I don&#x27;t think the issue is piracy per se. People want the ability to compile down the JS into native code for obfuscation reasons to prevent&#x2F;discourage derivative works.<p>I know you can do that to some extent by minifying your JS code and I also know that no obfuscation or compilation technique is going to 100% prevent derivative works, but it helps a lot and it&#x27;s a feature that many wish the Electron team would look into.<p>NW.js has it, but it&#x27;s super hacky as it uses (abuses) the V8 snapshot feature to deliver the functionality, seriously degrading performance in the process.