Awesome Electron

Useful resources for creating apps with Electron

Apps

Made with Electron.

Open Source

Featured

Beaker - Browser with peer-to-peer web protocols.
Hyper - Terminal.
WebTorrent - Streaming torrent client.
Kap - Screen recorder with GIF support.
Min - Minimal web browser.
Mancy - JavaScript REPL.
SpaceRadar - Interactive disk space and memory visualization.
Nocturn - Twitter client.
Mojibar - Emoji searcher in your menubar.
Playback - Video player.
Upterm - Terminal.
Atom - Code editor.
Visual Studio Code - Cross-platform IDE.
Wexond - Web browser with material UI and extensions API.

Other

Git-it - Teaches you Git and GitHub.
Caprine - Unofficial Facebook Messenger app.
Simplenote - Note keeper.
nuTorrent - BitTorrent client.
Abricotine - Markdown editor with inline preview.
Medis - Redis database management.
Kakapo - Ambient sound mixer for relaxation or productivity.
SmartMirror - Voice controlled smart mirror.
Koko - IRC client.
KeeWeb - Unofficial KeePass app.
Gitify - GitHub notifications in your menubar.
Friends - P2P chat.
Cumulus - SoundCloud player in your menubar.
Kitematic - Docker container management.
FatFileFinder - Find large files on your machine.
ScreenCat - Screen sharing & remote collaboration.
Gulp - Run Gulp tasks from your menubar.
Mapbox Studio - Map designer.
LevelUI - LevelDB management.
Vmd - Preview Markdown files.
Kyoku - Displays current iTunes song.
GReader - Collect and read offline readme files of GitHub repos.
Leanote - Cloud notepad.
Snapper - Screen capturing & recording for Android devices.
Imagemin - Minify images.
We Build SG - Upcoming events & recently updated repos from webuild.sg.
Piglet - Run Grunt tasks from your menubar.
Yoda - Browse and download YouTube videos.
Loop Drop - MIDI looper and synth for live electronic music performances.
Toby - YouTube player.
Kaku - Music player.
Yeoman - Scaffold projects using Yeoman.
Markn - Markdown viewer.
Shiba - Live Markdown preview with linting.
Yays - YouTube music player in your menubar.
TimoFM - DoubanFM music player.
Monu - Process monitoring.
Tèsèvè - Static webserver.
DevDocs - Unofficial DevDocs.io app.
Trendy - Trending GitHub repos in your menubar.
google-music-electron - Unofficial Google music app.
Pomodoro - Timer based on the Pomodoro Technique.
Sia-UI - Decentralized file storage system based on cryptocurrency technology.
MarkRight - GitHub flavored Markdown editor with live preview.
Mongotron - MongoDB management tool.
Colonizers - "Catan" inspired board game.
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.
Google Play Music Desktop Player - Unofficial Google Play Music app.
Chrome DevTools - Chrome DevTools packaged as an app.
Yeobara - Meetup check-in with beacon.
Proton - Markdown editor with live preview.
James - HTTP proxy to view and intercept browser requests.
DTCP - Twitter client.
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).
FromScratch - Autosaving scratchpad.
Hawkpass - Password generator.
Gokotta - Music player.
Shake - Japanese Earthquake Early Warning Notifier.
Fog - Unofficial Overcast podcast app.
Wmail - Unofficial Gmail & Google Inbox app.
Boostnote - Markdown note & code snippet app for developers.
Before Dawn - Screensaver tool.
Active Collab - Unofficial Active Collab app.
Hain - Launcher for Windows.
Catify - Utility for Spotify.
Minira - JIRA issues in your menubar.
Ansel - Image organizer.
Build Checker App - Check CI-server build statuses.
Tockler - Tracks your time.
Ghost - Professional publishing platform.
Mattermost - Mattermost client.
PupaFM - DoubanFM music player.
MediumDesk - Unofficial Medium app.
Lightgallery - Image viewer.
Crypter - Secure encryption client.
YakYak - Unofficial Google Hangouts app.
Museeks - Music player.
VOX - Unofficial VOX music player.
Sabaki - Go/Baduk/Weiqi board.
Marky - Markdown editor.
Deco - React Native IDE.
Toshocat - Anime/Manga Progress Tracker.
iStats - CPU and memory stats on your menubar.
Wire - Messenger and calling app.
Ramme - Unofficial Instagram app.
Moonview - Ambient notepad.
Temps - Weather forecast in your menubar.
DBGlass - PostgreSQL client.
Slide Beacon - Physical web beacon broadcast.
Rambox - Chat and email app that combines multiple services like Discord, Hangouts, Gmail and Outlook.
Extraterm - Terminal.
Materialette - Material design color palette in your menubar.
Dext - Launcher.
PB for Desktop - Pushbullet client.
GroupMe - Unofficial GroupMe app.
ndm - npm desktop manager.
GIFBar - Search GIFs in your menubar.
Stacer - Ubuntu system optimizer.
Zazu - Launcher.
Inpad - Notes app with GitHub-flavored Markdown.
Cerebro - Launcher with inline previews.
Desktop Dimmer - Control the brightness of any display.
LosslessCut - Lossless video trimming & cutting.
Buka - E-book management.
Insomnia - Create and manage HTTP requests.
Tusk - Unofficial Evernote app.
ProtonMail Desktop - Unofficial ProtonMail app.
Comma Chameleon - CSV editor.
Buttercup Desktop - Password manager.
Mailspring - Extensible email client. (Fork of Nylas Mail)
Manta - Invoicing for freelancers with beautiful and customizable templates.
Headset - Discover, collect, and listen to music from YouTube.
Nuclear - Music player that streams from free sources.
Inboxer - Unofficial Google Inbox app.
FreeMAN - File manager for power users.
Mark Text - Real-time preview Markdown editor.
Pomotroid - Pomodoro timer.
Pretzel - Show and search keyboard shortcuts for the current app.
Netron - Visualizer for deep learning and machine learning models.
Ao - Unofficial Microsoft To-Do app.
Etcher - Flash OS images to SD cards and USB drives.
Noty - Auto-saving sticky note with support for multiple notes in a single window.
Notable - Markdown-based note-taking.
Mini Diary - Simple and secure journal app.
Unsplash Wallpapers - Set desktop wallpaper from Unsplash.
Motrix - Download manager.

