find all apps using Electron and their versions, on macOS systems

find-all-electron-versions.sh

# latest supported electron version as of october 2024
LATEST_SUPPORTED_VERSION=30
RED='\033[0;31m'
GREEN='\033[0;32m'
NC='\033[0m' # no color

mdfind "kind:app" 2>/dev/null | sort -u | while read app;
do
  filename="$app/Contents/Frameworks/Electron Framework.framework/Electron Framework"
  if [[ -f $filename ]]; then
    appname=$(echo $app | awk -F'/' '{print $NF}')
    electronVersion=$(strings "$filename" | grep "Chrome/" | grep -i Electron | grep -v '%s' | sort -u | cut -f 3 -d '/')
    major=$(echo $electronVersion | awk -F'.' '{print $1}')
    
    if [ "$major" -lt "$LATEST_SUPPORTED_VERSION" ]; then
      printf "App Name:          ${RED}${appname}${NC}\n"
    else
      printf "App Name:          ${GREEN}${appname}${NC}\n"
    fi

    echo "Electron Version:  ${electronVersion}"
    echo -n "File Name:         ${filename}"
    echo -e "\n"
  fi
done

went ahead and updated the script today:

• it's no longer specifically looking for CVE versions (since they're all unsupported version now anyways)
• it does look for unsupported versions, and marks them in red versus green
• it should now be both bash and zsh compatible