// might cause some non-sense flashing state logs including
 	// `undefined` values.
 	debouncedLog(outdent({ newline: ' ' })`
-		${_.capitalize(currentFlashState.type)}
+		${capitalize(currentFlashState.type)}
 		${active},
 		${currentFlashState.percentage}%
 		at
@@ -128,173 +128,40 @@ observe(() => {
 	`);
 });

-/**
- * @summary The radix used by USB ID numbers
- */
-const USB_ID_RADIX = 16;
-
-/**
- * @summary The expected length of a USB ID number
- */
-const USB_ID_LENGTH = 4;
-
-/**
- * @summary Convert a USB id (e.g. product/vendor) to a string
- *
- * @example
- * console.log(usbIdToString(2652))
- * > '0x0a5c'
- */
-function usbIdToString(id: number): string {
-	return `0x${_.padStart(id.toString(USB_ID_RADIX), USB_ID_LENGTH, '0')}`;
-}
-
-/**
- * @summary Product ID of BCM2708
- */
-const USB_PRODUCT_ID_BCM2708_BOOT = 0x2763;
-
-/**
- * @summary Product ID of BCM2710
- */
-const USB_PRODUCT_ID_BCM2710_BOOT = 0x2764;
-
-/**
- * @summary Compute module descriptions
- */
-const COMPUTE_MODULE_DESCRIPTIONS: _.Dictionary<string> = {
-	[USB_PRODUCT_ID_BCM2708_BOOT]: 'Compute Module 1',
-	[USB_PRODUCT_ID_BCM2710_BOOT]: 'Compute Module 3',
-};
-
-async function driveIsAllowed(drive: {
-	devicePath: string;
-	device: string;
-	raw: string;
-}) {
-	const driveBlacklist = (await settings.get('driveBlacklist')) || [];
-	return !(
-		driveBlacklist.includes(drive.devicePath) ||
-		driveBlacklist.includes(drive.device) ||
-		driveBlacklist.includes(drive.raw)
-	);
-}
-
-type Drive =
-	| sdk.sourceDestination.BlockDevice
-	| sdk.sourceDestination.UsbbootDrive
-	| sdk.sourceDestination.DriverlessDevice;
-
-function prepareDrive(drive: Drive) {
-	if (drive instanceof sdk.sourceDestination.BlockDevice) {
-		// @ts-ignore (BlockDevice.drive is private)
-		return drive.drive;
-	} else if (drive instanceof sdk.sourceDestination.UsbbootDrive) {
-		// This is a workaround etcher expecting a device string and a size
-		// @ts-ignore
-		drive.device = drive.usbDevice.portId;
-		drive.size = null;
-		// @ts-ignore
-		drive.progress = 0;
-		drive.disabled = true;
-		drive.on('progress', (progress) => {
-			updateDriveProgress(drive, progress);
-		});
-		return drive;
-	} else if (drive instanceof sdk.sourceDestination.DriverlessDevice) {
-		const description =
-			COMPUTE_MODULE_DESCRIPTIONS[
-				drive.deviceDescriptor.idProduct.toString()
-			] || 'Compute Module';
-		return {
-			device: `${usbIdToString(
-				drive.deviceDescriptor.idVendor,
-			)}:${usbIdToString(drive.deviceDescriptor.idProduct)}`,
-			displayName: 'Missing drivers',
-			description,
-			mountpoints: [],
-			isReadOnly: false,
-			isSystem: false,
-			disabled: true,
-			icon: 'warning',
-			size: null,
-			link: 'https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/compute-module.html#flashing-the-compute-module-emmc',
-			linkCTA: 'Install',
-			linkTitle: 'Install missing drivers',
-			linkMessage: outdent`
-				Would you like to download the necessary drivers from the Raspberry Pi Foundation?
-				This will open your browser.
-
-
-				Once opened, download and run the installer from the "Windows Installer" section to install the drivers
-			`,
-		};
+function setDrives(drives: Dictionary<DrivelistDrive>) {
+	// prevent setting drives while flashing otherwise we might lose some while we unmount them
+	if (!flashState.isFlashing()) {
+		availableDrives.setDrives(values(drives));
 	}
 }

-function setDrives(drives: _.Dictionary<DrivelistDrive>) {
-	availableDrives.setDrives(_.values(drives));
-}
+// Spwaning the child process without privileges to get the drives list
+// TODO: clean up this mess of exports
+export let requestMetadata: any;

-function getDrives() {
-	return _.keyBy(availableDrives.getDrives(), 'device');
-}
+// start the api and spawn the child process
+startApiAndSpawnChild({
+	withPrivileges: false,
+}).then(({ emit, registerHandler }) => {
+	// start scanning
+	emit('scan');

-async function addDrive(drive: Drive) {
-	const preparedDrive = prepareDrive(drive);
-	if (!(await driveIsAllowed(preparedDrive))) {
-		return;
-	}
-	const drives = getDrives();
-	drives[preparedDrive.device] = preparedDrive;
-	setDrives(drives);
-}
+	// make the sourceMetada awaitable to be used on source selection
+	requestMetadata = async (params: any): Promise<SourceMetadata> => {
+		emit('sourceMetadata', JSON.stringify(params));

-function removeDrive(drive: Drive) {
-	if (
-		drive instanceof sdk.sourceDestination.BlockDevice &&
-		// @ts-ignore BlockDevice.drive is private
-		isSourceDrive(drive.drive, getImage())
-	) {
-		// Deselect the image if it was on the drive that was removed.
-		// This will also deselect the image if the drive mountpoints change.
-		deselectImage();
-	}
-	const preparedDrive = prepareDrive(drive);
-	const drives = getDrives();
-	delete drives[preparedDrive.device];
-	setDrives(drives);
-}
+		return new Promise((resolve) =>
+			registerHandler('sourceMetadata', (data: any) => {
+				resolve(JSON.parse(data));
+			}),
+		);
+	};

-function updateDriveProgress(
-	drive: sdk.sourceDestination.UsbbootDrive,
-	progress: number,
-) {
-	const drives = getDrives();
-	// @ts-ignore
-	const driveInMap = drives[drive.device];
-	if (driveInMap) {
-		// @ts-ignore
-		drives[drive.device] = { ...driveInMap, progress };
-		setDrives(drives);
-	}
-}
-
-driveScanner.on('attach', addDrive);
-driveScanner.on('detach', removeDrive);
-
-driveScanner.on('error', (error) => {
-	// Stop the drive scanning loop in case of errors,
-	// otherwise we risk presenting the same error over
-	// and over again to the user, while also heavily
-	// spamming our error reporting service.
-	driveScanner.stop();
-
-	return exceptionReporter.report(error);
+	registerHandler('drives', (data: any) => {
+		setDrives(JSON.parse(data));
+	});
 });

-driveScanner.start();
-
 let popupExists = false;

 analytics.initAnalytics();
--- a/lib/gui/app/components/flash-results/flash-results.tsx
+++ b/lib/gui/app/components/flash-results/flash-results.tsx
@@ -139,8 +139,9 @@ export function FlashResults({
 	};
 } & FlexProps) {
 	const [showErrorsInfo, setShowErrorsInfo] = React.useState(false);
-	const allFailed = !skip && results.devices.successful === 0;
-	const someFailed = results.devices.failed !== 0 || errors.length !== 0;
+
+	const allFailed = !skip && results?.devices?.successful === 0;
+	const someFailed = results?.devices?.failed !== 0 || errors?.length !== 0;
 	const effectiveSpeed = bytesToMegabytes(getEffectiveSpeed(results)).toFixed(
 		1,
 	);
--- a/lib/gui/app/components/safe-webview/safe-webview.tsx
+++ b/lib/gui/app/components/safe-webview/safe-webview.tsx
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ export class SafeWebview extends React.PureComponent<
 		);
 		this.entryHref = url.href;
 		// Events steal 'this'
+		this.handleDomReady = _.bind(this.handleDomReady, this);
 		this.didFailLoad = _.bind(this.didFailLoad, this);
 		this.didGetResponseDetails = _.bind(this.didGetResponseDetails, this);
 		// Make a persistent electron session for the webview
@@ -121,6 +122,8 @@ export class SafeWebview extends React.PureComponent<
 				ref={this.webviewRef}
 				partition={ELECTRON_SESSION}
 				style={style}
+				// @ts-ignore
+				allowpopups="true"
 			/>
 		);
 	}
@@ -134,8 +137,8 @@ export class SafeWebview extends React.PureComponent<
 				this.didFailLoad,
 			);
 			this.webviewRef.current.addEventListener(
-				'new-window',
-				SafeWebview.newWindow,
+				'dom-ready',
+				this.handleDomReady,
 			);
 			this.webviewRef.current.addEventListener(
 				'console-message',
@@ -157,8 +160,8 @@ export class SafeWebview extends React.PureComponent<
 				this.didFailLoad,
 			);
 			this.webviewRef.current.removeEventListener(
-				'new-window',
-				SafeWebview.newWindow,
+				'dom-ready',
+				this.handleDomReady,
 			);
 			this.webviewRef.current.removeEventListener(
 				'console-message',
@@ -168,6 +171,15 @@ export class SafeWebview extends React.PureComponent<
 		this.session.webRequest.onCompleted(null);
 	}

+	handleDomReady() {
+		const webview = this.webviewRef.current;
+		if (webview == null) {
+			return;
+		}
+		const id = webview.getWebContentsId();
+		electron.ipcRenderer.send('webview-dom-ready', id);
+	}
+
 	// Set the element state to hidden
 	public didFailLoad() {
 		this.setState({
@@ -196,17 +208,4 @@ export class SafeWebview extends React.PureComponent<
 			}
 		}
 	}
-
-	// Open link in browser if it's opened as a 'foreground-tab'
-	public static async newWindow(event: electron.NewWindowEvent) {
-		const url = new window.URL(event.url);
-		if (
-			(url.protocol === 'http:' || url.protocol === 'https:') &&
-			event.disposition === 'foreground-tab' &&
-			// Don't open links if they're disabled by the env var
-			!(await settings.get('disableExternalLinks'))
-		) {
-			electron.shell.openExternal(url.href);
-		}
-	}
 }
--- a/lib/gui/app/components/source-selector/source-selector.tsx
+++ b/lib/gui/app/components/source-selector/source-selector.tsx
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ import LinkSvg from '@fortawesome/fontawesome-free/svgs/solid/link.svg';
 import ExclamationTriangleSvg from '@fortawesome/fontawesome-free/svgs/solid/exclamation-triangle.svg';
 import ChevronDownSvg from '@fortawesome/fontawesome-free/svgs/solid/chevron-down.svg';
 import ChevronRightSvg from '@fortawesome/fontawesome-free/svgs/solid/chevron-right.svg';
-import { sourceDestination } from 'etcher-sdk';
 import { ipcRenderer, IpcRendererEvent } from 'electron';
-import * as _ from 'lodash';
-import { GPTPartition, MBRPartition } from 'partitioninfo';
+import { uniqBy, isNil } from 'lodash';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as prettyBytes from 'pretty-bytes';
 import * as React from 'react';
+import { requestMetadata } from '../../app';
+
 import {
 	Flex,
 	ButtonProps,
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ import { observe } from '../../models/store';
 import * as analytics from '../../modules/analytics';
 import * as exceptionReporter from '../../modules/exception-reporter';
 import * as osDialog from '../../os/dialog';
-import { replaceWindowsNetworkDriveLetter } from '../../os/windows-network-drives';
+
 import {
 	ChangeButton,
 	DetailsText,
@@ -64,8 +64,12 @@ import ImageSvg from '../../../assets/image.svg';
 import SrcSvg from '../../../assets/src.svg';
 import { DriveSelector } from '../drive-selector/drive-selector';
 import { DrivelistDrive } from '../../../../shared/drive-constraints';
-import axios, { AxiosRequestConfig } from 'axios';
 import { isJson } from '../../../../shared/utils';
+import {
+	SourceMetadata,
+	Authentication,
+	Source,
+} from '../../../../shared/typings/source-selector';
 import * as i18next from 'i18next';

 const recentUrlImagesKey = 'recentUrlImages';
@@ -83,7 +87,7 @@ function normalizeRecentUrlImages(urls: any[]): URL[] {
 			}
 		})
 		.filter((url) => url !== undefined);
-	urls = _.uniqBy(urls, (url) => url.href);
+	urls = uniqBy(urls, (url) => url.href);
 	return urls.slice(urls.length - 5);
 }

@@ -301,24 +305,6 @@ const FlowSelector = styled(
 	}
 `;

-export type Source =
-	| typeof sourceDestination.File
-	| typeof sourceDestination.BlockDevice
-	| typeof sourceDestination.Http;
-
-export interface SourceMetadata extends sourceDestination.Metadata {
-	hasMBR?: boolean;
-	partitions?: MBRPartition[] | GPTPartition[];
-	path: string;
-	displayName: string;
-	description: string;
-	SourceType: Source;
-	drive?: DrivelistDrive;
-	extension?: string;
-	archiveExtension?: string;
-	auth?: Authentication;
-}
-
 interface SourceSelectorProps {
 	flashing: boolean;
 }
@@ -336,11 +322,6 @@ interface SourceSelectorState {
 	imageLoading: boolean;
 }

-interface Authentication {
-	username: string;
-	password: string;
-}
-
 export class SourceSelector extends React.Component<
 	SourceSelectorProps,
 	SourceSelectorState
@@ -381,43 +362,11 @@ export class SourceSelector extends React.Component<
 		this.setState({ imageLoading: true });
 		await this.selectSource(
 			imagePath,
-			isURL(this.normalizeImagePath(imagePath))
-				? sourceDestination.Http
-				: sourceDestination.File,
+			isURL(this.normalizeImagePath(imagePath)) ? 'Http' : 'File',
 		).promise;
 		this.setState({ imageLoading: false });
 	}