Closed Source

GitKraken - Git client.
1Clipboard - Universal clipboard manager.
Franz - Skype, Slack, Hangouts, WhatsApp, Grape, Telegram, FB Messenger, Hipchat in the same app.
Postman - Create and send HTTP requests.
Slack - Desktop version.
Avocode - Share design and collaborate.
Prepros - Compile almost any preprocessing language with live browser refresh.
Stremio - Media center.
Typetalk - Share and discuss ideas with your team through instant messaging.
Pingendo - Bootstrap prototyping.
Spreaker Studio - Audio recording and broadcasting.
MockingBot - Prototyping tool for designing apps.
Caret - Markdown editor.
Wantedly Chat - Business team chat. (Japanese)
Remember - Business card management. (Korean)
Pubu - Real-time chat for team communication. (Chinese)
BearyChat - Team messaging service. (Chinese)
MongoDB Compass - Official MongoDB app.
Freeter - Organizer for freelancers & creatives.
WhatsApp - Official WhatsApp app.
CatLight - Build status notifier.
Paws - Trello client.
Automint - CRM for automobile businesses.
CrossCloud - Secure sync for multiple cloud storages.
Discord - Voice and text chat for gamers.
Cocos Creator - Game editor for creating web and native games for Cocos2D-x.
Inkdrop - Markdown notebook for hackers.
Exodus - Secure, manage, and exchange blockchain assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum.
Hackolade - Data modeling for NoSQL and multi-model databases.
ScreenSquid - Record and playback website visitor sessions.
CashNotify - Monitor your Stripe accounts from your menu bar.
Mockoon - Mock servers in seconds.
Twitch - Official Twitch app.
Fenêtre - Picture-in-picture for your Mac.
Cleaver - Provision servers and deploy web apps.
Brandy - A brand asset manager for your menu bar.
Cacher - Cloud-based, team-enabled code snippet manager with Gist sync.
MusicPlus - Free music app for macOS and Windows.
Mingo - MongoDB GUI.

