Awesome Electron

Useful resources for creating apps with Electron

Inspired by the awesome list thing. You might also like awesome-nodejs.

Example apps

Some good apps written with Electron.

Open Source

Atom - Code editor.
Nuclide - Unified IDE.
Playback - Video player.
Friends - P2P chat.
Kitematic - Docker container management.
Monu - Process monitoring.
ScreenCat - Screen sharing & remote collaboration.
Gulp - Run Gulp tasks from your menubar.
Imagemin - Minify images.
Mapbox Studio - Map designer.
LevelUI - LevelDB management.
Kart - Frontend for RetroArch.
Cuttle - UI for the ClojureScript compiler.
Vmd - Preview Markdown files.
Kyoku - Displays current iTunes song.
GReader - Collect and read offline readme files of GitHub repos.
Sample apps - Sample apps to illustrate the usage of Electron APIs.
Koko - IRC client.
Leanote - Cloud notepad.
Snapper - Screen capturing & recording for Android devices.
Gitify - GitHub notifications in your menubar.
Colonizers - "Catan" inspired board game.
Cumulus - SoundCloud player in your menubar.
We Build SG - Upcoming events & recently updated repos from webuild.sg.
Piglet - Run Grunt tasks from your menubar.
Yoda - Browse and download YouTube videos.
Particle Dev - Professional IDE for Particle.
Loop Drop - MIDI looper and synth for live electronic music performances.
Fireball - Hackable game editor for creating mobile and HTML5 games.
Toby - YouTube player.
Kaku - Music player.
Yeoman - Scaffold projects using Yeoman.
Mojibar - Emoji searcher in your menubar.
Markn - Markdown viewer.
Shiba - Live Markdown preview with linting.
Yays - YouTube music player in your menubar.
nuTorrent - BitTorrent client.
Soundcast - Cast OS X audio to Chromecast from your menubar.
TimoFM - DoubanFM music player.
Black Screen - Terminal emulator.
Tèsèvè - Static webserver.
Caprine - Unofficial Facebook Messenger app.
Kakapo - Ambient sound mixer for relaxation or productivity.
DevDogs - DevDocs.io API documentation.
Trendy - Trending GitHub repos in your menubar.
N1 - Extensible email client.
google-music-electron - Unofficial Google music app.
Mancy - JavaScript REPL.
Pomodoro - Timer based on the Pomodoro Technique.
Git-it - Teaches you Git and GitHub on the command-line.
Sia-UI - Decentralized file storage system based on cryptocurrency technology.
MarkRight - GitHub flavored Markdown editor with live preview.
SpaceRadar - Interactive disk space and memory visualization.
Visual Studio Code - Cross-platform IDE from Microsoft.
KeeWeb - Unofficial KeePass app.
Mongotron - MongoDB management tool.
Eintopf - Manage development projects with Docker.
WhatsDesktop - Unofficial WhatsApp app.
Sqlectron - SQL client.
docker-indicator - Unofficial Docker menubar app.
Light Table - Code editor with instant feedback.
Tubehead - YouTube music player in your menubar.
Chrome DevTools - Chrome DevTools packaged as an app.
Yeobara - Meetup check-in with beacon.
SmartMirror - Voice controlled smart mirror.
Medis - Redis database management.
Proton - Markdown editor with live preview.
Brave - Privacy-focused web browser.
James - HTTP proxy to view and intercept browser requests.
DTCP - Twitter client.
Abricotine - Markdown editor with inline preview.
Inbox - Unofficial Google Inbox app.
alienbox - Reddit inbox & notifier in your menubar.
tweet-rec - Tweet recording player.
Snippet Bar - Copy-paste & re-use text snippets in your menubar.
Electronic WeChat - Unofficial WeChat app.
dida - Add tasks to TickTick (滴答清单) with a shortcut.
FromScratch - Autosaving scratchpad.
Hawkpass - Password generator.
Gokotta - Music player.
Google Play Music Desktop Player - Unofficial Google Play Music app.
Shake - Japanese Earthquake Early Warning Notifier.
WebTorrent - Streaming torrent client.
Ansel - Image organizer.
Fog - Unofficial Overcast podcast app.
Wmail - Unofficial Gmail & Google Inbox app.
Boostnote - Markdown note app for developers.
Before Dawn - Screensaver tool.
Nocturn - Twitter client.
Active Collab - Unofficial Active Collab app.
Hain - Launcher for Windows.
Catify - Utility for Spotify.
FatFileFinder - Find large files on your machine.