-	private async createSource(
-		selected: string,
-		SourceType: Source,
-		auth?: Authentication,
-	) {
-		try {
-			selected = await replaceWindowsNetworkDriveLetter(selected);
-		} catch (error: any) {
-			analytics.logException(error);
-		}
-
-		if (isJson(decodeURIComponent(selected))) {
-			const config: AxiosRequestConfig = JSON.parse(
-				decodeURIComponent(selected),
-			);
-			return new sourceDestination.Http({
-				url: config.url!,
-				axiosInstance: axios.create(_.omit(config, ['url'])),
-			});
-		}
-
-		if (SourceType === sourceDestination.File) {
-			return new sourceDestination.File({
-				path: selected,
-			});
-		}
-
-		return new sourceDestination.Http({ url: selected, auth });
-	}
-
 	public normalizeImagePath(imgPath: string) {
 		const decodedPath = decodeURIComponent(imgPath);
 		if (isJson(decodedPath)) {
@@ -446,11 +395,10 @@ export class SourceSelector extends React.Component<
 			},
 			promise: (async () => {
 				const sourcePath = isString(selected) ? selected : selected.device;
-				let source;
 				let metadata: SourceMetadata | undefined;
 				if (isString(selected)) {
 					if (
-						SourceType === sourceDestination.Http &&
+						SourceType === 'Http' &&
 						!isURL(this.normalizeImagePath(selected))
 					) {
 						this.handleError(
@@ -470,24 +418,14 @@ export class SourceSelector extends React.Component<
 							},
 						});
 					}
-					source = await this.createSource(selected, SourceType, auth);
-
-					if (cancelled) {
-						return;
-					}

 					try {
-						const innerSource = await source.getInnerSource();
-						if (cancelled) {
-							return;
-						}
-						metadata = await this.getMetadata(innerSource, selected);
-						if (cancelled) {
-							return;
-						}
-						metadata.SourceType = SourceType;
+						// this will send an event down the ipcMain asking for metadata
+						// we'll get the response through an event

-						if (!metadata.hasMBR && this.state.warning === null) {
+						metadata = await requestMetadata({ selected, SourceType, auth });
+
+						if (!metadata?.hasMBR && this.state.warning === null) {
 							analytics.logEvent('Missing partition table', { metadata });
 							this.setState({
 								warning: {
@@ -503,12 +441,6 @@ export class SourceSelector extends React.Component<
 							messages.error.openSource(sourcePath, error.message),
 							error,
 						);
-					} finally {
-						try {
-							await source.close();
-						} catch (error: any) {
-							// Noop
-						}
 					}
 				} else {
 					if (selected.partitionTableType === null) {
@@ -525,13 +457,14 @@ export class SourceSelector extends React.Component<
 						displayName: selected.displayName,
 						description: selected.displayName,
 						size: selected.size as SourceMetadata['size'],
-						SourceType: sourceDestination.BlockDevice,
+						SourceType: 'BlockDevice',
 						drive: selected,
 					};
 				}

 				if (metadata !== undefined) {
 					metadata.auth = auth;
+					metadata.SourceType = SourceType;
 					selectionState.selectSource(metadata);
 					analytics.logEvent('Select image', {
 						// An easy way so we can quickly identify if we're making use of
@@ -565,25 +498,6 @@ export class SourceSelector extends React.Component<
 		analytics.logEvent(title, { path: sourcePath });
 	}

-	private async getMetadata(
-		source: sourceDestination.SourceDestination,
-		selected: string | DrivelistDrive,
-	) {
-		const metadata = (await source.getMetadata()) as SourceMetadata;
-		const partitionTable = await source.getPartitionTable();
-		if (partitionTable) {
-			metadata.hasMBR = true;
-			metadata.partitions = partitionTable.partitions;
-		} else {
-			metadata.hasMBR = false;
-		}
-		if (isString(selected)) {
-			metadata.extension = path.extname(selected).slice(1);
-			metadata.path = selected;
-		}
-		return metadata;
-	}
-
 	private async openImageSelector() {
 		analytics.logEvent('Open image selector');
 		this.setState({ imageSelectorOpen: true });
@@ -596,7 +510,7 @@ export class SourceSelector extends React.Component<
 				analytics.logEvent('Image selector closed');
 				return;
 			}
-			await this.selectSource(imagePath, sourceDestination.File).promise;
+			await this.selectSource(imagePath, 'File').promise;
 		} catch (error: any) {
 			exceptionReporter.report(error);
 		} finally {
@@ -607,7 +521,7 @@ export class SourceSelector extends React.Component<
 	private async onDrop(event: React.DragEvent<HTMLDivElement>) {
 		const [file] = event.dataTransfer.files;
 		if (file) {
-			await this.selectSource(file.path, sourceDestination.File).promise;
+			await this.selectSource(file.path, 'File').promise;
 		}
 	}

@@ -723,7 +637,7 @@ export class SourceSelector extends React.Component<
 									{i18next.t('cancel')}
 								</ChangeButton>
 							)}
-							{!_.isNil(imageSize) && !imageLoading && (
+							{!isNil(imageSize) && !imageLoading && (
 								<DetailsText>{prettyBytes(imageSize)}</DetailsText>
 							)}
 						</>
@@ -827,7 +741,7 @@ export class SourceSelector extends React.Component<
 								let promise;
 								({ promise, cancel: cancelURLSelection } = this.selectSource(
 									imageURL,
-									sourceDestination.Http,
+									'Http',
 									auth,
 								));
 								await promise;
@@ -850,10 +764,7 @@ export class SourceSelector extends React.Component<
 							if (originalList.length) {
 								const originalSource = originalList[0];
 								if (selectionImage?.drive?.device !== originalSource.device) {
-									this.selectSource(
-										originalSource,
-										sourceDestination.BlockDevice,
-									);
+									this.selectSource(originalSource, 'BlockDevice');
 								}
 							} else {
 								selectionState.deselectImage();
@@ -868,7 +779,7 @@ export class SourceSelector extends React.Component<
 								) {
 									return selectionState.deselectImage();
 								}
-								this.selectSource(drive, sourceDestination.BlockDevice);
+								this.selectSource(drive, 'BlockDevice');
 							}
 						}}
 					/>
--- a/lib/gui/app/i18n/zh-TW.ts
+++ b/lib/gui/app/i18n/zh-TW.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ const translation = {
 			drive: '磁碟',
 			missingPartitionTable:
 				'看起來這不是一個可啟動的{{type}}。\n\n這個{{type}}似乎不包含分割表，因此您的設備可能無法識別或無法正確啟動。',
-			largeDriveSize: '這是個很大容量的磁碟！請檢查並確認它不包含對您來說存放很重要的資料',
+			largeDriveSize:
+				'這是個很大容量的磁碟！請檢查並確認它不包含對您來說存放很重要的資料',
 			systemDrive: '選擇系統分割區很危險，因為這將會刪除你的系統',
 			sourceDrive: '來源映像檔位於這個分割區中',
 			noSpace: '磁碟空間不足。請插入另一個較大的磁碟並重試。',
@@ -130,8 +131,7 @@ const translation = {
 			autoUpdate: '自動更新',
 			settings: '軟體設定',
 			systemInformation: '系統資訊',
-			trimExtPartitions:
-				'修改原始映像檔上未分配的空間（在 ext 類型分割區中）',
+			trimExtPartitions: '修改原始映像檔上未分配的空間（在 ext 類型分割區中）',
 		},
 		menu: {
 			edit: '編輯',
--- a/lib/gui/app/models/store.ts
+++ b/lib/gui/app/models/store.ts
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ function storeReducer(
 							constraints.isDriveValid(drive, image) &&
 							!drive.isReadOnly &&
 							constraints.isDriveSizeRecommended(drive, image) &&
-							// We don't want to auto-select large drives execpt is autoSelectAllDrives is true
+							// We don't want to auto-select large drives except if autoSelectAllDrives is true
 							(!constraints.isDriveSizeLarge(drive) || shouldAutoselectAll) &&
 							// We don't want to auto-select system drives
 							!constraints.isSystemDrive(drive)
--- a/lib/gui/app/modules/api.ts
+++ b/lib/gui/app/modules/api.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+/** This function will :
+ * 	- start the ipc server (api)
+ *  - spawn the child process (privileged or not)
+ *  - wait for the child process to connect to the api
+ *  - return a promise that will resolve with the emit function for the api
+ *
+ * //TODO:
+ *  - this should be refactored to reverse the control flow:
+ *    - the child process should be the server
+ *    - this should be the client
+ *  - replace the current node-ipc api with a websocket api
+ *  - centralise the api for both the writer and the scanner instead of having two instances running
+ */
+
+import * as ipc from 'node-ipc';
+import { spawn } from 'child_process';
+import * as os from 'os';
+import * as path from 'path';
+import * as packageJSON from '../../../../package.json';
+import * as permissions from '../../../shared/permissions';
+import { getAppPath } from '../../../shared/get-app-path';
+import * as errors from '../../../shared/errors';
+
+const THREADS_PER_CPU = 16;
+
+// NOTE: Ensure this isn't disabled, as it will cause
+// the stdout maxBuffer size to be exceeded when flashing
+ipc.config.silent = true;
+
+function writerArgv(): string[] {
+	let entryPoint = path.join(getAppPath(), 'generated', 'etcher-util');
+	// AppImages run over FUSE, so the files inside the mount point
+	// can only be accessed by the user that mounted the AppImage.
+	// This means we can't re-spawn Etcher as root from the same
+	// mount-point, and as a workaround, we re-mount the original
+	// AppImage as root.
+	if (os.platform() === 'linux' && process.env.APPIMAGE && process.env.APPDIR) {
+		entryPoint = entryPoint.replace(process.env.APPDIR, '');
+		return [
+			process.env.APPIMAGE,
+			'-e',
+			`require(\`\${process.env.APPDIR}${entryPoint}\`)`,
+		];
+	} else {
+		return [entryPoint];
+	}
+}
+
+function writerEnv(
+	IPC_CLIENT_ID: string,
+	IPC_SERVER_ID: string,
+	IPC_SOCKET_ROOT: string,
+) {
+	return {
+		IPC_SERVER_ID,
+		IPC_CLIENT_ID,
+		IPC_SOCKET_ROOT,
+		UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE: (os.cpus().length * THREADS_PER_CPU).toString(),
+		// This environment variable prevents the AppImages
+		// desktop integration script from presenting the
+		// "installation" dialog
+		SKIP: '1',
+		...(process.platform === 'win32' ? {} : process.env),
+	};
+}
+
+async function spawnChild({
+	withPrivileges,
+	IPC_CLIENT_ID,
+	IPC_SERVER_ID,
+	IPC_SOCKET_ROOT,
+}: {
+	withPrivileges: boolean;
+	IPC_CLIENT_ID: string;
+	IPC_SERVER_ID: string;
+	IPC_SOCKET_ROOT: string;
+}) {
+	const argv = writerArgv();
+	const env = writerEnv(IPC_CLIENT_ID, IPC_SERVER_ID, IPC_SOCKET_ROOT);
+	if (withPrivileges) {
+		return await permissions.elevateCommand(argv, {
+			applicationName: packageJSON.displayName,
+			environment: env,
+		});
+	} else {
+		const process = await spawn(argv[0], argv.slice(1), {
+			env,
+		});
+		return { cancelled: false, process };
+	}
+}
+
+function terminateServer(server: any) {
+	// Turns out we need to destroy all sockets for
+	// the server to actually close. Otherwise, it
+	// just stops receiving any further connections,
+	// but remains open if there are active ones.
+	// @ts-ignore (no Server.sockets in @types/node-ipc)
+	for (const socket of server.sockets) {
+		socket.destroy();
+	}
+	server.stop();
+}
+
+// TODO: replace the custom ipc events by one generic "message" for all communication with the backend
+function startApiAndSpawnChild({
+	withPrivileges,
+}: {
+	withPrivileges: boolean;
+}): Promise<any> {
+	// There might be multiple Etcher instances running at
+	// the same time, also we might spawn multiple child and api so we must ensure each IPC
+	// server/client has a different name.
+	const IPC_SERVER_ID = `etcher-server-${process.pid}-${Date.now()}-${
+		withPrivileges ? 'privileged' : 'unprivileged'
+	}}}`;
+	const IPC_CLIENT_ID = `etcher-client-${process.pid}-${Date.now()}-${
+		withPrivileges ? 'privileged' : 'unprivileged'
+	}}`;
+
+	const IPC_SOCKET_ROOT = path.join(
+		process.env.XDG_RUNTIME_DIR || os.tmpdir(),
+		path.sep,
+	);
+
+	ipc.config.id = IPC_SERVER_ID;
+	ipc.config.socketRoot = IPC_SOCKET_ROOT;
+
+	return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+		ipc.serve();
+
+		// log is special message which brings back the logs from the child process and prints them to the console
+		ipc.server.on('log', (message: string) => {
+			console.log(message);
+		});
+
+		// api to register more handlers with callbacks
+		const registerHandler = (event: string, handler: any) => {
+			ipc.server.on(event, handler);
+		};
+
+		// once api is ready (means child process is connected) we pass the emit and terminate function to the caller
+		ipc.server.on('ready', (_: any, socket) => {
+			const emit = (channel: string, data: any) => {
+				ipc.server.emit(socket, channel, data);
+			};
+			resolve({
+				emit,
+				terminateServer: () => terminateServer(ipc.server),
+				registerHandler,
+			});
+		});
+
+		// on api error we terminate
+		ipc.server.on('error', (error: any) => {
+			terminateServer(ipc.server);
+			const errorObject = errors.fromJSON(error);
+			reject(errorObject);
+		});
+
+		// when the api is started we spawn the child process
+		ipc.server.on('start', async () => {
+			try {
+				const results = await spawnChild({
+					withPrivileges,
+					IPC_CLIENT_ID,
+					IPC_SERVER_ID,
+					IPC_SOCKET_ROOT,
+				});
+				// this will happen if the child is spawned withPrivileges and privileges has been rejected
+				if (results.cancelled) {
+					reject();
+				}
+			} catch (error) {
+				reject(error);
+			}
+		});
+
+		// start the server
+		ipc.server.start();
+	});
+}
+
+export { startApiAndSpawnChild };
--- a/lib/gui/app/modules/image-writer.ts
+++ b/lib/gui/app/modules/image-writer.ts
@@ -17,38 +17,15 @@
 import { Drive as DrivelistDrive } from 'drivelist';
 import * as sdk from 'etcher-sdk';
 import { Dictionary } from 'lodash';
-import * as ipc from 'node-ipc';
-import * as os from 'os';
-import * as path from 'path';
-
-import * as packageJSON from '../../../../package.json';
 import * as errors from '../../../shared/errors';
-import * as permissions from '../../../shared/permissions';
-import { getAppPath } from '../../../shared/utils';
-import { SourceMetadata } from '../components/source-selector/source-selector';
+import { SourceMetadata } from '../../../shared/typings/source-selector';
 import * as flashState from '../models/flash-state';
 import * as selectionState from '../models/selection-state';
 import * as settings from '../models/settings';
 import * as analytics from '../modules/analytics';
 import * as windowProgress from '../os/window-progress';
-
-const THREADS_PER_CPU = 16;
-
-// There might be multiple Etcher instances running at
-// the same time, therefore we must ensure each IPC
-// server/client has a different name.
-const IPC_SERVER_ID = `etcher-server-${process.pid}`;
-const IPC_CLIENT_ID = `etcher-client-${process.pid}`;
-
-ipc.config.id = IPC_SERVER_ID;
-ipc.config.socketRoot = path.join(
-	process.env.XDG_RUNTIME_DIR || os.tmpdir(),
-	path.sep,
-);
-
-// NOTE: Ensure this isn't disabled, as it will cause
-// the stdout maxBuffer size to be exceeded when flashing
-ipc.config.silent = true;
+import { startApiAndSpawnChild } from './api';
+import { terminateScanningServer } from '../app';