Samples

Electron API usage - Sample apps illustrating usage of Electron APIs.
Screen Recorder - WebRTC screen recorder.
Activity Monitor - Shows a doughnut chart of the CPU system, user, and idle activity time.
Hash - Shows the hash values of entered text using different algorithms.
Prices - Shows the current price of oil, gold, and silver using the Yahoo Finance API.
Touch Bar API - Example of macOS Touch Bar integration.

Boilerplates

electron-boilerplate - Boilerplate to kickstart creating an app - by sindresorhus.
generator-electron - Scaffold out an app boilerplate.
electron-boilerplate - Comprehensive boilerplate which even generates installers - by szwacz.
electron-react-boilerplate - Boilerplate based on React and webpack.
descjop - ClojureScript boilerplate for creating an app.
electron-quick-start - Clone the repo to try a simple app.
bozon - Scaffold, run, test, and package your app.
electron-vue - Easily build your app with Vue and common plugins.
electron-next-skeleton - Boilerplate to build your app with Next.js.
electron-sandbox - Boilerplate and tutorial for creating secure apps (sandbox & communication over IPC).
angular-electron - Fast bootstrapping with Angular, Electron, TypeScript, SASS, and Hot Reload.

Tools

For Electron

electron-builder - Create installers.
devtron - Official DevTools extension.
electron-packager - Package and distribute your app.
electron-debug - Adds useful debug features.
electron-is-dev - Check if Electron is running in development.
electron-localshortcut - Add keyboard shortcuts locally to a window.
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.
fix-path - Fix the $PATH on macOS when run from a GUI app. Useful when spawning a child process.
auto-launch - Launch apps at system startup.
nuts - Releases server with auto-updater and GitHub as a backend.
electron-dl - Simplified file downloads.
electron-release-server - Self-hosted release server with front-end & auto-updater support.
electron-rebuild - Rebuild native Node.js modules against the currently installed Electron version.
electron-compile - Use ES2015, CoffeeScript, Less, Stylus in your app without a precompilation step.
electron-positioner - Position windows at common spots.
electron-window-state - Persist window sizes and positions.
electron-drag - Improved window dragging.
debug-menu - Chrome-like "inspect element" context-menu.
electron-installer-debian - Create a Debian package.
electron-installer-redhat - Create a Red Hat package.
electron-installer-windows - Create a Windows package.
electron-sudo - Subprocesses with administrative privileges.
electron-json-storage - Write and read user settings.
electron-download - Download the Electron release zip from GitHub.
ipc-stream - Duplex stream over IPC.
is-electron-renderer - Check if your code is running in main or renderer.
electron-osx-sign - Code-signing for macOS apps.
electron-detach - Restart an Electron app as a detached process.
ember-electron - Build, test, and package Ember apps.
electrify - Package Meteor apps.
spectron - Test Electron apps using ChromeDriver.
babel-preset-electron - Babel preset that only compiles what's necessary for a particular Electron version.
electron-is - Utility functions.
electron-osx-appearance - Simplified API for accessing macOS's appearance settings.
electron-store - Save and load data like user preferences, app state, cache, etc.
electron-context-menu - Extensible context menu.
electron-require - Simplified require.
NeDB - Embedded persistent or in-memory database.
electron-devtools-installer - Install DevTools extensions from the Chrome Web Store.
electron-log - Simple logging.
electron-redux - Synchronize Redux state across windows.
electron-vibrancy - Add vibrancy (blur) to windows.
electron-about-window - 'About This App' window.
elemon - Live-reload your app during development.
electron-is-accelerator - Check if a string is a valid accelerator.
electron-pdf-window - View PDF files in browser windows.
electron-router - Router tidying up IPC message passing.
electron-settings - Reads and writes user settings to disk.
got - Simplified HTTP requests.
electron-unhandled - Catch unhandled errors and promise rejections.
electron-process-manager - Process manager UI (like Chrome's task manager).
electron-util - Useful utilities for developing apps and modules.
electron-reloader - Simple auto-reloading during development.
electron-serve - Static file serving (Useful for routing, like react-router).
electron-timber - Pretty logger.
chromium-net-errors - Chromium's network errors as custom error classes.
run-electron - Run Electron without all the junk terminal output.
ngx-electron - Integrate Electron APIs and Angular.
debugtron - Debug in-production Electron-based apps.
electron-ssl-pinning - Prevent MITM.
electron-better-ipc - Simplified IPC communication.
electron-chrome-extension - Add support for Chrome extensions.
electron-ipc-proxy - Transparent asynchronous remoting between browser windows and the main process.
trilogy - TypeScript SQLite database layer with support for both native C++ and pure JavaScript backends.

