Electron
Featured
4_ENTRIES- WebTorrent
Streaming torrent client.
- Min
Minimal web browser.
- Hyper
Terminal.
- Visual Studio Code
Cross-platform IDE.
Other
76_ENTRIES- Git-it
Teaches you Git and GitHub.
- Caprine
Unofficial Facebook Messenger app.
- Simplenote
Note keeper.
- Abricotine
Markdown editor with inline preview.
- Kap
Screen recorder with GIF support.
- Medis
Redis database management.
- SmartMirror
Voice controlled smart mirror.
- Beaker
Browser with peer-to-peer web protocols.
- KeeWeb
Unofficial KeePass app.
- Gitify
GitHub notifications in your menubar.
- SpaceRadar
Interactive disk space and memory visualization.
- Leanote
Cloud notepad.
- Loop Drop
MIDI looper and synth for live electronic music performances.
- 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.
- Sqlectron
SQL client.
- Light Table
Code editor with instant feedback.
- Google Play Music Desktop Player
Unofficial Google Play Music app.
- Chrome DevTools
Chrome DevTools packaged as an app.
- Proton
Markdown editor with live preview.
- Hawkpass
Password generator.
- Boostnote
Markdown note & code snippet app for developers.
- Before Dawn
Screensaver tool.
- Catify
Utility for Spotify.
- Ansel
Image organizer.
- Tockler
Tracks your time.
- Mattermost
Mattermost client.
- Crypter
Secure encryption client.
- YakYak
Unofficial Google Hangouts app.
- Museeks
Music player.
- Sabaki
Go/Baduk/Weiqi board.
- Wire
Messenger and calling app.
- Extraterm
Terminal.
- Stacer
Ubuntu system optimizer.
- Inpad
Notes app with GitHub-flavored Markdown.
- Cerebro
Launcher with inline previews.
- LosslessCut
Lossless video trimming & cutting.
- Buka
E-book management.
- Insomnia
Create and manage HTTP requests.
- Tusk
Unofficial Evernote app.
- Buttercup Desktop
Password manager.
- Mailspring
Extensible email client. (Fork of Nylas Mail)
- Headset
Discover, collect, and listen to music from YouTube.
- Nuclear
Music player that streams from free sources.
- Mark Text
Real-time preview Markdown editor.
- Pomotroid
Pomodoro timer.
- Netron
Visualizer for deep learning and machine learning models.
- Etcher
Flash OS images to SD cards and USB drives.
- Notable
Markdown-based note-taking.
- Unsplash Wallpapers
Set desktop wallpaper from Unsplash.
- Motrix
Download manager.
- Franz
Skype, Slack, Hangouts, WhatsApp, Grape, Telegram, FB Messenger, Hipchat in the same app.
- Gmail Desktop
Unofficial Gmail app.
- Upcount
Invoicing.
- ExifCleaner
Clean image metadata with drag and drop.
- massCode
Code snippet manager for developers.
- Swifty
Password manager.
- MQTTX
Client for MQTT, which is a lightweight messaging protocol.
- LightProxy
Web debugging proxy.
- Beekeeper Studio
Cross-platform SQL editor and database manager.
- Mouseless
Keyboard shortcut training and look-up.
- Glyphfinder
Unicode character search.
- Graviton Editor
Cross-platform code editor.
- Yana
Notebook app with rich-text notes, nested note organization and global search.
- SpaceEye
Live satellite imagery for your desktop background.
- Heroic Games Launcher
Alternative Epic games launcher.
- VIR
Intelligent time manager with automatic planning.
- Browserosaurus
Browser prompter for macOS.
- linked
Daily journal.
- shadowsocks-electron
Cross-platform Shadowsocks client.
- Sigma File Manager
Modern file manager.
- Ostara
Monitor and interact with Spring Boot apps via Actuator.
- PikaTorrent
BitTorrent client.
- Wave Terminal
Open-source terminal with AI integration.
- Signal Desktop
Companion desktop app for Signal mobile app.
Featured
2_ENTRIESOther
41_ENTRIES- GitKraken
Git client.
- 1Clipboard
Universal clipboard manager.
- 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.
- Remember
Business card management. (Korean)
- MongoDB Compass
Official MongoDB app.
- Freeter
Organizer for freelancers & creatives.
- WhatsApp
Official WhatsApp app.
- CatLight
Build status notifier.
- Discord
Voice and text chat.
- 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.
- 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.