 /**
 * @summary Handle a flash error and log it to analytics
@@ -80,51 +57,7 @@ function handleErrorLogging(
 	}
 }

-function terminateServer() {
-	// Turns out we need to destroy all sockets for
-	// the server to actually close. Otherwise, it
-	// just stops receiving any further connections,
-	// but remains open if there are active ones.
-	// @ts-ignore (no Server.sockets in @types/node-ipc)
-	for (const socket of ipc.server.sockets) {
-		socket.destroy();
-	}
-	ipc.server.stop();
-}
-
-function writerArgv(): string[] {
-	let entryPoint = path.join(getAppPath(), 'generated', 'child-writer.js');
-	// AppImages run over FUSE, so the files inside the mount point
-	// can only be accessed by the user that mounted the AppImage.
-	// This means we can't re-spawn Etcher as root from the same
-	// mount-point, and as a workaround, we re-mount the original
-	// AppImage as root.
-	if (os.platform() === 'linux' && process.env.APPIMAGE && process.env.APPDIR) {
-		entryPoint = entryPoint.replace(process.env.APPDIR, '');
-		return [
-			process.env.APPIMAGE,
-			'-e',
-			`require(\`\${process.env.APPDIR}${entryPoint}\`)`,
-		];
-	} else {
-		return [process.argv[0], entryPoint];
-	}
-}
-
-function writerEnv() {
-	return {
-		IPC_SERVER_ID,
-		IPC_CLIENT_ID,
-		IPC_SOCKET_ROOT: ipc.config.socketRoot,
-		ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE: '1',
-		UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE: (os.cpus().length * THREADS_PER_CPU).toString(),
-		// This environment variable prevents the AppImages
-		// desktop integration script from presenting the
-		// "installation" dialog
-		SKIP: '1',
-		...(process.platform === 'win32' ? {} : process.env),
-	};
-}
+let cancelEmitter: (type: string) => void | undefined;

 interface FlashResults {
 	skip?: boolean;
@@ -144,22 +77,13 @@ async function performWrite(
 	drives: DrivelistDrive[],
 	onProgress: sdk.multiWrite.OnProgressFunction,
 ): Promise<{ cancelled?: boolean }> {
-	let cancelled = false;
-	let skip = false;
-	ipc.serve();
 	const { autoBlockmapping, decompressFirst } = await settings.getAll();
-	return await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-		ipc.server.on('error', (error) => {
-			terminateServer();
-			const errorObject = errors.fromJSON(error);
-			reject(errorObject);
-		});

-		ipc.server.on('log', (message) => {
-			console.log(message);
-		});
+	console.log({ image, drives });

+	return await new Promise(async (resolve, reject) => {
 		const flashResults: FlashResults = {};
+
 		const analyticsData = {
 			image,
 			drives,
@@ -168,75 +92,51 @@ async function performWrite(
 			flashInstanceUuid: flashState.getFlashUuid(),
 		};

-		ipc.server.on('fail', ({ device, error }) => {
+		const onFail = ({ device, error }) => {
+			console.log('fail event');
+			console.log(device);
+			console.log(error);
 			if (device.devicePath) {
 				flashState.addFailedDeviceError({ device, error });
 			}
 			handleErrorLogging(error, analyticsData);
-		});
+			finish();
+		};

-		ipc.server.on('done', (event) => {
+		const onDone = (event) => {
+			console.log('done event');
 			event.results.errors = event.results.errors.map(
 				(data: Dictionary<any> & { message: string }) => {
 					return errors.fromJSON(data);
 				},
 			);
 			flashResults.results = event.results;
-		});
+			finish();
+		};

-		ipc.server.on('abort', () => {
-			terminateServer();
-			cancelled = true;
-		});
+		const onAbort = () => {
+			console.log('abort event');
+			flashResults.cancelled = true;
+			finish();
+		};

-		ipc.server.on('skip', () => {
-			terminateServer();
-			skip = true;
-		});
+		const onSkip = () => {
+			console.log('skip event');
+			flashResults.skip = true;
+			finish();
+		};

-		ipc.server.on('state', onProgress);
-
-		ipc.server.on('ready', (_data, socket) => {
-			ipc.server.emit(socket, 'write', {
-				image,
-				destinations: drives,
-				SourceType: image.SourceType.name,
-				autoBlockmapping,
-				decompressFirst,
-			});
-		});
-
-		const argv = writerArgv();
-
-		ipc.server.on('start', async () => {
-			console.log(`Elevating command: ${argv.join(' ')}`);
-			const env = writerEnv();
-			try {
-				const results = await permissions.elevateCommand(argv, {
-					applicationName: packageJSON.displayName,
-					environment: env,
-				});
-				flashResults.cancelled = cancelled || results.cancelled;
-				flashResults.skip = skip;
-			} catch (error: any) {
-				// This happens when the child is killed using SIGKILL
-				const SIGKILL_EXIT_CODE = 137;
-				if (error.code === SIGKILL_EXIT_CODE) {
-					error.code = 'ECHILDDIED';
-				}
-				reject(error);
-			} finally {
-				console.log('Terminating IPC server');
-				terminateServer();
-			}
+		const finish = () => {
 			console.log('Flash results', flashResults);

 			// The flash wasn't cancelled and we didn't get a 'done' event
+			// Catch unexepected situation
 			if (
 				!flashResults.cancelled &&
 				!flashResults.skip &&
 				flashResults.results === undefined
 			) {
+				console.log(flashResults);
 				reject(
 					errors.createUserError({
 						title: 'The writer process ended unexpectedly',
@@ -244,15 +144,40 @@ async function performWrite(
 							'Please try again, and contact the Etcher team if the problem persists',
 					}),
 				);
-				return;
 			}
-			resolve(flashResults);
-		});

-		// Clear the update lock timer to prevent longer
-		// flashing timing it out, and releasing the lock
-		ipc.server.start();
+			console.log('Terminating IPC server');
+			terminateServer();
+			resolve(flashResults);
+		};
+
+		// Spawn the child process with privileges and wait for the connection to be made
+		const { emit, registerHandler, terminateServer } =
+			await startApiAndSpawnChild({
+				withPrivileges: true,
+			});
+
+		registerHandler('state', onProgress);
+		registerHandler('fail', onFail);
+		registerHandler('done', onDone);
+		registerHandler('abort', onAbort);
+		registerHandler('skip', onSkip);
+
+		cancelEmitter = (cancelStatus: string) => emit(cancelStatus);
+
+		// Now that we know we're connected we can instruct the child process to start the write
+		const paramaters = {
+			image,
+			destinations: drives,
+			SourceType: image.SourceType,
+			autoBlockmapping,
+			decompressFirst,
+		};
+		console.log('params', paramaters);
+		emit('write', paramaters);
 	});
+
+	// The process continue in the event handler
 }

 /**
@@ -269,6 +194,7 @@ export async function flash(
 	}

 	await flashState.setFlashingFlag();
+
 	flashState.setDevicePaths(
 		drives.map((d) => d.devicePath).filter((p) => p != null) as string[],
 	);
@@ -284,6 +210,7 @@ export async function flash(

 	analytics.logEvent('Flash', analyticsData);

+	// start api and call the flasher
 	try {
 		const result = await write(image, drives, flashState.setProgressState);
 		await flashState.unsetFlashingFlag(result);
@@ -292,8 +219,11 @@ export async function flash(
 			cancelled: false,
 			errorCode: error.code,
 		});
+
 		windowProgress.clear();
+
 		const { results = {} } = flashState.getFlashResults();
+
 		const eventData = {
 			...analyticsData,
 			errors: results.errors,
@@ -304,7 +234,9 @@ export async function flash(
 		analytics.logEvent('Write failed', eventData);
 		throw error;
 	}
+
 	windowProgress.clear();
+
 	if (flashState.wasLastFlashCancelled()) {
 		const eventData = {
 			...analyticsData,
@@ -327,6 +259,7 @@ export async function flash(

 /**
 * @summary Cancel write operation
+ * //TODO: find a better solution to handle cancellation
 */
 export async function cancel(type: string) {
 	const status = type.toLowerCase();
@@ -341,15 +274,7 @@ export async function cancel(type: string) {
 	};
 	analytics.logEvent('Cancel', analyticsData);

-	// Re-enable lock release on inactivity
-
-	try {
-		// @ts-ignore (no Server.sockets in @types/node-ipc)
-		const [socket] = ipc.server.sockets;
-		if (socket !== undefined) {
-			ipc.server.emit(socket, status);
-		}
-	} catch (error: any) {
-		analytics.logException(error);
+	if (cancelEmitter) {
+		cancelEmitter(status);
 	}
 }
--- a/lib/gui/app/pages/main/Flash.tsx
+++ b/lib/gui/app/pages/main/Flash.tsx
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import * as availableDrives from '../../models/available-drives';
 import * as flashState from '../../models/flash-state';
 import * as selection from '../../models/selection-state';
 import * as analytics from '../../modules/analytics';
-import { scanner as driveScanner } from '../../modules/drive-scanner';
 import * as imageWriter from '../../modules/image-writer';
 import * as notification from '../../os/notification';
 import {
@@ -95,10 +94,6 @@ async function flashImageToDrive(
 		return '';
 	}

-	// Stop scanning drives when flashing
-	// otherwise Windows throws EPERM
-	driveScanner.stop();
-
 	const iconPath = path.join('media', 'icon.png');
 	const basename = path.basename(image.path);
 	try {
@@ -110,7 +105,7 @@ async function flashImageToDrive(
 				cancelled,
 			} = flashState.getFlashResults();
 			if (!skip && !cancelled) {
-				if (results.devices.successful > 0) {
+				if (results?.devices?.successful > 0) {
 					notifySuccess(iconPath, basename, drives, results.devices);
 				} else {
 					notifyFailure(iconPath, basename, drives);
@@ -129,7 +124,6 @@ async function flashImageToDrive(
 		return errorMessage;
 	} finally {
 		availableDrives.setDrives([]);
-		driveScanner.start();
 	}

 	return '';
--- a/lib/gui/app/pages/main/MainPage.tsx
+++ b/lib/gui/app/pages/main/MainPage.tsx
@@ -26,10 +26,8 @@ import styled from 'styled-components';
 import FinishPage from '../../components/finish/finish';
 import { ReducedFlashingInfos } from '../../components/reduced-flashing-infos/reduced-flashing-infos';
 import { SettingsModal } from '../../components/settings/settings';
-import {
-	SourceMetadata,
-	SourceSelector,
-} from '../../components/source-selector/source-selector';
+import { SourceSelector } from '../../components/source-selector/source-selector';
+import { SourceMetadata } from '../../../../shared/typings/source-selector';
 import * as flashState from '../../models/flash-state';
 import * as selectionState from '../../models/selection-state';
 import * as settings from '../../models/settings';
@@ -313,7 +311,7 @@ export class MainPage extends React.Component<
 								onClick={() =>
 									openExternal(
 										selectionState.getImage()?.supportUrl ||
-											'https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/blob/master/SUPPORT.md',
+											'https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/blob/master/docs/SUPPORT.md',
 									)
 								}
 								tabIndex={6}
--- a/lib/gui/etcher.ts
+++ b/lib/gui/etcher.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import { promises as fs } from 'fs';
 import { platform } from 'os';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as semver from 'semver';
-import * as _ from 'lodash';
+import * as lodash from 'lodash';

 import './app/i18n';

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ async function checkForUpdates(interval: number) {
 				const release = await autoUpdater.checkForUpdates();
 				const isOutdated =
 					semver.compare(release!.updateInfo.version, version) > 0;
-				const shouldUpdate = release!.updateInfo.stagingPercentage !== 0; // undefinded (default) means 100%
+				const shouldUpdate = release!.updateInfo.stagingPercentage !== 0; // undefined (default) means 100%
 				if (shouldUpdate && isOutdated) {
 					await autoUpdater.downloadUpdate();
 					packageUpdated = true;
@@ -107,10 +107,10 @@ async function getCommandLineURL(argv: string[]): Promise<string | undefined> {
 	}
 }