Closed Source

Slack - Desktop version.
Avocode - Share design and collaborate.
Pixate - Mobile interaction designer.
Prepros - Compile almost any preprocessing language with live browser refresh.
Stremio - Media center.
RESTer - Test your APIs and servers.
Typetalk - Share and discuss ideas with your team through instant messaging.
Wagon - SQL editor.
Pubu - Real-time chat for team communication. (Chinese)
Pingendo - Bootstrap prototyping.
Spreaker Studio - Audio recording and broadcasting.
BearyChat - Team messaging service. (Chinese)
MockingBot - Prototyping tool for designing apps.
GitKraken - Git client.
Wire - Messenger and calling app.
Sync - Team group messaging. (Japanese)
Caret - Markdown editor.
Postman - Create and send HTTP requests.
SIV - Extensible image viewer.
Remember - Business card management. (Korean)
1Clipboard - Universal clipboard manager.
Franz - Skype, Slack, Hangouts, WhatsApp, Grape, Telegram, FB Messenger, Hipchat in the same app.

Boilerplates

electron-boilerplate (by sindresorhus) - Boilerplate to kickstart creating an app.
generator-electron - Scaffold out an app boilerplate.
electron-boilerplate (by szwacz) - Comprehensive boilerplate which even generates installers.
descjop - ClojureScript boilerplate for creating an app.
electron-react-boilerplate - Boilerplate based on React and webpack.

Tools

electron-packager - Package and distribute your app.
electron-builder - Create installers.
electron-prebuilt - Install prebuilt Electron binaries for command-line use using npm.
electron-debug - Adds useful debug features.
electron-rebuild - Rebuild native Node.js modules against the currently installed Electron version.
electron-gh-release - Auto-update by releasing on GitHub.
electron-release - Publish a new release of your app to GitHub.
electron-updater - Auto-updater leveraging npm to deploy updates.
electron-download - Download the Electron release zip from GitHub.
electron-compile - Use ES2015, CoffeeScript, LESS, SCSS in your app without a precompilation step.
fix-path - Fix the $PATH on OS X when run from a GUI app. Useful when spawning a child process.
editor-framework - Easily create dockable IDE apps.
electron-mocha - Run your Mocha tests in Electron.
electron-positioner - Position windows at common spots.
electron-pdf - Generate PDF from URL, HTML, or Markdown files on the command-line.
Nightmare - High-level browser automation library (alternative to PhantomJS).
Geojsonapp - Preview GeoJSON locally.
electron-detach - Restart an Electron app as a detached process.
electron-localshortcut - Add keyboard shortcuts locally to a window.
electron-drag - Improved window dragging.
debug-menu - Chrome-like "inspect element" context-menu.
electron-sudo - Subprocesses with administrative privileges.
electron-dl - Simplified file downloads.
electron-har - Command-line tool for generating HTTP Archive (HAR).
electron-window-state - Save and restore window sizes and positions.
nuts - Releases server with auto-updater and GitHub as a backend.
electrify - Package Meteor apps.
nativefier - Create an app of any website.
ember-electron - Build, test, and package Ember apps.
electron-osx-sign - Code-signing for OS X apps.
electron-installer-debian - Create a Debian package.
electron-installer-redhat - Create a Red Hat package.
electron-installer-windows - Create a Windows package.
electron-json-storage - Write and read user settings.
devtool - Debug Node.js with Chrome DevTools.
electron-release-server - Self-hosted release server with front-end & auto-updater support.

Components

menubar - High-level way to create a menubar app.
titlebar - Emulate the OS X window titlebar.
chrome-tabs - Chrome like tabs.
cookies - Adds support for document.cookie.
window - Easily create and manage windows.
is-electron-renderer - Check if your code is running in main or renderer.
ipc-stream - Duplex stream over IPC.
Photon - UI toolkit for building beautiful apps.
React PhotonKit - Photon components built with React.
React Desktop - UI toolkit for OS X and Windows built with React.
electron-input-menu - Context menu for input elements.

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