Electron
Cross-platform native desktop apps using JavaScript/HTML/CSS.
Apps
Open Source
Streaming torrent client.
Minimal web browser.
Terminal.
Cross-platform IDE.
Teaches you Git and GitHub.
Unofficial Facebook Messenger app.
Note keeper.
Markdown editor with inline preview.
Screen recorder with GIF support.
Redis database management.
Voice controlled smart mirror.
Browser with peer-to-peer web protocols.
Unofficial KeePass app.
GitHub notifications in your menubar.
Interactive disk space and memory visualization.
Cloud notepad.
MIDI looper and synth for live electronic music performances.
Timer based on the Pomodoro Technique.
GitHub flavored Markdown editor with live preview.
SQL client.
Code editor with instant feedback.
Unofficial Google Play Music app.
Chrome DevTools packaged as an app.
Markdown editor with live preview.
Password generator.
Markdown note & code snippet app for developers.
Screensaver tool.
Utility for Spotify.
Image organizer.
Tracks your time.
Mattermost client.
Secure encryption client.
Unofficial Google Hangouts app.
Music player.
Go/Baduk/Weiqi board.
Messenger and calling app.
Terminal.
Ubuntu system optimizer.
Notes app with GitHub-flavored Markdown.
Launcher with inline previews.
Lossless video trimming & cutting.
E-book management.
Create and manage HTTP requests.
Unofficial Evernote app.
Password manager.
Extensible email client. (Fork of Nylas Mail)
Discover, collect, and listen to music from YouTube.
Music player that streams from free sources.
Real-time preview Markdown editor.
Pomodoro timer.
Visualizer for deep learning and machine learning models.
Flash OS images to SD cards and USB drives.
Markdown-based note-taking.
Set desktop wallpaper from Unsplash.
Download manager.
Skype, Slack, Hangouts, WhatsApp, Grape, Telegram, FB Messenger, Hipchat in the same app.
Unofficial Gmail app.
Invoicing.
Clean image metadata with drag and drop.
Code snippet manager for developers.
Password manager.
Client for MQTT, which is a lightweight messaging protocol.
Web debugging proxy.
Cross-platform SQL editor and database manager.
Keyboard shortcut training and look-up.
Unicode character search.
Cross-platform code editor.
Notebook app with rich-text notes, nested note organization and global search.
Live satellite imagery for your desktop background.
Alternative Epic games launcher.
Intelligent time manager with automatic planning.
Browser prompter for macOS.
Daily journal.
Cross-platform Shadowsocks client.
Modern file manager.
Monitor and interact with Spring Boot apps via Actuator.
BitTorrent client.
Open-source terminal with AI integration.
Companion desktop app for Signal mobile app.
Boilerplates
Boilerplate to kickstart creating an app - by sindresorhus.
Scaffold out an app boilerplate.
Comprehensive boilerplate which even generates installers - by szwacz.
Boilerplate based on React and webpack.
Clone the repo to try a simple app.
Scaffold, run, test, and package your app.
Security-focused boilerplate for creating apps with React, Redux, Webpack, and i18next.
Fast bootstrapping with Angular, Electron, TypeScript, SASS, and Hot Reload.
Secure boilerplate for Electron app based on Vite. TypeScript + Vue/React/Angular/Svelte/Vanilla.
Tools
For Electron
Create installers.
Package and distribute your app.
Adds useful debug features.
Check if Electron is running in development.
Add keyboard shortcuts locally to a window.
Fix the $PATH on macOS when run from a GUI app. Useful when spawning a child process.
Simplified file downloads.
Self-hosted release server with front-end & auto-updater support.
Rebuild native Node.js modules against the currently installed Electron version.
Chrome-like "inspect element" context-menu.
Create a Debian package.
Create a Red Hat package.
Create a Windows package.
Download the Electron release zip from GitHub.
Code-signing for macOS apps.
Build, test, and package Ember apps.
Save and load data like user preferences, app state, cache, etc.
Extensible context menu.
Embedded persistent or in-memory database.
A realtime NoSQL database.
Install DevTools extensions from the Chrome Web Store.
Simple logging.
'About This App' window.
Live-reload your app during development.
Check if a string is a valid accelerator.
View PDF files in browser windows.
Simplified HTTP requests.
Catch unhandled errors and promise rejections.
Useful utilities for developing apps and modules.
Simple auto-reloading during development.
Static file serving (Useful for routing, like react-router).
Pretty logger.
Chromium's network errors as custom error classes.
Run Electron without all the junk terminal output.
Debug in-production Electron-based apps.
Simplified IPC communication.
Add support for Chrome extensions.
TypeScript SQLite database layer with support for both native C++ and pure JavaScript backends.
Monitor and reload apps out-of-process during development.
Identify misconfigurations and security anti-patterns.
Fast and easy-to-use build tool integrated with Vite.
Build apps that can be extended through plugins.
Native WebAuthn/Passkey support for macOS apps via Apple's AuthenticationServices framework.
Using Electron
Create an app of any website.
Streaming wrapper.
Generate PDF from URL, HTML, or Markdown files on the command-line.
Run Mocha tests in Electron.
Inspect your React and React Native apps.
Run and debug Jest unit tests in a browser environment.