-const initSentryMain = _.once(() => {
+const initSentryMain = lodash.once(() => {
 	const dsn =
 		settings.getSync('analyticsSentryToken') ||
-		_.get(packageJSON, ['analytics', 'sentry', 'token']);
+		lodash.get(packageJSON, ['analytics', 'sentry', 'token']);

 	SentryMain.init({ dsn, beforeSend: anonymizeSentryData });
 });
@@ -181,10 +181,10 @@ async function createMainWindow() {

 	electron.app.setAsDefaultProtocolClient(customProtocol);

-	mainWindow.setFullScreen(true);
+	// mainWindow.setFullScreen(true);

 	// Prevent flash of white when starting the application
-	mainWindow.on('ready-to-show', () => {
+	mainWindow.once('ready-to-show', () => {
 		console.timeEnd('ready-to-show');
 		// Electron sometimes caches the zoomFactor
 		// making it obnoxious to switch back-and-forth
@@ -267,6 +267,24 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
 				console.log('Build menu failed. ');
 			}
 		});
+
+		electron.ipcMain.on('webview-dom-ready', (_, id) => {
+			const webview = electron.webContents.fromId(id);
+
+			// Open link in browser if it's opened as a 'foreground-tab'
+			webview.setWindowOpenHandler((event) => {
+				const url = new URL(event.url);
+				if (
+					(url.protocol === 'http:' || url.protocol === 'https:') &&
+					event.disposition === 'foreground-tab' &&
+					// Don't open links if they're disabled by the env var
+					!settings.getSync('disableExternalLinks')
+				) {
+					electron.shell.openExternal(url.href);
+				}
+				return { action: 'deny' };
+			});
+		});
 	}
 }
 main();
--- a/lib/gui/modules/child-writer.ts
+++ b/lib/gui/modules/child-writer.ts
@@ -1,333 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2017 balena.io
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import { Drive as DrivelistDrive } from 'drivelist';
-import {
-	BlockDevice,
-	File,
-	Http,
-	Metadata,
-	SourceDestination,
-} from 'etcher-sdk/build/source-destination';
-import {
-	MultiDestinationProgress,
-	OnProgressFunction,
-	OnFailFunction,
-	decompressThenFlash,
-	DECOMPRESSED_IMAGE_PREFIX,
-} from 'etcher-sdk/build/multi-write';
-import { cleanupTmpFiles } from 'etcher-sdk/build/tmp';
-import * as ipc from 'node-ipc';
-import { totalmem } from 'os';
-
-import { toJSON } from '../../shared/errors';
-import { GENERAL_ERROR, SUCCESS } from '../../shared/exit-codes';
-import { delay, isJson } from '../../shared/utils';
-import { SourceMetadata } from '../app/components/source-selector/source-selector';
-import axios from 'axios';
-import * as _ from 'lodash';
-
-ipc.config.id = process.env.IPC_CLIENT_ID as string;
-ipc.config.socketRoot = process.env.IPC_SOCKET_ROOT as string;
-
-// NOTE: Ensure this isn't disabled, as it will cause
-// the stdout maxBuffer size to be exceeded when flashing
-ipc.config.silent = true;
-
-// > If set to 0, the client will NOT try to reconnect.
-// See https://github.com/RIAEvangelist/node-ipc/
-//
-// The purpose behind this change is for this process
-// to emit a "disconnect" event as soon as the GUI
-// process is closed, so we can kill this process as well.
-// @ts-ignore (0 is a valid value for stopRetrying and is not the same as false)
-ipc.config.stopRetrying = 0;
-
-const DISCONNECT_DELAY = 100;
-const IPC_SERVER_ID = process.env.IPC_SERVER_ID as string;
-
-/**
- * @summary Send a log debug message to the IPC server
- */
-function log(message: string) {
-	ipc.of[IPC_SERVER_ID].emit('log', message);
-}
-
-/**
- * @summary Terminate the child writer process
- */
-async function terminate(exitCode: number) {
-	ipc.disconnect(IPC_SERVER_ID);
-	await cleanupTmpFiles(Date.now(), DECOMPRESSED_IMAGE_PREFIX);
-	process.nextTick(() => {
-		process.exit(exitCode || SUCCESS);
-	});
-}
-
-/**
- * @summary Handle a child writer error
- */
-async function handleError(error: Error) {
-	ipc.of[IPC_SERVER_ID].emit('error', toJSON(error));
-	await delay(DISCONNECT_DELAY);
-	await terminate(GENERAL_ERROR);
-}
-
-export interface FlashError extends Error {
-	description: string;
-	device: string;
-	code: string;
-}
-
-export interface WriteResult {
-	bytesWritten?: number;
-	devices?: {
-		failed: number;
-		successful: number;
-	};
-	errors: FlashError[];
-	sourceMetadata?: Metadata;
-}
-
-export interface FlashResults extends WriteResult {
-	skip?: boolean;
-	cancelled?: boolean;
-}
-
-/**
- * @summary writes the source to the destinations and valiates the writes
- * @param {SourceDestination} source - source
- * @param {SourceDestination[]} destinations - destinations
- * @param {Boolean} verify - whether to validate the writes or not
- * @param {Boolean} autoBlockmapping - whether to trim ext partitions before writing
- * @param {Function} onProgress - function to call on progress
- * @param {Function} onFail - function to call on fail
- * @returns {Promise<{ bytesWritten, devices, errors} >}
- */
-async function writeAndValidate({
-	source,
-	destinations,
-	verify,
-	autoBlockmapping,
-	decompressFirst,
-	onProgress,
-	onFail,
-}: {
-	source: SourceDestination;
-	destinations: BlockDevice[];
-	verify: boolean;
-	autoBlockmapping: boolean;
-	decompressFirst: boolean;
-	onProgress: OnProgressFunction;
-	onFail: OnFailFunction;
-}): Promise<WriteResult> {
-	const { sourceMetadata, failures, bytesWritten } = await decompressThenFlash({
-		source,
-		destinations,
-		onFail,
-		onProgress,
-		verify,
-		trim: autoBlockmapping,
-		numBuffers: Math.min(
-			2 + (destinations.length - 1) * 32,
-			256,
-			Math.floor(totalmem() / 1024 ** 2 / 8),
-		),
-		decompressFirst,
-	});
-	const result: WriteResult = {
-		bytesWritten,
-		devices: {
-			failed: failures.size,
-			successful: destinations.length - failures.size,
-		},
-		errors: [],
-		sourceMetadata,
-	};
-	for (const [destination, error] of failures) {
-		const err = error as FlashError;
-		const drive = destination as BlockDevice;
-		err.device = drive.device;
-		err.description = drive.description;
-		result.errors.push(err);
-	}
-	return result;
-}
-
-interface WriteOptions {
-	image: SourceMetadata;
-	destinations: DrivelistDrive[];
-	autoBlockmapping: boolean;
-	decompressFirst: boolean;
-	SourceType: string;
-	httpRequest?: any;
-}
-
-ipc.connectTo(IPC_SERVER_ID, () => {
-	// Remove leftover tmp files older than 1 hour
-	cleanupTmpFiles(Date.now() - 60 * 60 * 1000);
-	process.once('uncaughtException', handleError);
-
-	// Gracefully exit on the following cases. If the parent
-	// process detects that child exit successfully but
-	// no flashing information is available, then it will
-	// assume that the child died halfway through.
-
-	process.once('SIGINT', async () => {
-		await terminate(SUCCESS);
-	});
-
-	process.once('SIGTERM', async () => {
-		await terminate(SUCCESS);
-	});
-
-	// The IPC server failed. Abort.
-	ipc.of[IPC_SERVER_ID].on('error', async () => {
-		await terminate(SUCCESS);
-	});
-
-	// The IPC server was disconnected. Abort.
-	ipc.of[IPC_SERVER_ID].on('disconnect', async () => {
-		await terminate(SUCCESS);
-	});
-
-	ipc.of[IPC_SERVER_ID].on('write', async (options: WriteOptions) => {
-		/**
-		 * @summary Progress handler
-		 * @param {Object} state - progress state
-		 * @example
-		 * writer.on('progress', onProgress)
-		 */
-		const onProgress = (state: MultiDestinationProgress) => {
-			ipc.of[IPC_SERVER_ID].emit('state', state);
-		};
-
-		let exitCode = SUCCESS;
-
-		/**
-		 * @summary Abort handler
-		 * @example
-		 * writer.on('abort', onAbort)
-		 */
-		const onAbort = async () => {
-			log('Abort');
-			ipc.of[IPC_SERVER_ID].emit('abort');
-			await delay(DISCONNECT_DELAY);
-			await terminate(exitCode);
-		};
-
-		const onSkip = async () => {
-			log('Skip validation');
-			ipc.of[IPC_SERVER_ID].emit('skip');
-			await delay(DISCONNECT_DELAY);
-			await terminate(exitCode);
-		};
-
-		ipc.of[IPC_SERVER_ID].on('cancel', onAbort);
-
-		ipc.of[IPC_SERVER_ID].on('skip', onSkip);
-
-		/**
-		 * @summary Failure handler (non-fatal errors)
-		 * @param {SourceDestination} destination - destination
-		 * @param {Error} error - error
-		 * @example
-		 * writer.on('fail', onFail)
-		 */
-		const onFail = (destination: SourceDestination, error: Error) => {
-			ipc.of[IPC_SERVER_ID].emit('fail', {
-				// TODO: device should be destination
-				// @ts-ignore (destination.drive is private)
-				device: destination.drive,
-				error: toJSON(error),
-			});
-		};
-
-		const destinations = options.destinations.map((d) => d.device);
-		const imagePath = options.image.path;
-		log(`Image: ${imagePath}`);
-		log(`Devices: ${destinations.join(', ')}`);
-		log(`Auto blockmapping: ${options.autoBlockmapping}`);
-		log(`Decompress first: ${options.decompressFirst}`);
-		const dests = options.destinations.map((destination) => {
-			return new BlockDevice({
-				drive: destination,
-				unmountOnSuccess: true,
-				write: true,
-				direct: true,
-			});
-		});
-		const { SourceType } = options;
-		try {
-			let source;
-			if (options.image.drive) {
-				source = new BlockDevice({
-					drive: options.image.drive,
-					direct: !options.autoBlockmapping,
-				});
-			} else {
-				if (SourceType === File.name) {
-					source = new File({
-						path: imagePath,
-					});
-				} else {
-					const decodedImagePath = decodeURIComponent(imagePath);
-					if (isJson(decodedImagePath)) {
-						const imagePathObject = JSON.parse(decodedImagePath);
-						source = new Http({
-							url: imagePathObject.url,
-							avoidRandomAccess: true,
-							axiosInstance: axios.create(_.omit(imagePathObject, ['url'])),
-							auth: options.image.auth,
-						});
-					} else {
-						source = new Http({
-							url: imagePath,
-							avoidRandomAccess: true,
-							auth: options.image.auth,
-						});
-					}
-				}
-			}
-			const results = await writeAndValidate({
-				source,
-				destinations: dests,
-				verify: true,
-				autoBlockmapping: options.autoBlockmapping,
-				decompressFirst: options.decompressFirst,
-				onProgress,
-				onFail,
-			});
-			log(`Finish: ${results.bytesWritten}`);
-			results.errors = results.errors.map((error) => {
-				return toJSON(error);
-			});
-			ipc.of[IPC_SERVER_ID].emit('done', { results });
-			await delay(DISCONNECT_DELAY);
-			await terminate(exitCode);
-		} catch (error: any) {
-			exitCode = GENERAL_ERROR;
-			ipc.of[IPC_SERVER_ID].emit('error', toJSON(error));
-		}
-	});
-
-	ipc.of[IPC_SERVER_ID].on('connect', () => {
-		log(
-			`Successfully connected to IPC server: ${IPC_SERVER_ID}, socket root ${ipc.config.socketRoot}`,
-		);
-		ipc.of[IPC_SERVER_ID].emit('ready', {});
-	});
-});
--- a/lib/pkg-sidekick.json
+++ b/lib/pkg-sidekick.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "bin": "build/util/child-writer.js",
+  "pkg": {
+    "assets": [
+      "node_modules/usb/prebuilds/darwin-x64+arm64/node.napi.node",
+      "node_modules/lzma-native/prebuilds/darwin-arm64/node.napi.node",
+      "node_modules/drivelist/build/Release/drivelist.node"
+    ]
+  }
+}
--- a/lib/shared/catalina-sudo/sudo.ts
+++ b/lib/shared/catalina-sudo/sudo.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { join } from 'path';
 import { env } from 'process';
 import { promisify } from 'util';

-import { getAppPath } from '../utils';
+import { getAppPath } from '../get-app-path';
 import { supportedLocales } from '../../gui/app/i18n';

 const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile);
--- a/lib/shared/drive-constraints.ts
+++ b/lib/shared/drive-constraints.ts
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
 */

 import { Drive } from 'drivelist';
-import * as _ from 'lodash';
+import { isNil } from 'lodash';
 import * as pathIsInside from 'path-is-inside';

 import * as messages from './messages';
-import { SourceMetadata } from '../gui/app/components/source-selector/source-selector';
+import { SourceMetadata } from './typings/source-selector';

