Awesome Electron

Focused on design and code decisions and Electron security.

A 5-part series about the journey of making and publishing an Electron app to the Mac App Store.

New Electron API to embed web apps with fewer bugs and improved performance.

Slack rewrote their Electron app with BrowserView, Redux, Rx, and TypeScript, to fix its performance problems.

How to configure your app packaging for Apple's notarization.

How to collect anonymous user statistics.

Fast bootstrapping with Angular, Electron, TypeScript, SASS, and Hot Reload.

Scaffold, run, test, and package your app.

Comprehensive boilerplate which even generates installers - by szwacz.

Boilerplate to kickstart creating an app - by sindresorhus.

Clone the repo to try a simple app.

Boilerplate based on React and webpack.

Scaffold out an app boilerplate.

Security-focused boilerplate for creating apps with React, Redux, Webpack, and i18next.

Secure boilerplate for Electron app based on Vite. TypeScript + Vue/React/Angular/Svelte/Vanilla.

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Universal clipboard manager.

Share design and collaborate.

A brand asset manager for your menu bar.

Cloud-based, team-enabled code snippet manager with Gist sync.

Markdown editor.

Monitor your Stripe accounts from your menu bar.

Build status notifier.

Provision servers and deploy web apps.

Game editor for creating web and native games for Cocos2D-x.

All-in-one project management tool with chats, Kanban, Gantt, calls, screenshare, and more.

Voice and text chat.

AWS DynamoDB GUI.

Secure, manage, and exchange blockchain assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum.

Guitar tablature viewer that scores your performance as you play along.

Picture-in-picture for your Mac.

Organizer for freelancers & creatives.

Git client.

Data modeling for NoSQL and multi-model databases.

Markdown notebook for hackers.

Keep up with GitHub notifications without stress.

MongoDB GUI.

Prototyping tool for designing apps.

Mock servers in seconds.

Official MongoDB app.

Schema design tool for MongoDB, Mongoose, and MariaDB.

Free music app for macOS and Windows.

Pro writing app designed for local Markdown files.

All-in-one workspace for your notes, tasks, wikis, and databases.

Extensible Markdown note taking and knowledge management.

Integrated SSH and SFTP workspace client.

Bootstrap prototyping.

Create and send HTTP requests.

Compile almost any preprocessing language with live browser refresh.

Business card management. (Korean)

Store and run SQL queries.

Playground for JavaScript and TypeScript.

Desktop version.

Audio recording and broadcasting.

Media center.

Realtime organization and collaboration tool for distributed teams with tasks, notes, and chat.

Official Twitch app.

Share and discuss ideas with your team through instant messaging.

Official WhatsApp app.

(Russian)

(Brazilian Portuguese)

(Polish)

Chrome like tabs.

Menubar app framework.

UI toolkit for macOS and Windows built with React.

Widget toolkit for building native-like apps.

Concise overview.

Block ads and trackers.

Analytics for apps. Open source, privacy-friendly, and simple.

Chromium's network errors as custom error classes.

Chrome-like "inspect element" context-menu.

Debug in-production Electron-based apps.

'About This App' window.

Simplified IPC communication.

Create installers.

Add support for Chrome extensions.

Extensible context menu.

Adds useful debug features.

Install DevTools extensions from the Chrome Web Store.

Simplified file downloads.

Download the Electron release zip from GitHub.

Create a Debian package.

Create a Red Hat package.

Create a Windows package.

Check if a string is a valid accelerator.

Check if Electron is running in development.

Add keyboard shortcuts locally to a window.

Simple logging.

Code-signing for macOS apps.

Package and distribute your app.

View PDF files in browser windows.

Rebuild native Node.js modules against the currently installed Electron version.

Self-hosted release server with front-end & auto-updater support.

Simple auto-reloading during development.

Static file serving (Useful for routing, like react-router).

Save and load data like user preferences, app state, cache, etc.

Pretty logger.

Catch unhandled errors and promise rejections.

Useful utilities for developing apps and modules.

Fast and easy-to-use build tool integrated with Vite.