Using Electron

devtool - Debug Node.js with Chrome DevTools.
nativefier - Create an app of any website.
electron-stream - Streaming wrapper.
Nightmare - High-level browser automation library (alternative to PhantomJS).
electron-pdf - Generate PDF from URL, HTML, or Markdown files on the command-line.
Geojsonapp - Preview GeoJSON locally.
electron-mocha - Run Mocha tests in Electron.
electron-har - Command-line tool for generating HTTP Archive (HAR).
electron-windows-store - Turn Electron apps into Windows Store AppX packages.
Reactotron - Inspect your React and React Native apps.

Components

Photon - UI toolkit for building beautiful apps.
React PhotonKit - Photon components built with React.
menubar - Menubar app framework.
cookies - Adds support for document.cookie.
window - Create and manage windows.
React Desktop - UI toolkit for macOS and Windows built with React.
electron-input-menu - Context menu for input elements.
chrome-tabs - Chrome like tabs.
titlebar - Emulate the macOS window titlebar.
Brightwheel - Build and manage UI components with Photon and Etch.
Xel - Widget toolkit for building native-like apps.

Documentation

Articles

Electron Fundamentals
Building a desktop application with Electron
Codesigning your app for macOS
Auto-updating apps for macOS and Windows: The complete guide
How To Make Your Electron App Sexy
Building a desktop app with Electron, React, and Redux
Introducing BrowserView for Electron - New Electron API to embed web apps with fewer bugs and improved performance.
Migrating Slack’s Desktop App to BrowserView - Slack rewrote their Electron app with BrowserView, Redux, Rx, and TypeScript, to fix its performance problems.
Bringing Native Performance to Electron - Realm rewrote their database browser app with Electron for cross-platform support.
Electron on the App Store - A 5-part series about the journey of making and publishing an Electron app to the Mac App Store.
Building a file explorer with Electron, Quasar, and Vue - Focused on design and code decisions and Electron security.
Using Google Analytics to gather usage statistics in Electron - How to collect anonymous user statistics.

Books

Videos

Getting Started with Electron 1.x
Packaging and Distributing Electron Desktop Apps
Multi Window Electron Desktop Apps
The State of Electron
Cross-Platform Desktop Apps with Electron
Building Native Desktop apps using Electron
The New Desktop: Electron, React, & Pixel-Perfect Native-Feeling Experiences
Building Desktop Apps with Node.js and Electron
Electron Fundamentals course - Pluralsight 💲
Electron: Building Cross Platform Desktop Apps - Lynda 💲
Automatically Build and Publish Node and Electron Applications for Linux
Build a desktop application with Electron - Egghead 💲
Build Cross-Platform Desktop Apps with Electron - Frontend Masters 💲
Electron Meetup SF, November 2017 - Includes some good talks on improving app startup time, debugging crashes, etc.

Podcasts

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