ReferenceError: primordials is not defined

[bigoper]

Test environement

OS: MacOS Big Sur
npm --version  7.21.0
node --version v16.8.0

Based on the quick start

1. Download latest release of UGUI (1.3.0)
2. Extract the UGUI folder from the zip file
3. npm install
4. npm start

Error

npm ERR! code 1
npm ERR! path /Users/aviivgi/Documents/development/blitzz.io/ugui/1.3.0/node_modules/nw
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command sh -c node scripts/install.js
npm ERR! fs.js:47
npm ERR! } = primordials;
npm ERR!     ^
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! ReferenceError: primordials is not defined
npm ERR!     at fs.js:47:5
npm ERR!     at req_ (/Users/aviivgi/Documents/development/blitzz.io/ugui/1.3.0/node_modules/natives/index.js:143:24)
npm ERR!     at Object.req [as require] (/Users/aviivgi/Documents/development/blitzz.io/ugui/1.3.0/node_modules/natives/index.js:55:10)
npm ERR!     at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/aviivgi/Documents/development/blitzz.io/ugui/1.3.0/node_modules/download/node_modules/graceful-fs/fs.js:1:37)
npm ERR!     at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1101:14)
npm ERR!     at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1153:10)
npm ERR!     at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:981:32)
npm ERR!     at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:822:12)
npm ERR!     at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1005:19)
npm ERR!     at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:94:18)

[bigoper]

Additional Info

gulp --version
CLI version: 2.3.0

[TheJaredWilcurt]

UGUI is pretty old, and based on a very old version of NW.js. So it only works if you use nvm to change your global node version to an older version of Node, like 4.0.0. You may be off using a newer NW.js boilerplate:

• https://nwutils.io/#boilerplates