 /**
 * @summary The default unknown size for things such as images and drives
@@ -210,8 +210,8 @@ export function getDriveImageCompatibilityStatuses(
 		});
 	}
 	if (
-		!_.isNil(drive) &&
-		!_.isNil(drive.size) &&
+		!isNil(drive) &&
+		!isNil(drive.size) &&
 		!isDriveLargeEnough(drive, image)
 	) {
 		statusList.push(statuses.small);
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ export function getDriveImageCompatibilityStatuses(

 		if (
 			image !== undefined &&
-			!_.isNil(drive) &&
+			!isNil(drive) &&
 			!isDriveSizeRecommended(drive, image)
 		) {
 			statusList.push(statuses.sizeNotRecommended);
--- a/lib/shared/get-app-path.ts
+++ b/lib/shared/get-app-path.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+export function getAppPath(): string {
+	return (
+		(require('electron').app || require('@electron/remote').app)
+			.getAppPath()
+			// With macOS universal builds, getAppPath() returns the path to an app.asar file containing an index.js file which will
+			// include the app-x64 or app-arm64 folder depending on the arch.
+			// We don't care about the app.asar file, we want the actual folder.
+			.replace(/\.asar$/, () =>
+				process.platform === 'darwin' ? '-' + process.arch : '',
+			)
+	);
+}
--- a/lib/shared/typings/source-selector.ts
+++ b/lib/shared/typings/source-selector.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { GPTPartition, MBRPartition } from 'partitioninfo';
+import { sourceDestination } from 'etcher-sdk';
+import { DrivelistDrive } from '../drive-constraints';
+
+export type Source = 'File' | 'BlockDevice' | 'Http';
+
+export interface SourceMetadata extends sourceDestination.Metadata {
+	hasMBR?: boolean;
+	partitions?: MBRPartition[] | GPTPartition[];
+	path: string;
+	displayName: string;
+	description: string;
+	SourceType: Source;
+	drive?: DrivelistDrive;
+	extension?: string;
+	archiveExtension?: string;
+	auth?: Authentication;
+}
+
+export interface Authentication {
+	username: string;
+	password: string;
+}
--- a/lib/shared/utils.ts
+++ b/lib/shared/utils.ts
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@
 * limitations under the License.
 */

-import axios from 'axios';
-import { Dictionary } from 'lodash';
-
 import * as errors from './errors';

 export function isValidPercentage(percentage: any): boolean {
@@ -38,19 +35,6 @@ export async function delay(duration: number): Promise<void> {
 	});
 }

