> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://www.electronforge.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://www.electronforge.io/config/makers.md).

# Makers

Makers are Electron Forge's way of taking your packaged application and generating platform-specific distributable formats like [DMG](/config/makers/dmg.md), [AppX](/config/makers/appx.md), or [Flatpak](/config/makers/flatpak.md) files (amongst others).

Each maker has to be configured in the `makers` section of your Forge configuration. For example:

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="forge.config.js" %}

```javascript
module.exports = {
  makers: [
    {
      name: '@electron-forge/maker-zip',
      platforms: ['darwin', 'linux'],
      config: {
        // the config can be an object
      }
    },
    {
      name: '@electron-forge/maker-dmg',
      config: (arch) => ({
        // it can also be a function taking the currently built arch
        // as a parameter and returning a config object, e.g.
      })
    }
  ]
};
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="package.json" %}

```json
// Only showing the relevant configuration for brevity
{
  "config": {
    "forge": {
      "makers": [
        {
          "name": "@electron-forge/maker-zip",
          "platforms": ["darwin", "linux"], // optional
          "config": {
              // Config here
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

{% hint style="info" %}
If a Maker supports multiple platforms, you may specify which platforms you want to target. Note that all Makers have logical defaults for the `platforms` value so you normally don't need to specify that property.
{% endhint %}