Awesome Electron

Useful resources for creating apps with Electron

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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.

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.
• Boostnote - Markdown note app for developers.
• Sync - Team group messaging. (Japanese)
• Caret - Markdown editor.
• Postman - Create and send HTTP requests.

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.

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.

Documentation

• Quick Start
• Official docs
• Architecture overview

Articles

• Electron Fundamentals
• Building a desktop application with Electron
• Codesigning your app for OS X
• Auto-updating apps for Windows and OS X: The complete guide

Videos

• Creating Desktop Apps with Electron
• Packaging and Distributing Electron Desktop Apps
• Multi Window Electron Desktop Apps
• The State of Electron

Community

• Discuss
• StackOverflow
• #atom-shell on Freenode
• #electron on Atom Slack
• @electronjs on Twitter
• electron-jp (Japanese)
• electron-br (Brazilian Portuguese)
• electron-kr (Korean)

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License

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