Electron apps to be built from source

[YoshiRulz]

Until recently, it was non-trivial to build Electron-based apps from source (see #46382). I gather the situation has now improved and these packages can be revisited.

• arduino-ide currently packaged from AppImage
• authy has been removed from Nixpkgs
• bilibili currently packaged from .deb, little hope for building from source
• breitbandmessung proprietary, no source available
• camunda-modeler currently packaged from binary tarball
• clockify proprietary, no source available
• cypress currently packaged from binary tarball
• code-cursor proprietary, no source available
• electronplayer was packaged from AppImage, but has been removed from Nixpkgs
• etcher was packaged from .deb, but has been removed from Nixpkgs
• feishin was packaged from binary tarball
• figma-linux was packaged from .deb
• filen-desktop currently packaged from AppImage
• flexoptix-app proprietary, no source available
• freetube was packaged from AppImage
• hakuneko currently packaged from .deb
• headset currently packaged from .deb
• itch currently packaged from binary tarball
• logseq was packaged from AppImage, removed from Nixpkgs, then re-packaged from source
• mailspring currently packaged from .deb
• mattermost-desktop was packaged from binary tarball
• morgen proprietary, no source available
• nix-tour-unstable appears to be a web app which is just wrapped with Electron for convenience
• obinskit has been removed from Nixpkgs
• obsidian proprietary, no source available
• p3x-onenote currently packaged from AppImage
• pocket-casts appears to be a web app which is just wrapped with Electron for convenience
• pritunl-client proprietary, appears to be a web app which is just wrapped with Electron for convenience
• pulsar currently packaged from binary tarball
• revolt-desktop currently packaged from AppImage
• roam-research proprietary, no source available
• slack proprietary, no source available
• spotify proprietary, no source available
• standardnotes currently packaged from .deb
• stretchly currently packaged from binary tarball
• super-productivity was packaged from AppImage
• teleprompter was packaged from binary tarball, but has been removed from Nixpkgs
• termius proprietary, no source available
• terra-station currently packaged from .deb
• thedesk currently packaged from .deb
• threema-desktop was packaged from .deb
• tidal-hifi was packaged from .deb
• todoist proprietary, no source available
• trilium-desktop currently packaged from binary tarball
• tutanota-desktop currently just uses AppImage
• uhk-agent currently packaged from AppImage
• vscode proprietary
• vscodium currently packaged from binary tarball
• windsurf proprietary, no source available
• wire-desktop currently packaged from .deb
• yesplaymusic was packaged from .deb, but has been removed from Nixpkgs

See also #295770 re: updating some of these packages and #17073 re: building Electron itself from source.
See also #291051 re: enabling Ozone globally.

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[eclairevoyant]

how did you obtain this list? quite sure there's a lot more than just the listed

[YoshiRulz]

A grep followed by manual pruning. (I also tried nixpkgs-review, but the grep quickly brought up some it missed.) If an expression looked like it was downloading a Git repo rather than a .deb, I omitted it. So it's definitely possible that I made a mistake.

[Aleksanaa]

I'd try to add some more:

• mailspring currently packaged from.deb
• yesplaymusic currently packaged from .deb
• figma-linux currently packaged from .deb