fix

forge.config.ts

@@ -79,27 +79,57 @@ const config: ForgeConfig = {
           fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, 'node_modules', 'electron', 'package.json'), 'utf-8'),
         ).version;
 
-        // Clean stale build artifacts before rebuilding — a leftover
+        // Rebuild native modules for target platform using prebuild-install.
-        // build/Release/*.node for the host platform must not survive.
+        // prebuild-install supports cross-platform via --platform/--arch,
+        // unlike @electron/rebuild which only supports --arch.
+        // This is FATAL — a Linux .node in a Windows package is always broken.
         const nativeModules = ['better-sqlite3'];
         for (const mod of nativeModules) {
-          const buildRelease = path.join(buildPath, 'node_modules', mod, 'build', 'Release');
+          const modDir = path.join(buildPath, 'node_modules', mod);
+          if (!fs.existsSync(modDir)) continue;
+
+          // Clean stale build artifacts — a leftover build/Release/*.node
+          // for the host platform must not survive.
+          const buildRelease = path.join(modDir, 'build', 'Release');
           if (fs.existsSync(buildRelease)) {
             fs.rmSync(buildRelease, { recursive: true, force: true });
             console.log(`[forge] Cleaned stale build/Release for ${mod}`);
           }
-        }
 
-        // Rebuild native modules for target platform using @electron/rebuild.
+          console.log(`[forge] Downloading ${mod} prebuilt for ${targetKey} (Electron ${electronVersion})...`);
-        // This is fatal — a Linux .node in a Windows package is always broken.
-        console.log(`[forge] Rebuilding native modules for ${targetKey} (Electron ${electronVersion})...`);
           execSync(
-          `npx --yes @electron/rebuild --platform ${platform} --arch ${arch} ` +
+            `npx --yes prebuild-install -r electron -t ${electronVersion} ` +
-          `--module-dir "${path.join(buildPath, 'node_modules')}" ` +
+            `--platform ${platform} --arch ${arch} --tag-prefix v --verbose`,
-          `--electron-version ${electronVersion} ` +
+            { cwd: modDir, stdio: 'inherit' },
-          `--only better-sqlite3`,
-          { cwd: buildPath, stdio: 'inherit' },
           );
+
+          // Verify the downloaded binary is NOT an ELF (Linux) file.
+          // node-gyp-build loads from prebuilds/ first, then build/Release/.
+          const prebuildsTarget = path.join(modDir, 'prebuilds', targetKey);
+          if (fs.existsSync(prebuildsTarget)) {
+            for (const f of fs.readdirSync(prebuildsTarget)) {
+              if (f.endsWith('.node')) {
+                const buf = Buffer.alloc(4);
+                const fd = fs.openSync(path.join(prebuildsTarget, f), 'r');
+                fs.readSync(fd, buf, 0, 4, 0);
+                fs.closeSync(fd);
+                // ELF magic: 0x7f 'E' 'L' 'F'
+                if (buf[0] === 0x7f && buf[1] === 0x45 && buf[2] === 0x4c && buf[3] === 0x46) {
+                  throw new Error(
+                    `[forge] FATAL: ${mod} prebuilt for ${targetKey} is an ELF binary! ` +
+                    `Cross-compilation failed — refusing to package a Linux .node for Windows.`,
+                  );
+                }
+                console.log(`[forge] Verified ${f} is not ELF ✓`);
+              }
+            }
+          } else {
+            throw new Error(
+              `[forge] FATAL: No prebuilds/${targetKey}/ directory found for ${mod} after prebuild-install. ` +
+              `The native module would fall back to a Linux binary at runtime.`,
+            );
+          }
+        }
       }
 
       // vectordb uses platform-specific optional deps (@lancedb/vectordb-<platform>-<arch>-*).