-export function getAppPath(): string {
-	return (
-		(require('electron').app || require('@electron/remote').app)
-			.getAppPath()
-			// With macOS universal builds, getAppPath() returns the path to an app.asar file containing an index.js file which will
-			// include the app-x64 or app-arm64 folder depending on the arch.
-			// We don't care about the app.asar file, we want the actual folder.
-			.replace(/\.asar$/, () =>
-				process.platform === 'darwin' ? '-' + process.arch : '',
-			)
-	);
-}
-
 export function isJson(jsonString: string) {
 	try {
 		JSON.parse(jsonString);
--- a/lib/util/api.ts
+++ b/lib/util/api.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2017 balena.io
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import * as ipc from 'node-ipc';
+
+import { toJSON } from '../shared/errors';
+import { GENERAL_ERROR, SUCCESS } from '../shared/exit-codes';
+import { delay } from '../shared/utils';
+import { WriteOptions } from './types/types';
+import { MultiDestinationProgress } from 'etcher-sdk/build/multi-write';
+import { write, cleanup } from './child-writer';
+import { startScanning } from './scanner';
+import { getSourceMetadata } from './source-metadata';
+import { DrivelistDrive } from '../shared/drive-constraints';
+import { Dictionary, values } from 'lodash';
+
+ipc.config.id = process.env.IPC_CLIENT_ID as string;
+ipc.config.socketRoot = process.env.IPC_SOCKET_ROOT as string;
+
+// NOTE: Ensure this isn't disabled, as it will cause
+// the stdout maxBuffer size to be exceeded when flashing
+ipc.config.silent = true;
+
+// > If set to 0, the client will NOT try to reconnect.
+// See https://github.com/RIAEvangelist/node-ipc/
+//
+// The purpose behind this change is for this process
+// to emit a "disconnect" event as soon as the GUI
+// process is closed, so we can kill this process as well.
+// @ts-ignore (0 is a valid value for stopRetrying and is not the same as false)
+ipc.config.stopRetrying = 0;
+
+const DISCONNECT_DELAY = 100;
+const IPC_SERVER_ID = process.env.IPC_SERVER_ID as string;
+
+/**
+ * @summary Send a message to the IPC server
+ */
+function emit(channel: string, message?: any) {
+	ipc.of[IPC_SERVER_ID].emit(channel, message);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @summary Send a log debug message to the IPC server
+ */
+function log(message: string) {
+	if (console?.log) {
+		console.log(message);
+	}
+	emit('log', message);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @summary Terminate the child process
+ */
+async function terminate(exitCode: number) {
+	ipc.disconnect(IPC_SERVER_ID);
+	await cleanup(Date.now());
+	process.nextTick(() => {
+		process.exit(exitCode || SUCCESS);
+	});
+}
+
+/**
+ * @summary Handle errors
+ */
+async function handleError(error: Error) {
+	emit('error', toJSON(error));
+	await delay(DISCONNECT_DELAY);
+	await terminate(GENERAL_ERROR);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @summary Abort handler
+ * @example
+ */
+const onAbort = async (exitCode: number) => {
+	log('Abort');
+	emit('abort');
+	await delay(DISCONNECT_DELAY);
+	await terminate(exitCode);
+};
+
+const onSkip = async (exitCode: number) => {
+	log('Skip validation');
+	emit('skip');
+	await delay(DISCONNECT_DELAY);
+	await terminate(exitCode);
+};
+
+ipc.connectTo(IPC_SERVER_ID, () => {
+	// Gracefully exit on the following cases. If the parent
+	// process detects that child exit successfully but
+	// no flashing information is available, then it will
+	// assume that the child died halfway through.
+
+	process.once('uncaughtException', handleError);
+
+	process.once('SIGINT', async () => {
+		await terminate(SUCCESS);
+	});
+
+	process.once('SIGTERM', async () => {
+		await terminate(SUCCESS);
+	});
+
+	// The IPC server failed. Abort.
+	ipc.of[IPC_SERVER_ID].on('error', async () => {
+		await terminate(SUCCESS);
+	});
+
+	// The IPC server was disconnected. Abort.
+	ipc.of[IPC_SERVER_ID].on('disconnect', async () => {
+		await terminate(SUCCESS);
+	});
+
+	ipc.of[IPC_SERVER_ID].on('sourceMetadata', async (params) => {
+		const { selected, SourceType, auth } = JSON.parse(params);
+		try {
+			const sourceMatadata = await getSourceMetadata(
+				selected,
+				SourceType,
+				auth,
+			);
+			emitSourceMetadata(sourceMatadata);
+		} catch (error: any) {
+			emitFail(error);
+		}
+	});
+
+	ipc.of[IPC_SERVER_ID].on('scan', async () => {
+		startScanning();
+	});
+
+	// write handler
+	ipc.of[IPC_SERVER_ID].on('write', async (options: WriteOptions) => {
+		// Remove leftover tmp files older than 1 hour
+		cleanup(Date.now() - 60 * 60 * 1000);
+
+		let exitCode = SUCCESS;
+
+		ipc.of[IPC_SERVER_ID].on('cancel', () => onAbort(exitCode));
+
+		ipc.of[IPC_SERVER_ID].on('skip', () => onSkip(exitCode));
+
+		const results = await write(options);
+
+		if (results.errors.length > 0) {
+			results.errors = results.errors.map((error: any) => {
+				return toJSON(error);
+			});
+			exitCode = GENERAL_ERROR;
+		}
+
+		emit('done', { results });
+		await delay(DISCONNECT_DELAY);
+		await terminate(exitCode);
+	});
+
+	ipc.of[IPC_SERVER_ID].on('connect', () => {
+		log(
+			`Successfully connected to IPC server: ${IPC_SERVER_ID}, socket root ${ipc.config.socketRoot}`,
+		);
+		emit('ready', {});
+	});
+});
+
+function emitLog(message: string) {
+	log(message);
+}
+
+function emitState(state: MultiDestinationProgress) {
+	emit('state', state);
+}
+
+function emitFail(data: any) {
+	emit('fail', data);
+}
+
+function emitDrives(drives: Dictionary<DrivelistDrive>) {
+	emit('drives', JSON.stringify(values(drives)));
+}
+
+function emitSourceMetadata(sourceMetadata: any) {
+	emit('sourceMetadata', JSON.stringify(sourceMetadata));
+}
+
+export { emitLog, emitState, emitFail, emitDrives, emitSourceMetadata };
--- a/lib/util/child-writer.ts
+++ b/lib/util/child-writer.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 balena.io
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * This file handles the writer process.
+ */
+
+import {
+	OnProgressFunction,
+	OnFailFunction,
+	decompressThenFlash,
+	DECOMPRESSED_IMAGE_PREFIX,
+	MultiDestinationProgress,
+} from 'etcher-sdk/build/multi-write';
+
+import { totalmem } from 'os';
+
+import { cleanupTmpFiles } from 'etcher-sdk/build/tmp';
+
+import {
+	File,
+	Http,
+	BlockDevice,
+	SourceDestination,
+} from 'etcher-sdk/build/source-destination';
+
+import { WriteResult, FlashError, WriteOptions } from './types/types';
+
+import { isJson } from '../shared/utils';
+import { toJSON } from '../shared/errors';
+import axios from 'axios';
+import { omit } from 'lodash';
+import { emitLog, emitState, emitFail } from './api';
+
+async function write(options: WriteOptions) {
+	/**
+	 * @summary Failure handler (non-fatal errors)
+	 * @param {SourceDestination} destination - destination
+	 * @param {Error} error - error
+	 */
+	const onFail = (destination: SourceDestination, error: Error) => {
+		emitFail({
+			// TODO: device should be destination
+			// @ts-ignore (destination.drive is private)
+			device: destination.drive,
+			error: toJSON(error),
+		});
+	};
+
+	/**
+	 * @summary Progress handler
+	 * @param {Object} state - progress state
+	 * @example
+	 * writer.on('progress', onProgress)
+	 */
+	const onProgress = (state: MultiDestinationProgress) => {
+		emitState(state);
+	};
+
+	// Write the image to the destinations
+	const destinations = options.destinations.map((d) => d.device);
+	const imagePath = options.image.path;
+	emitLog(`Image: ${imagePath}`);
+	emitLog(`Devices: ${destinations.join(', ')}`);
+	emitLog(`Auto blockmapping: ${options.autoBlockmapping}`);
+	emitLog(`Decompress first: ${options.decompressFirst}`);
+	const dests = options.destinations.map((destination) => {
+		return new BlockDevice({
+			drive: destination,
+			unmountOnSuccess: true,
+			write: true,
+			direct: true,
+		});
+	});
+	const { SourceType } = options;
+	try {
+		let source;
+		if (options.image.drive) {
+			source = new BlockDevice({
+				drive: options.image.drive,
+				direct: !options.autoBlockmapping,
+			});
+		} else {
+			if (SourceType === File.name) {
+				source = new File({
+					path: imagePath,
+				});
+			} else {
+				const decodedImagePath = decodeURIComponent(imagePath);
+				if (isJson(decodedImagePath)) {
+					const imagePathObject = JSON.parse(decodedImagePath);
+					source = new Http({
+						url: imagePathObject.url,
+						avoidRandomAccess: true,
+						axiosInstance: axios.create(omit(imagePathObject, ['url'])),
+						auth: options.image.auth,
+					});
+				} else {
+					source = new Http({
+						url: imagePath,
+						avoidRandomAccess: true,
+						auth: options.image.auth,
+					});
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		const results = await writeAndValidate({
+			source,
+			destinations: dests,
+			verify: true,
+			autoBlockmapping: options.autoBlockmapping,
+			decompressFirst: options.decompressFirst,
+			onProgress,
+			onFail,
+		});
+
+		return results;
+	} catch (error: any) {
+		return { errors: [error] };
+	}
+}
+
+/** @summary clean up tmp files */
+export async function cleanup(until: number) {
+	await cleanupTmpFiles(until, DECOMPRESSED_IMAGE_PREFIX);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @summary writes the source to the destinations and validates the writes
+ * @param {SourceDestination} source - source
+ * @param {SourceDestination[]} destinations - destinations
+ * @param {Boolean} verify - whether to validate the writes or not
+ * @param {Boolean} autoBlockmapping - whether to trim ext partitions before writing
+ * @param {Function} onProgress - function to call on progress
+ * @param {Function} onFail - function to call on fail
+ * @returns {Promise<{ bytesWritten, devices, errors} >}
+ */
+async function writeAndValidate({
+	source,
+	destinations,
+	verify,
+	autoBlockmapping,
+	decompressFirst,
+	onProgress,
+	onFail,
+}: {
+	source: SourceDestination;
+	destinations: BlockDevice[];
+	verify: boolean;
+	autoBlockmapping: boolean;
+	decompressFirst: boolean;
+	onProgress: OnProgressFunction;
+	onFail: OnFailFunction;
+}): Promise<WriteResult> {
+	const { sourceMetadata, failures, bytesWritten } = await decompressThenFlash({
+		source,
+		destinations,
+		onFail,
+		onProgress,
+		verify,
+		trim: autoBlockmapping,
+		numBuffers: Math.min(
+			2 + (destinations.length - 1) * 32,
+			256,
+			Math.floor(totalmem() / 1024 ** 2 / 8),
+		),
+		decompressFirst,
+	});
+	const result: WriteResult = {
+		bytesWritten,
+		devices: {
+			failed: failures.size,
+			successful: destinations.length - failures.size,
+		},
+		errors: [],
+		sourceMetadata,
+	};
+	for (const [destination, error] of failures) {
+		const err = error as FlashError;
+		const drive = destination as BlockDevice;
+		err.device = drive.device;
+		err.description = drive.description;
+		result.errors.push(err);
+	}
+	return result;
+}
+
+export { write };
--- a/lib/gui/app/modules/drive-scanner.ts
+++ b/lib/gui/app/modules/drive-scanner.ts
--- a/lib/util/scanner.ts
+++ b/lib/util/scanner.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+import { scanner as driveScanner } from './drive-scanner';
+import * as sdk from 'etcher-sdk';
+import { DrivelistDrive } from '../shared/drive-constraints';
+import outdent from 'outdent';
+import { Dictionary, values, keyBy, padStart } from 'lodash';
+import { emitDrives } from './api';
+
+let availableDrives: DrivelistDrive[] = [];
+
+export function hasAvailableDrives() {
+	return availableDrives.length > 0;
+}
+
+driveScanner.on('error', (error) => {
+	// Stop the drive scanning loop in case of errors,
+	// otherwise we risk presenting the same error over
+	// and over again to the user, while also heavily
+	// spamming our error reporting service.
+	driveScanner.stop();
+
+	console.log('scanner error', error);
+});
+
+function setDrives(drives: Dictionary<DrivelistDrive>) {
+	availableDrives = values(drives);
+	emitDrives(drives);
+}
+
+function getDrives() {
+	return keyBy(availableDrives, 'device');
+}
+
+async function addDrive(drive: Drive) {
+	const preparedDrive = prepareDrive(drive);
+	if (!(await driveIsAllowed(preparedDrive))) {
+		return;
+	}
+	const drives = getDrives();
+	drives[preparedDrive.device] = preparedDrive;
+
+	setDrives(drives);
+}
+
+function removeDrive(drive: Drive) {
+	const preparedDrive = prepareDrive(drive);
+	const drives = getDrives();
+	delete drives[preparedDrive.device];
+	setDrives(drives);
+}
+
+async function driveIsAllowed(drive: {
+	devicePath: string;
+	device: string;
+	raw: string;
+}) {
+	// const driveBlacklist = (await settings.get("driveBlacklist")) || [];
+	const driveBlacklist: any[] = [];
+	return !(
+		driveBlacklist.includes(drive.devicePath) ||
+		driveBlacklist.includes(drive.device) ||
+		driveBlacklist.includes(drive.raw)
+	);
+}
+
+type Drive =
+	| sdk.sourceDestination.BlockDevice
+	| sdk.sourceDestination.UsbbootDrive
+	| sdk.sourceDestination.DriverlessDevice;
+
+function prepareDrive(drive: Drive) {
+	if (drive instanceof sdk.sourceDestination.BlockDevice) {
+		// @ts-ignore (BlockDevice.drive is private)
+		return drive.drive;
+	} else if (drive instanceof sdk.sourceDestination.UsbbootDrive) {
+		// This is a workaround etcher expecting a device string and a size
+		// @ts-ignore
+		drive.device = drive.usbDevice.portId;
+		drive.size = null;
+		// @ts-ignore
+		drive.progress = 0;
+		drive.disabled = true;
+		drive.on('progress', (progress) => {
+			updateDriveProgress(drive, progress);
+		});
+		return drive;
+	} else if (drive instanceof sdk.sourceDestination.DriverlessDevice) {
+		const description =
+			COMPUTE_MODULE_DESCRIPTIONS[
+				drive.deviceDescriptor.idProduct.toString()
+			] || 'Compute Module';
+		return {
+			device: `${usbIdToString(
+				drive.deviceDescriptor.idVendor,
+			)}:${usbIdToString(drive.deviceDescriptor.idProduct)}`,
+			displayName: 'Missing drivers',
+			description,
+			mountpoints: [],
+			isReadOnly: false,
+			isSystem: false,
+			disabled: true,
+			icon: 'warning',
+			size: null,
+			link: 'https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/compute-module.html#flashing-the-compute-module-emmc',
+			linkCTA: 'Install',
+			linkTitle: 'Install missing drivers',
+			linkMessage: outdent`
+				Would you like to download the necessary drivers from the Raspberry Pi Foundation?
+				This will open your browser.
+
+
+				Once opened, download and run the installer from the "Windows Installer" section to install the drivers
+			`,
+		};
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * @summary The radix used by USB ID numbers
+ */
+const USB_ID_RADIX = 16;
+
+/**
+ * @summary The expected length of a USB ID number
+ */
+const USB_ID_LENGTH = 4;
+
+/**
+ * @summary Convert a USB id (e.g. product/vendor) to a string
+ *
+ * @example
+ * console.log(usbIdToString(2652))
+ * > '0x0a5c'
+ */
+function usbIdToString(id: number): string {
+	return `0x${padStart(id.toString(USB_ID_RADIX), USB_ID_LENGTH, '0')}`;
+}
+
+function updateDriveProgress(
+	drive: sdk.sourceDestination.UsbbootDrive,
+	progress: number,
+) {
+	const drives = getDrives();
+	// @ts-ignore
+	const driveInMap = drives[drive.device];
+	if (driveInMap) {
+		// @ts-ignore
+		drives[drive.device] = { ...driveInMap, progress };
+		setDrives(drives);
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * @summary Product ID of BCM2708
+ */
+const USB_PRODUCT_ID_BCM2708_BOOT = 0x2763;
+
+/**
+ * @summary Product ID of BCM2710
+ */
+const USB_PRODUCT_ID_BCM2710_BOOT = 0x2764;
+
+/**
+ * @summary Compute module descriptions
+ */
+const COMPUTE_MODULE_DESCRIPTIONS: Dictionary<string> = {
+	[USB_PRODUCT_ID_BCM2708_BOOT]: 'Compute Module 1',
+	[USB_PRODUCT_ID_BCM2710_BOOT]: 'Compute Module 3',
+};
+
+const startScanning = () => {
+	driveScanner.on('attach', (drive) => addDrive(drive));
+	driveScanner.on('detach', (drive) => removeDrive(drive));
+	driveScanner.start();
+};
+
+const stopScanning = () => {
+	driveScanner.stop();
+};
+
+export { startScanning, stopScanning };
--- a/lib/util/source-metadata.ts
+++ b/lib/util/source-metadata.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/** Get metadata for a source */
+
+import { sourceDestination } from 'etcher-sdk';
+import { replaceWindowsNetworkDriveLetter } from '../gui/app/os/windows-network-drives';
+import axios, { AxiosRequestConfig } from 'axios';
+import { isJson } from '../shared/utils';
+import * as path from 'path';
+import {
+	SourceMetadata,
+	Authentication,
+	Source,
+} from '../shared/typings/source-selector';
+import { DrivelistDrive } from '../shared/drive-constraints';
+import { omit } from 'lodash';
+
+function isString(value: any): value is string {
+	return typeof value === 'string';
+}
+
+async function createSource(
+	selected: string,
+	SourceType: Source,
+	auth?: Authentication,
+) {
+	try {
+		selected = await replaceWindowsNetworkDriveLetter(selected);
+	} catch (error: any) {
+		// TODO: analytics.logException(error);
+	}
+
+	if (isJson(decodeURIComponent(selected))) {
+		const config: AxiosRequestConfig = JSON.parse(decodeURIComponent(selected));
+		return new sourceDestination.Http({
+			url: config.url!,
+			axiosInstance: axios.create(omit(config, ['url'])),
+		});
+	}
+
+	if (SourceType === 'File') {
+		return new sourceDestination.File({
+			path: selected,
+		});
+	}
+
+	return new sourceDestination.Http({ url: selected, auth });
+}
+
+async function getMetadata(
+	source: sourceDestination.SourceDestination,
+	selected: string | DrivelistDrive,
+) {
+	const metadata = (await source.getMetadata()) as SourceMetadata;
+	const partitionTable = await source.getPartitionTable();
+	if (partitionTable) {
+		metadata.hasMBR = true;
+		metadata.partitions = partitionTable.partitions;
+	} else {
+		metadata.hasMBR = false;
+	}
+	if (isString(selected)) {
+		metadata.extension = path.extname(selected).slice(1);
+		metadata.path = selected;
+	}
+	return metadata;
+}
+
+async function getSourceMetadata(
+	selected: string | DrivelistDrive,
+	SourceType: Source,
+	auth?: Authentication,
+) {
+	if (isString(selected)) {
+		const source = await createSource(selected, SourceType, auth);
+
+		try {
+			const innerSource = await source.getInnerSource();
+
+			const metadata = await getMetadata(innerSource, selected);
+
+			return metadata;
+		} catch (error: any) {
+			// TODO: handle error
+		} finally {
+			try {
+				await source.close();
+			} catch (error: any) {
+				// Noop
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+export { getSourceMetadata };
--- a/lib/util/types/types.d.ts
+++ b/lib/util/types/types.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { Metadata } from 'etcher-sdk/build/source-destination';
+import { SourceMetadata } from '../../shared/typings/source-selector';
+import { Drive as DrivelistDrive } from 'drivelist';
+
+export interface WriteResult {
+	bytesWritten?: number;
+	devices?: {
+		failed: number;
+		successful: number;
+	};
+	errors: FlashError[];
+	sourceMetadata?: Metadata;
+}
+
+export interface FlashError extends Error {
+	description: string;
+	device: string;
+	code: string;
+}
+
+export interface FlashResults extends WriteResult {
+	skip?: boolean;
+	cancelled?: boolean;
+}
+
+interface WriteOptions {
+	image: SourceMetadata;
+	destinations: DrivelistDrive[];
+	autoBlockmapping: boolean;
+	decompressFirst: boolean;
+	SourceType: string;
+	httpRequest?: any;
+}
--- a/npm-shrinkwrap.json
+++ b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  "name": "balena-etcher",
  "private": true,
  "displayName": "balenaEtcher",
-  "version": "1.16.0",
+  "version": "1.18.13",
  "packageType": "local",
  "main": "generated/etcher.js",
  "description": "Flash OS images to SD cards and USB drives, safely and easily.",
@@ -13,10 +13,12 @@
    "url": "git@github.com:balena-io/etcher.git"
  },
  "scripts": {
-    "build": "npm run webpack",
-    "flowzone-preinstall-linux": "sudo apt-get install -y xvfb libudev-dev && cat < electron-builder.yml | yq e .deb.depends[] - | xargs -L1 echo | sed 's/|//g' | xargs -L1 sudo apt-get --ignore-missing install || true",
+    "build": "npm run webpack && npm run build:sidecar",
+    "build:rebuild-mountutils": "cd node_modules/mountutils && npm rebuild",
+    "build:sidecar": "npm run build:rebuild-mountutils && tsc --project tsconfig.sidecar.json && pkg build/util/api.js -c pkg-sidecar.json --target node18 --output generated/etcher-util",
+    "flowzone-preinstall-linux": "sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y xvfb libudev-dev && cat < electron-builder.yml | yq e .deb.depends[] - | xargs -L1 echo | sed 's/|//g' | xargs -L1 sudo apt-get --ignore-missing install || true",
    "flowzone-preinstall-macos": "true",
-    "flowzone-preinstall-windows": "true",
+    "flowzone-preinstall-windows": "npx node-gyp install",
    "flowzone-preinstall": "npm run flowzone-preinstall-linux",
    "lint-css": "prettier --write lib/**/*.css",
    "lint-ts": "balena-lint --fix --typescript typings lib tests scripts/clean-shrinkwrap.ts webpack.config.ts",
@@ -24,12 +26,11 @@
    "postinstall": "electron-rebuild -t prod,dev,optional",
    "sanity-checks": "bash scripts/ci/ensure-all-file-extensions-in-gitattributes.sh",
    "start": "./node_modules/.bin/electron .",
-    "test-macos": "npm run lint && npm run test-gui && npm run test-shared && npm run test-spectron && npm run sanity-checks",
    "test-gui": "electron-mocha --recursive --reporter spec --window-config tests/gui/window-config.json --require ts-node/register/transpile-only --require-main tests/gui/allow-renderer-process-reuse.ts --full-trace --no-sandbox --renderer tests/gui/**/*.ts",
-    "test-linux": "npm run lint && xvfb-run --auto-servernum npm run test-gui && xvfb-run --auto-servernum npm run test-shared && xvfb-run --auto-servernum npm run test-spectron && npm run sanity-checks",
    "test-shared": "electron-mocha --recursive --reporter spec --require ts-node/register/transpile-only --require-main tests/gui/allow-renderer-process-reuse.ts --full-trace --no-sandbox tests/shared/**/*.ts",
-    "test-spectron": "mocha --recursive --reporter spec --require ts-node/register/transpile-only --require-main tests/gui/allow-renderer-process-reuse.ts tests/spectron/runner.spec.ts",
-    "test-windows": "npm run lint && npm run test-gui && npm run test-shared && npm run test-spectron && npm run sanity-checks",
+    "test-macos": "npm run lint && npm run test-gui && npm run test-shared && npm run sanity-checks",
+    "test-linux": "npm run lint && xvfb-run --auto-servernum npm run test-gui && xvfb-run --auto-servernum npm run test-shared && npm run sanity-checks",
+    "test-windows": "npm run lint && npm run test-gui && npm run test-shared && npm run sanity-checks",
    "test": "echo npm run test-{linux,windows,macos}",
    "watch": "webpack serve --no-optimization-minimize --config ./webpack.dev.config.ts",
    "webpack": "webpack"
@@ -50,9 +51,10 @@
  "author": "Balena Ltd. <hello@balena.io>",
  "license": "Apache-2.0",
  "devDependencies": {
+    "@babel/register": "^7.22.15",
    "@balena/lint": "5.4.2",
    "@balena/sudo-prompt": "9.2.1-workaround-windows-amperstand-in-username-0849e215b947987a643fe5763902aea201255534",
-    "@electron/remote": "2.0.1",
+    "@electron/remote": "^2.0.9",
    "@fortawesome/fontawesome-free": "5.15.4",
    "@sentry/electron": "^4.1.2",
    "@svgr/webpack": "5.5.0",
@@ -60,8 +62,8 @@
    "@types/copy-webpack-plugin": "6.4.3",
    "@types/mime-types": "2.1.1",
    "@types/mini-css-extract-plugin": "1.4.3",
-    "@types/mocha": "8.2.3",
-    "@types/node": "14.18.34",
+    "@types/mocha": "^9.1.1",
+    "@types/node": "^16.18.12",
    "@types/node-ipc": "9.2.0",
    "@types/react": "16.14.34",
    "@types/react-dom": "16.9.17",
@@ -77,14 +79,14 @@
    "css-loader": "5.2.7",
    "d3": "4.13.0",
    "debug": "4.3.4",
-    "electron": "^14.2.9",
+    "electron": "^25.8.2",
    "electron-builder": "^23.6.0",
    "electron-mocha": "^11.0.2",
    "electron-notarize": "1.2.2",
-    "electron-rebuild": "3.2.3",
+    "electron-rebuild": "^3.2.9",
    "electron-updater": "5.3.0",
    "esbuild-loader": "2.20.0",
-    "etcher-sdk": "^8.3.0",
+    "etcher-sdk": "8.3.1",
    "file-loader": "6.2.0",
    "husky": "4.3.8",
    "i18next": "21.10.0",
@@ -98,6 +100,7 @@
    "omit-deep-lodash": "1.1.7",
    "outdent": "0.8.0",
    "path-is-inside": "1.0.2",
+    "pkg": "^5.8.1",
    "pnp-webpack-plugin": "1.7.0",
    "pretty-bytes": "5.6.0",
    "react": "16.8.5",
@@ -108,7 +111,6 @@
    "semver": "7.3.8",
    "simple-progress-webpack-plugin": "1.1.2",
    "sinon": "9.2.4",
-    "spectron": "^16.0.0",
    "string-replace-loader": "3.1.0",
    "style-loader": "2.0.0",
    "styled-components": "5.3.6",
@@ -125,9 +127,9 @@
    "webpack-dev-server": "4.11.1"
  },
  "engines": {
-    "node": ">=14"
+    "node": ">=18 <20"
  },
  "versionist": {
-    "publishedAt": "2023-02-14T12:40:41.506Z"
+    "publishedAt": "2023-10-16T13:32:27.552Z"
  }
 }
--- a/pkg-sidecar.json
+++ b/pkg-sidecar.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "assets": [
+    "node_modules/usb/**",
+    "node_modules/lzma-native/**",
+    "node_modules/drivelist/**",
+    "node_modules/mountutils/**",
+    "node_modules/winusb-driver-generator/**",
+    "node_modules/node-raspberrypi-usbboot/**"
+  ]
+}
--- a/test-wrapper.ts
+++ b/test-wrapper.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+/*
+ * This is a test wrapper for etcher-utils.
+ * The only use for this file is debugging while developing etcher-utils.
+ * It will create a IPC server, spawn the cli version of etcher-writer, and wait for it to connect.
+ * Requires elevated privileges to work (launch with sudo)
+ * Note that you'll need to to edit `ipc.server.on('ready', ...` function based on what you want to test.
+ */
+
+import * as ipc from 'node-ipc';
+import * as os from 'os';
+import * as path from 'path';
+
+import * as packageJSON from './package.json';
+import * as permissions from './lib/shared/permissions';
+
+// if (process.argv.length !== 3) {
+// 	console.error('Expects an image to flash as only arg!');
+// 	process.exit(1);
+// }
+
+const THREADS_PER_CPU = 16;
+
+// There might be multiple Etcher instances running at
+// the same time, therefore we must ensure each IPC
+// server/client has a different name.
+const IPC_SERVER_ID = `etcher-server-${process.pid}`;
+const IPC_CLIENT_ID = `etcher-client-${process.pid}`;
+
+ipc.config.id = IPC_SERVER_ID;
+ipc.config.socketRoot = path.join(
+	process.env.XDG_RUNTIME_DIR || os.tmpdir(),
+	path.sep,
+);
+
+// NOTE: Ensure this isn't disabled, as it will cause
+// the stdout maxBuffer size to be exceeded when flashing
+ipc.config.silent = true;
+
+function writerArgv(): string[] {
+	const entryPoint = path.join('./generated/etcher-util');
+	return [entryPoint];
+}
+
+function writerEnv() {
+	return {
+		IPC_SERVER_ID,
+		IPC_CLIENT_ID,
+		IPC_SOCKET_ROOT: ipc.config.socketRoot,
+		UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE: (os.cpus().length * THREADS_PER_CPU).toString(),
+		// This environment variable prevents the AppImages
+		// desktop integration script from presenting the
+		// "installation" dialog
+		SKIP: '1',
+		...(process.platform === 'win32' ? {} : process.env),
+	};
+}
+
+async function start(): Promise<any> {
+	ipc.serve();
+
+	return await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+		ipc.server.on('error', (message) => {
+			console.log('IPC server error', message);
+		});
+
+		ipc.server.on('log', (message) => {
+			console.log('log', message);
+		});
+
+		ipc.server.on('fail', ({ device, error }) => {
+			console.log('failure', error, device);
+		});
+
+		ipc.server.on('done', (event) => {
+			console.log('done', event);
+		});
+
+		ipc.server.on('abort', () => {
+			console.log('abort');
+		});
+
+		ipc.server.on('skip', () => {
+			console.log('skip');
+		});
+
+		ipc.server.on('state', (progress) => {
+			console.log('progress', progress);
+		});
+
+		ipc.server.on('drives', (drives) => {
+			console.log('drives', drives);
+		});
+
+		ipc.server.on('ready', (_data, socket) => {
+			console.log('ready');
+			ipc.server.emit(socket, 'scan', {});
+			// ipc.server.emit(socket, "hello", { message: "world" });
+			// ipc.server.emit(socket, "write", {
+			// 	image: {
+			// 		path: process.argv[2],
+			// 		displayName: "Random image for test",
+			// 		description: "Random image for test",
+			// 		SourceType: "File",
+			// 	},
+			// 	destinations: [
+			// 		{
+			// 			size: 15938355200,
+			// 			isVirtual: false,
+			// 			enumerator: "DiskArbitration",
+			// 			logicalBlockSize: 512,
+			// 			raw: "/dev/rdisk4",
+			// 			error: null,
+			// 			isReadOnly: false,
+			// 			displayName: "/dev/disk4",
+			// 			blockSize: 512,
+			// 			isSCSI: false,
+			// 			isRemovable: true,
+			// 			device: "/dev/disk4",
+			// 			busVersion: null,
+			// 			isSystem: false,
+			// 			busType: "USB",
+			// 			isCard: false,
+			// 			isUSB: true,
+			// 			devicePath:
+			// 				"IODeviceTree:/arm-io@10F00000/usb-drd1@2280000/usb-drd1-port-hs@01100000",
+			// 			mountpoints: [
+			// 				{
+			// 					path: "/Volumes/flash-rootB",
+			// 					label: "flash-rootB",
+			// 				},
+			// 				{
+			// 					path: "/Volumes/flash-rootA",
+			// 					label: "flash-rootA",
+			// 				},
+			// 				{
+			// 					path: "/Volumes/flash-boot",
+			// 					label: "flash-boot",
+			// 				},
+			// 			],
+			// 			description: "Generic Flash Disk Media",
+			// 			isUAS: null,
+			// 			partitionTableType: "mbr",
+			// 		},
+			// 	],
+			// 	SourceType: "File",
+			// 	autoBlockmapping: true,
+			// 	decompressFirst: true,
+			// });
+		});
+
+		const argv = writerArgv();
+
+		ipc.server.on('start', async () => {
+			console.log(`Elevating command: ${argv.join(' ')}`);
+			const env = writerEnv();
+			try {
+				await permissions.elevateCommand(argv, {
+					applicationName: packageJSON.displayName,
+					environment: env,
+				});
+			} catch (error: any) {
+				console.log('error', error);
+				// This happens when the child is killed using SIGKILL
+				const SIGKILL_EXIT_CODE = 137;
+				if (error.code === SIGKILL_EXIT_CODE) {
+					error.code = 'ECHILDDIED';
+				}
+				reject(error);
+			} finally {
+				console.log('Terminating IPC server');
+			}
+
+			resolve(true);
+		});
+
+		// Clear the update lock timer to prevent longer
+		// flashing timing it out, and releasing the lock
+		ipc.server.start();
+	});
+}
+
+start();
--- a/tests/spectron/runner.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/spectron/runner.spec.ts
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2017 balena.io
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import { expect } from 'chai';
-import { platform } from 'os';
-import { Application } from 'spectron';
-import * as electronPath from 'electron';
-
-// TODO: spectron fails to start on the CI with:
-// Error: Failed to create session.
-// unknown error: Chrome failed to start: exited abnormally
-if (platform() !== 'darwin') {
-	describe('Spectron', function () {
-		// Mainly for CI jobs
-		this.timeout(40000);
-
-		const app = new Application({
-			path: electronPath as unknown as string,
-			args: ['--no-sandbox', '.'],
-		});
-
-		before('app:start', async () => {
-			await app.start();
-		});
-
-		after('app:stop', async () => {
-			if (app && app.isRunning()) {
-				await app.stop();
-			}
-		});
-
-		describe('Browser Window', () => {
-			it('should open a browser window', async () => {
-				// We can't use `isVisible()` here as it won't work inside
-				// a Windows Docker container, but we can approximate it
-				// with these set of checks:
-				const bounds = await app.browserWindow.getBounds();
-				expect(bounds.height).to.be.above(0);
-				expect(bounds.width).to.be.above(0);
-				expect(await app.browserWindow.isMinimized()).to.be.false;
-				expect(
-					(await app.browserWindow.isVisible()) ||
-						(await app.browserWindow.isFocused()),
-				).to.be.true;
-			});
-
-			it('should set a proper title', async () => {
-				// @ts-ignore (SpectronClient.getTitle exists)
-				return expect(await app.client.getTitle()).to.equal('balenaEtcher');
-			});
-		});
-	});
-}
--- a/tsconfig.sidecar.json
+++ b/tsconfig.sidecar.json
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "ES2019",
+    "allowJs": false,
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": false,
+    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
+    "strict": true,
+    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
+    "typeRoots": ["./node_modules/@types", "./typings"],
+    "module": "CommonJS",
+    "moduleResolution": "Node",
+    "resolveJsonModule": true,
+    "isolatedModules": true,
+    "outDir": "build"
+  },
+  "include": ["lib/util"]
+}
--- a/webpack.config.ts
+++ b/webpack.config.ts
@@ -15,12 +15,8 @@
 */