Native WebAuthn/Passkey support for macOS apps via Apple's AuthenticationServices framework.

Identify misconfigurations and security anti-patterns.

Monitor and reload apps out-of-process during development.

Live-reload your app during development.

Build, test, and package Ember apps.

Fix the $PATH on macOS when run from a GUI app. Useful when spawning a child process.

Simplified HTTP requests.

CLI tool that deploys apps without needing any special update servers, multi-platform CI, or code changes.

Embedded persistent or in-memory database.

Build apps that can be extended through plugins.

Run Electron without all the junk terminal output.

A realtime NoSQL database.

TypeScript SQLite database layer with support for both native C++ and pure JavaScript backends.

Auto-update service. Free for open source projects.

Markdown editor with inline preview.

Image organizer.

Browser with peer-to-peer web protocols.

Cross-platform SQL editor and database manager.

Screensaver tool.

Markdown note & code snippet app for developers.

Browser prompter for macOS.

E-book management.

Password manager.

Unofficial Facebook Messenger app.

Utility for Spotify.

Launcher with inline previews.

Chrome DevTools packaged as an app.

Secure encryption client.

Flash OS images to SD cards and USB drives.

Clean image metadata with drag and drop.

Terminal.

Skype, Slack, Hangouts, WhatsApp, Grape, Telegram, FB Messenger, Hipchat in the same app.

Teaches you Git and GitHub.

GitHub notifications in your menubar.

Unicode character search.

Unofficial Gmail app.

Unofficial Google Play Music app.

Cross-platform code editor.

Password generator.

Discover, collect, and listen to music from YouTube.

Alternative Epic games launcher.

Terminal.

Notes app with GitHub-flavored Markdown.

Create and manage HTTP requests.

Screen recorder with GIF support.

Unofficial KeePass app.

Cloud notepad.

Code editor with instant feedback.

Web debugging proxy.

Daily journal.

MIDI looper and synth for live electronic music performances.

Lossless video trimming & cutting.

Extensible email client. (Fork of Nylas Mail)

Real-time preview Markdown editor.

GitHub flavored Markdown editor with live preview.

Code snippet manager for developers.

Mattermost client.

Redis database management.

Minimal web browser.

Download manager.

Keyboard shortcut training and look-up.

Client for MQTT, which is a lightweight messaging protocol.

Music player.

Visualizer for deep learning and machine learning models.

Markdown-based note-taking.

Music player that streams from free sources.

Monitor and interact with Spring Boot apps via Actuator.

BitTorrent client.

Timer based on the Pomodoro Technique.

Pomodoro timer.

Markdown editor with live preview.

Go/Baduk/Weiqi board.

Cross-platform Shadowsocks client.

Decentralized file storage system based on cryptocurrency technology.

Modern file manager.

Companion desktop app for Signal mobile app.

Note keeper.

Voice controlled smart mirror.

Live satellite imagery for your desktop background.

Interactive disk space and memory visualization.

SQL client.

Ubuntu system optimizer.

Password manager.

Tracks your time.

Unofficial Evernote app.

Set desktop wallpaper from Unsplash.

Invoicing.

Intelligent time manager with automatic planning.

Cross-platform IDE.

Open-source terminal with AI integration.

Streaming torrent client.

Messenger and calling app.

Unofficial Google Hangouts app.

Notebook app with rich-text notes, nested note organization and global search.

Shows a doughnut chart of the CPU system, user, and idle activity time.

Sample apps illustrating usage of Electron APIs.

Shows the hash values of entered text using different algorithms.

Shows the current price of oil, gold, and silver using the Yahoo Finance API.

WebRTC screen recorder.

Run Mocha tests in Electron.

Generate PDF from URL, HTML, or Markdown files on the command-line.

Streaming wrapper.

Run and debug Jest unit tests in a browser environment.

Create an app of any website.

Inspect your React and React Native apps.

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Includes some good talks on improving app startup time, debugging crashes, etc.

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Tips on making your app feel more native on macOS, Windows, and Linux without sacrificing your own style.