ASAR: how to unpack a .asar file?

I have packed my electron application using follwoing command

asar pack app app.asar


Now, I need to unpack it and get the whole code back. Is there anyway to do so?

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From asar documentation

asar extract app.asar destfolder


asar extract-file app.asar main.js


The electron docs say: "you can also package your app into an asar archive to avoid exposing your app's source code to users." but it is not true if you are then able to unpack it? right??
– neoDev
Dec 10 '16 at 13:21

Side note: you can install the command with npm install -g asar.
– Mike Chamberlain
Apr 2 '17 at 9:16

npm install -g asar

Ok, how do you unpack a asar file without having to install the entire node development environment?
– Fake Name
May 19 '17 at 1:16

I understand that, but I don't want node. I don't want to have to install a entire language runtime, and have npm spray crap all over my system just to unpack a file. I do a lot of this stuff in VMs, and I try very hard to not install crap everywhere.
– Fake Name
Aug 15 '17 at 20:40

@FakeName - I used the 7Zip plugin found in this thread at the 7Zip project: sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/discussion/45797/thread/74cf1dec Allows one to open any ASAR file in 7Zip.
– MayaPosch
Dec 2 '17 at 13:23

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