 import * as CopyPlugin from 'copy-webpack-plugin';
-import { readdirSync } from 'fs';
 import * as _ from 'lodash';
-import * as os from 'os';
-import outdent from 'outdent';
 import * as path from 'path';
-import { env } from 'process';
 import * as SimpleProgressWebpackPlugin from 'simple-progress-webpack-plugin';
 import * as TerserPlugin from 'terser-webpack-plugin';
 import {
@@ -48,24 +44,6 @@ function externalPackageJson(packageJsonPath: string) {
 	};
 }

-function platformSpecificModule(
-	platform: string,
-	module: string,
-	replacement = '{}',
-) {
-	// Resolves module on platform, otherwise resolves the replacement
-	return (
-		{ request }: { context: string; request: string },
-		callback: (error?: Error, result?: string, type?: string) => void,
-	) => {
-		if (request === module && os.platform() !== platform) {
-			callback(undefined, replacement);
-			return;
-		}
-		callback();
-	};
-}
-
 function renameNodeModules(resourcePath: string) {
 	// electron-builder excludes the node_modules folder even if you specifically include it
 	// Work around by renaming it to "modules"
@@ -74,78 +52,11 @@ function renameNodeModules(resourcePath: string) {
 		path
 			.relative(__dirname, resourcePath)
 			.replace('node_modules', 'modules')
-			// use the same name on all architectures so electron-builder can build a universal dmg on mac
-			.replace(LZMA_BINDINGS_FOLDER, LZMA_BINDINGS_FOLDER_RENAMED)
 			// file-loader expects posix paths, even on Windows
 			.replace(/\\/g, '/')
 	);
 }