- Cleavr
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.
- Moon Modeler
Schema design tool for MongoDB, Mongoose, and MariaDB.
- Notion
All-in-one workspace for your notes, tasks, wikis, and databases.
- FATpick
Guitar tablature viewer that scores your performance as you play along.
- Taskade
Realtime organization and collaboration tool for distributed teams with tasks, notes, and chat.
- Coloban
All-in-one project management tool with chats, Kanban, Gantt, calls, screenshare, and more.
- Dynobase
AWS DynamoDB GUI.
- Lotus
Keep up with GitHub notifications without stress.
- RunJS
Playground for JavaScript and TypeScript.
- OpenSFTP
Integrated SSH and SFTP workspace client.
- Obsidian
Extensible Markdown note taking and knowledge management.
Samples
5_ENTRIES- 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.
Boilerplates
9_ENTRIES- 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.
- electron-quick-start
Clone the repo to try a simple app.
- bozon
Scaffold, run, test, and package your app.
- secure-electron-template
Security-focused boilerplate for creating apps with React, Redux, Webpack, and i18next.
- angular-electron
Fast bootstrapping with Angular, Electron, TypeScript, SASS, and Hot Reload.
- vite-electron-builder
Secure boilerplate for Electron app based on Vite. TypeScript + Vue/React/Angular/Svelte/Vanilla.
For Electron
47_ENTRIES- electron-builder
Create installers.
- 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.
- fix-path
Fix the $PATH on macOS when run from a GUI app. Useful when spawning a child process.
- 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.
- 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-download
Download the Electron release zip from GitHub.
- electron-osx-sign
Code-signing for macOS apps.
- ember-electron
Build, test, and package Ember apps.
- electron-store
Save and load data like user preferences, app state, cache, etc.
- electron-context-menu
Extensible context menu.
- NeDB
Embedded persistent or in-memory database.
- RxDB
A realtime NoSQL database.
- electron-devtools-installer
Install DevTools extensions from the Chrome Web Store.
- electron-log
Simple logging.
- 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.
- got
Simplified HTTP requests.
- electron-unhandled
Catch unhandled errors and promise rejections.
- 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.
- debugtron
Debug in-production Electron-based apps.
- electron-better-ipc
Simplified IPC communication.
- electron-chrome-extension
Add support for Chrome extensions.
- trilogy
TypeScript SQLite database layer with support for both native C++ and pure JavaScript backends.
- adblocker-electron
Block ads and trackers.
- electronmon
Monitor and reload apps out-of-process during development.
- electronegativity
Identify misconfigurations and security anti-patterns.
- UpdateRocks!
Auto-update service. Free for open source projects.
- electron-vite
Fast and easy-to-use build tool integrated with Vite.
- pluggable-electron
Build apps that can be extended through plugins.
- Hydraulic Conveyor
CLI tool that deploys apps without needing any special update servers, multi-platform CI, or code changes.
- Aptabase
Analytics for apps. Open source, privacy-friendly, and simple.
- electron-webauthn-mac
Native WebAuthn/Passkey support for macOS apps via Apple's AuthenticationServices framework.
Using Electron
6_ENTRIES- nativefier
Create an app of any website.
- electron-stream
Streaming wrapper.
- electron-pdf
Generate PDF from URL, HTML, or Markdown files on the command-line.
- electron-mocha
Run Mocha tests in Electron.
- Reactotron
Inspect your React and React Native apps.
- jest-electron
Run and debug Jest unit tests in a browser environment.
Components
4_ENTRIES- menubar
Menubar app framework.
- React Desktop
UI toolkit for macOS and Windows built with React.
- chrome-tabs
Chrome like tabs.
- Xel
Widget toolkit for building native-like apps.
Documentation
3_ENTRIES- Essential Electron
Concise overview.
Articles
12_ENTRIES- 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. - 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.
- Notarizing your Electron app
How to configure your app packaging for Apple's notarization.
Books
3_ENTRIESVideos
14_ENTRIES- Electron Meetup SF, November 2017
Includes some good talks on improving app startup time, debugging crashes, etc.
- Make Your Electron App Feel at Home Everywhere
Tips on making your app feel more native on macOS, Windows, and Linux without sacrificing your own style.
Podcasts
3_ENTRIESCommunity
8_ENTRIES- electron-br
(Brazilian Portuguese)
- electron-pl
(Polish)
- `@electron_ru` on Telegram
(Russian)