Fix the $PATH on macOS and Linux when run from a GUI app

Useful for Electron apps as GUI apps on macOS and Linux do not inherit the $PATH defined in your dotfiles (.bashrc/.bash_profile/.zshrc/etc).

Install

npm install fix-path

Usage

import fixPath from 'fix-path';
console.log(process.env.PATH);
//=> '/usr/bin'
fixPath();
console.log(process.env.PATH);
//=> '/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin'

Known issues

• Packaged Electron apps launched from Finder may not quit properly. This is an Electron bug where child processes spawned during startup are not cleaned up correctly in that context.

Related

• shell-path - Get the $PATH from the shell