-function findUsbPrebuild(): string[] {
-	const usbPrebuildsFolder = path.join('node_modules', 'usb', 'prebuilds');
-	const prebuildFolders = readdirSync(usbPrebuildsFolder);
-	let bindingFile: string | undefined = 'node.napi.node';
-	const platformFolder = prebuildFolders.find(
-		(f) => f.startsWith(os.platform()) && f.indexOf(os.arch()) > -1,
-	);
-	if (platformFolder === undefined) {
-		throw new Error(
-			'Could not find usb prebuild. Should try fallback to node-gyp and use /build/Release instead of /prebuilds',
-		);
-	}
-
-	const bindingFiles = readdirSync(
-		path.join(usbPrebuildsFolder, platformFolder),
-	);
-
-	if (!bindingFiles.length) {
-		throw new Error('Could not find usb prebuild for platform');
-	}
-
-	if (bindingFiles.length === 1) {
-		bindingFile = bindingFiles[0];
-	}
-
-	// armv6 vs v7 in linux-arm and
-	// glibc vs musl in linux-x64
-	if (bindingFiles.length > 1) {
-		bindingFile = bindingFiles.find((file) => {
-			if (bindingFiles.indexOf('arm') > -1) {
-				const process = require('process');
-				return file.indexOf(process.config.variables.arm_version) > -1;
-			} else {
-				return file.indexOf('glibc') > -1;
-			}
-		});
-	}
-
-	if (bindingFile === undefined) {
-		throw new Error('Could not find usb prebuild for platform');
-	}
-
-	return [platformFolder, bindingFile];
-}
-
-const [USB_BINDINGS_FOLDER, USB_BINDINGS_FILE] = findUsbPrebuild();
-
-function findLzmaNativeBindingsFolder(): string {
-	const files = readdirSync(
-		path.join('node_modules', 'lzma-native', 'prebuilds'),
-	);
-	const bindingsFolder = files.find(
-		(f) =>
-			f.startsWith(os.platform()) &&
-			f.endsWith(env.npm_config_target_arch || os.arch()),
-	);
-	if (bindingsFolder === undefined) {
-		throw new Error('Could not find lzma_native binding');
-	}
-	return bindingsFolder;
-}
-
-const LZMA_BINDINGS_FOLDER = findLzmaNativeBindingsFolder();
-const LZMA_BINDINGS_FOLDER_RENAMED = 'binding';
-
 interface ReplacementRule {
 	search: string;
 	replace: string | (() => string);
@@ -222,74 +133,10 @@ const commonConfig = {
 				search: './adapters/xhr',
 				replace: './adapters/http',
 			}),
-			// remove bindings magic from drivelist
-			replace(
-				/node_modules\/drivelist\/js\/index\.js$/,
-				{
-					search: 'require("bindings");',
-					replace: "require('../build/Release/drivelist.node')",
-				},
-				{
-					search: "bindings('drivelist')",
-					replace: 'bindings',
-				},
-			),
-			replace(
-				/node_modules\/lzma-native\/index\.js$/,
-				// remove node-pre-gyp magic from lzma-native
-				{
-					search: `require('node-gyp-build')(__dirname);`,
-					replace: `require('./prebuilds/${LZMA_BINDINGS_FOLDER}/electron.napi.node')`,
-				},
-				// use regular stream module instead of readable-stream
-				{
-					search: "var stream = require('readable-stream');",
-					replace: "var stream = require('stream');",
-				},
-			),
-			// remove node-pre-gyp magic from usb
-			replace(/node_modules\/usb\/dist\/usb\/bindings\.js$/, {
-				search: `require('node-gyp-build')(path_1.join(__dirname, '..', '..'));`,
-				replace: `require('../../prebuilds/${USB_BINDINGS_FOLDER}/${USB_BINDINGS_FILE}')`,
-			}),
-			// remove bindings magic from mountutils
-			replace(/node_modules\/mountutils\/index\.js$/, {
-				search: outdent`
-					require('bindings')({
-					  bindings: 'MountUtils',
-					  /* eslint-disable camelcase */
-					  module_root: __dirname
-					  /* eslint-enable camelcase */
-					})
-				`,
-				replace: "require('./build/Release/MountUtils.node')",
-			}),
-			// remove bindings magic from winusb-driver-generator
-			replace(/node_modules\/winusb-driver-generator\/index\.js$/, {
-				search: outdent`
-					require('bindings')({
-					  bindings: 'Generator',
-					  /* eslint-disable camelcase */
-					  module_root: __dirname
-					  /* eslint-enable camelcase */
-					});
-				`,
-				replace: "require('./build/Release/Generator.node')",
-			}),
-			// Copy native modules to generated folder
-			{
-				test: /\.node$/,
-				use: [
-					{
-						loader: 'native-addon-loader',
-						options: { name: renameNodeModules },
-					},
-				],
-			},
 		],
 	},
 	resolve: {
-		extensions: ['.node', '.js', '.json', '.ts', '.tsx'],
+		extensions: ['.js', '.json', '.ts', '.tsx'],
 	},
 	plugins: [
 		PnpWebpackPlugin,
@@ -321,32 +168,9 @@ const commonConfig = {
 	externals: [
 		// '../package.json' because we are in 'generated'
 		externalPackageJson('../package.json'),
-		// Only exists on windows
-		platformSpecificModule('win32', 'winusb-driver-generator'),
-		// Not needed but required by resin-corvus > os-locale > execa > cross-spawn
-		platformSpecificModule('none', 'spawn-sync'),
-		// Not needed as we replace all requires for it
-		platformSpecificModule('none', 'node-pre-gyp', '{ find: () => {} }'),
-		// Not needed as we replace all requires for it
-		platformSpecificModule('none', 'bindings'),
 	],
 };

-const guiConfigCopyPatterns = [
-	{
-		from: 'node_modules/node-raspberrypi-usbboot/blobs',
-		to: 'modules/node-raspberrypi-usbboot/blobs',
-	},
-];
-
-if (os.platform() === 'win32') {
-	// liblzma.dll is required on Windows for lzma-native
-	guiConfigCopyPatterns.push({
-		from: `node_modules/lzma-native/prebuilds/${LZMA_BINDINGS_FOLDER}/liblzma.dll`,
-		to: `modules/lzma-native/prebuilds/${LZMA_BINDINGS_FOLDER_RENAMED}/liblzma.dll`,
-	});
-}
-
 const guiConfig = {
 	...commonConfig,
 	target: 'electron-renderer',
@@ -357,7 +181,6 @@ const guiConfig = {
 	entry: {
 		gui: path.join(__dirname, 'lib', 'gui', 'app', 'renderer.ts'),
 	},
-	// entry: path.join(__dirname, 'lib', 'gui', 'app', 'renderer.ts'),
 	plugins: [
 		...commonConfig.plugins,
 		new CopyPlugin({
@@ -373,7 +196,6 @@ const guiConfig = {
 			banner: '__REACT_DEVTOOLS_GLOBAL_HOOK__ = { isDisabled: true };',
 			raw: true,
 		}),
-		new CopyPlugin({ patterns: guiConfigCopyPatterns }),
 	],
 };

@@ -393,17 +215,4 @@ const etcherConfig = {
 	},
 };

-const childWriterConfig = {
-	...mainConfig,
-	entry: {
-		'child-writer': path.join(
-			__dirname,
-			'lib',
-			'gui',
-			'modules',
-			'child-writer.ts',
-		),
-	},
-};
-
-export default [guiConfig, etcherConfig, childWriterConfig];
+export default [guiConfig, etcherConfig];
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Kyle Harding	2b63fbed03	Remove repo config from flowzone.yml This functionality is being deprecated in Flowzone. See: https://github.com/product-os/flowzone/pull/833 Change-type: patch Signed-off-by: Kyle Harding <kyle@balena.io>	2023-12-19 18:15:38 -05:00
flowzone-app[bot]	e969735955	v1.18.13	2023-10-16 13:32:31 +00:00
flowzone-app[bot]	45bb29a393	Merge pull request #4102 from balena-io/aethernet/childwriter-standalone patch: compile child-writer.ts as a standalone cli	2023-10-16 13:31:21 +00:00
Edwin Joassart	f38bca290f	patch: upgrade to electron 25	2023-10-16 14:49:06 +02:00
Edwin Joassart	fb8ed5b529	patch: refactor scanner, loader and flasher out of gui + upgrade to electron 25	2023-10-16 14:49:06 +02:00
flowzone-app[bot]	09e13e9b43	v1.18.12	2023-07-19 10:24:26 +00:00
Edwin Joassart	13e1e8e504	Merge pull request #4060 from jcapona/master patch: update instructions for installing deb file	2023-07-19 12:23:20 +02:00
Jorge Capona	acab03ad77	Update instructions for installing deb file Change-type: patch	2023-07-14 15:27:38 -05:00
flowzone-app[bot]	0a6c15f702	v1.18.11	2023-07-13 14:31:44 +00:00
dfunckt	589ce9c28e	Merge pull request #4075 from leadpogrommer/fix_focus_stealing Prevent stealing window focus from auth dialog	2023-07-13 17:30:44 +03:00
leadpogrommer	f716c74ef7	fix: prevent stealing window focus from auth dialog Change-type: patch	2023-07-12 22:06:04 +07:00
flowzone-app[bot]	2d7a6220cd	v1.18.10	2023-07-12 11:22:02 +00:00
dfunckt	e0b26d455c	Merge pull request #3765 from jsoref/spelling Spelling	2023-07-12 14:21:07 +03:00
Josh Soref	06d246e3fd	spelling: validates Change-type: patch Signed-off-by: Josh Soref <jsoref@users.noreply.github.com>	2023-07-12 13:40:47 +03:00
Josh Soref	67b26a5b69	spelling: undefined Change-type: patch Signed-off-by: Josh Soref <jsoref@users.noreply.github.com>	2023-07-12 13:40:47 +03:00
Josh Soref	b4b9db7ffa	spelling: except if Change-type: patch Signed-off-by: Josh Soref <jsoref@users.noreply.github.com>	2023-07-12 13:40:47 +03:00
flowzone-app[bot]	cc037d23c4	v1.18.9	2023-07-12 09:07:22 +00:00
dfunckt	9c9c036956	Merge pull request #4086 from balena-io/fix-opening-links-in-safe-webview Fix opening links from within SafeWebView	2023-07-12 12:06:25 +03:00
Akis Kesoglou	7fdbc439f7	Fix Publish action on Windows	2023-07-12 11:34:22 +03:00
Akis Kesoglou	9410669294	Fix lint issues	2023-07-06 21:50:29 +03:00
Akis Kesoglou	497bb0e2cb	Fix opening links from within SafeWebView Change-type: patch	2023-07-06 21:41:59 +03:00
balenaCI	a42be8ee74	v1.18.8	2023-04-26 09:57:47 +00:00
flowzone-app[bot]	16b50d2a71	Merge pull request #4056 from balena-io/update-support Patch: Fix support link	2023-04-26 09:57:05 +00:00
Oliver Plummer	882b385c88	Patch: Fix Support link	2023-04-26 11:25:55 +02:00
balenaCI	059a36659e	v1.18.7	2023-04-25 15:25:37 +00:00
flowzone-app[bot]	cd9cf09422	Merge pull request #4055 from balena-io/update-docs Update docs	2023-04-25 15:24:48 +00:00
Edwin Joassart	02a4067118	patch: update docs to remove cloudsmith install instructions for linux	2023-04-25 16:55:30 +02:00
balenaCI	6fae328f1f	v1.18.6	2023-03-21 13:24:20 +00:00
Lizzie Epton	81b0eed4d4	Merge pull request #4036 from balena-io/add-flash-with-etcher-to-docs add-flash-with-etcher-to-docs	2023-03-21 13:23:29 +00:00
Lizzie Epton	b786c8bc10	Update docs/FAQ.md Co-authored-by: Chris Crocker-White <chriscw@balena.io>	2023-03-21 12:49:04 +00:00
Lizzie Epton	856b426dc9	add-flash-with-etcher-to-docs Change-type: patch	2023-03-21 10:17:14 +00:00
balenaCI	197a8f9c57	v1.18.5	2023-03-09 11:30:37 +00:00
Edwin Joassart	bc4ee48c1b	Merge pull request #4025 from balena-io/aethernet-apt-update patch: add apt-get update in flowzone preinstall	2023-03-09 12:29:40 +01:00
Edwin Joassart	0d9ac71088	patch: add apt-get update in flowzone preinstall libudev package has changed and cannot be installed if we not update apt cache	2023-03-09 10:51:34 +01:00
balenaCI	a0fc9bbd68	v1.18.4	2023-03-02 17:31:34 +00:00
Edwin Joassart	7e0519df9a	Merge pull request #4019 from balena-io/fix-accept-encoding-gzip patch: bump etcher-sdk to 8.3.1	2023-03-02 18:30:30 +01:00
JOASSART Edwin	bf0360e7f4	patch: bump etcher-sdk to 8.3.1	2023-03-02 10:14:22 +01:00
balenaCI	62bae7c52e	v1.18.3	2023-02-22 12:12:41 +00:00
Balena CI	802f5b2980	Merge pull request #4005 from balena-io/etcher-efp-ref-in-doc Add reference to etcher-efp in publishing.md	2023-02-22 14:11:57 +02:00
Lizzie Epton	496f131c4b	fix-typo Change-type: patch	2023-02-22 11:42:12 +00:00
Lizzie Epton	f582b0215c	edits-to-info-about-efp Change-type: patch	2023-02-22 11:31:21 +00:00
Edwin Joassart	4c3c4babea	Add reference to etcher-efp in publishing.md Add reference to etcher-efp in publishing.md Change-type: patch	2023-02-22 11:31:21 +00:00
balenaCI	6ec0550b4c	v1.18.2	2023-02-21 13:17:11 +00:00
mcraa	4e9039c244	Merge pull request #4009 from balena-io/migrate-docs Docs to Docusaurus	2023-02-21 13:16:15 +00:00
mcraa	e479b95d72	patch: organize docs	2023-02-21 13:39:28 +01:00
mcraa	926ff2b754	patch: actualized develop guide	2023-02-21 12:59:44 +01:00
mcraa	394b64319d	patch: updated commit message guide	2023-02-21 12:58:13 +01:00
Lizzie Epton	96fa53b6ee	add-item-from-FAQs Change-type: patch	2023-02-20 11:07:03 +00:00
mcraa	9b54e2af0b	patch: removed gt characters from contributing guide	2023-02-15 15:59:46 +01:00
mcraa	b01cf3c2e1	patch: added docosaurus site name	2023-02-15 15:59:46 +01:00
balenaCI	46307d85d8	v1.18.1	2023-02-15 14:54:47 +00:00
mcraa	772df8f5e7	Merge pull request #4012 from balena-io/electron-remote-rpiboot patch: use @electron/remote for locating rpiboot files	2023-02-15 14:53:53 +00:00
mcraa	04fa3dcd8c	patch: use @electron/remote for locating rpiboot files	2023-02-15 15:01:07 +01:00
balenaCI	6538864de4	v1.18.0	2023-02-14 18:07:07 +00:00
dfunckt	480adc3426	Merge pull request #4011 from balena-io/update-electron-19 Drop Spectron and update to Electron 19	2023-02-14 20:06:09 +02:00
Akis Kesoglou	c11db0a279	Update to Electron 19 Change-type: minor	2023-02-14 18:35:01 +02:00
Akis Kesoglou	6f7570d265	Remove Spectron and related (low-value) tests Spectron is long deprecated and abandoned and the browser tests are so rudimentary that it’s no longer worth having them around. We will introduce a proper browser-based test suite in the short term — it’s a project in progress. Change-type: minor	2023-02-14 18:34:56 +02:00
balenaCI	ae976894a3	v1.17.0	2023-02-14 16:18:57 +00:00
dfunckt	cd00f78c05	Merge pull request #4010 from balena-io/update-electron-17 Update to Electron 17 and Node 16	2023-02-14 18:17:55 +02:00
Akis Kesoglou	3c1dd6ce29	Update to Electron 17 and Node 16 This is the latest Electron version officially supported by Spectron. Change-type: minor	2023-02-14 17:46:49 +02:00