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Awesome Electron 
Useful resources for creating apps with Electron
Electron is an open-source framework for creating desktop apps using web technologies. It combines the Chromium rendering engine and the Node.js runtime.
Contents
Apps
Made with Electron.
Open Source
Featured
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Beaker - Browser with peer-to-peer web protocols.
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Hyper - Terminal.
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WebTorrent - Streaming torrent client.
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Kap - Screen recorder with GIF support.
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Min - Minimal web browser.
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SpaceRadar - Interactive disk space and memory visualization.
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Atom - Code editor.
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Visual Studio Code - Cross-platform IDE.
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Wexond - Web browser with material UI and extensions API.
Other
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Git-it - Teaches you Git and GitHub.
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Caprine - Unofficial Facebook Messenger app.
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Simplenote - Note keeper.
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nuTorrent - BitTorrent client.
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Abricotine - Markdown editor with inline preview.
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Medis - Redis database management.
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Kakapo - Ambient sound mixer for relaxation or productivity.
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SmartMirror - Voice controlled smart mirror.
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Koko - IRC client.
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KeeWeb - Unofficial KeePass app.
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Gitify - GitHub notifications in your menubar.
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Friends - P2P chat.
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Cumulus - SoundCloud player in your menubar.
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Kitematic - Docker container management.
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FatFileFinder - Find large files on your machine.
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ScreenCat - Screen sharing & remote collaboration.
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Mapbox Studio - Map designer.
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LevelUI - LevelDB management.
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Vmd - Preview Markdown files.
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Kyoku - Displays current iTunes song.
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GReader - Collect and read offline readme files of GitHub repos.
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Leanote - Cloud notepad.
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Snapper - Screen capturing & recording for Android devices.
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Imagemin - Minify images.
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We Build SG - Upcoming events & recently updated repos from webuild.sg.
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Piglet - Run Grunt tasks from your menubar.
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Yoda - Browse and download YouTube videos.
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Loop Drop - MIDI looper and synth for live electronic music performances.
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Toby - YouTube player.
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Kaku - Music player.
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Markn - Markdown viewer.
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Shiba - Live Markdown preview with linting.
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Yays - YouTube music player in your menubar.
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Monu - Process monitoring.
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DevDocs - Unofficial DevDocs.io app.
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google-music-electron - Unofficial Google music app.
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Pomodoro - Timer based on the Pomodoro Technique.
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Sia-UI - Decentralized file storage system based on cryptocurrency technology.
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MarkRight - GitHub flavored Markdown editor with live preview.
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Mongotron - MongoDB management tool.
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Colonizers - "Catan" inspired board game.
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Eintopf - Manage development projects with Docker.
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WhatsDesktop - Unofficial WhatsApp app.
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Sqlectron - SQL client.
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docker-indicator - Unofficial Docker menubar app.
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Light Table - Code editor with instant feedback.
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Tubehead - YouTube music player in your menubar.
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Google Play Music Desktop Player - Unofficial Google Play Music app.
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Chrome DevTools - Chrome DevTools packaged as an app.
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Yeobara - Meetup check-in with beacon.
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Proton - Markdown editor with live preview.
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James - HTTP proxy to view and intercept browser requests.
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DTCP - Twitter client.
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Inbox - Unofficial Google Inbox app.
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tweet-rec - Tweet recording player.
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Snippet Bar - Copy-paste & re-use text snippets in your menubar.
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Electronic WeChat - Unofficial WeChat app.
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dida - Add tasks to TickTick (滴答清单).
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FromScratch - Autosaving scratchpad.
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Hawkpass - Password generator.
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Gokotta - Music player.
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Shake - Japanese Earthquake Early Warning Notifier.
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Fog - Unofficial Overcast podcast app.
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Wmail - Unofficial Gmail & Google Inbox app.
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Boostnote - Markdown note & code snippet app for developers.
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Before Dawn - Screensaver tool.
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Active Collab - Unofficial Active Collab app.
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Hain - Launcher for Windows.
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Catify - Utility for Spotify.
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Minira - JIRA issues in your menubar.
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Ansel - Image organizer.
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Build Checker App - Check CI-server build statuses.
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Tockler - Tracks your time.
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Mattermost - Mattermost client.
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PupaFM - DoubanFM music player.
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MediumDesk - Unofficial Medium app.
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Lightgallery - Image viewer.
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Crypter - Secure encryption client.
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YakYak - Unofficial Google Hangouts app.
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Museeks - Music player.
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VOX - Unofficial VOX music player.
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Sabaki - Go/Baduk/Weiqi board.
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Marky - Markdown editor.
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Deco - React Native IDE.
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Toshocat - Anime/Manga Progress Tracker.
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iStats - CPU and memory stats on your menubar.
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Wire - Messenger and calling app.
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Ramme - Unofficial Instagram app.
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Moonview - Ambient notepad.
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DBGlass - PostgreSQL client.
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Slide Beacon - Physical web beacon broadcast.
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Rambox - Chat and email app that combines multiple services like Discord, Hangouts, Gmail and Outlook.
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Extraterm - Terminal.
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Materialette - Material design color palette in your menubar.
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Dext - Launcher.
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PB for Desktop - Pushbullet client.
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GroupMe - Unofficial GroupMe app.
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ndm - npm desktop manager.
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GIFBar - Search GIFs in your menubar.
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Stacer - Ubuntu system optimizer.
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Zazu - Launcher.
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Inpad - Notes app with GitHub-flavored Markdown.
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Cerebro - Launcher with inline previews.
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Desktop Dimmer - Control the brightness of any display.
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LosslessCut - Lossless video trimming & cutting.
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Buka - E-book management.
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Insomnia - Create and manage HTTP requests.
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Tusk - Unofficial Evernote app.
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ProtonMail Desktop - Unofficial ProtonMail app.
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Comma Chameleon - CSV editor.
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Buttercup Desktop - Password manager.
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Mailspring - Extensible email client. (Fork of Nylas Mail)
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Manta - Invoicing for freelancers with beautiful and customizable templates.
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Headset - Discover, collect, and listen to music from YouTube.
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Nuclear - Music player that streams from free sources.
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FreeMAN - File manager for power users.
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Mark Text - Real-time preview Markdown editor.
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Pomotroid - Pomodoro timer.
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Pretzel - Show and search keyboard shortcuts for the current app.
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Netron - Visualizer for deep learning and machine learning models.
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Ao - Unofficial Microsoft To-Do app.
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Etcher - Flash OS images to SD cards and USB drives.
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Noty - Auto-saving sticky note with support for multiple notes in a single window.
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Notable - Markdown-based note-taking.
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Mini Diary - Simple and secure journal app.
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Unsplash Wallpapers - Set desktop wallpaper from Unsplash.
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Motrix - Download manager.
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Franz - Skype, Slack, Hangouts, WhatsApp, Grape, Telegram, FB Messenger, Hipchat in the same app.
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Gmail Desktop - Unofficial Gmail app.
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Upcount - Invoicing.
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ExifCleaner - Clean image metadata with drag and drop.
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massCode - Code snippet manager for developers.
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Swifty - Password manager.
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MQTTX - Client for MQTT, which is a lightweight messaging protocol.
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LightProxy - Web debugging proxy.
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Beekeeper Studio - Cross-platform SQL editor and database manager.
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Mouseless - Keyboard shortcut training and look-up.
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Glyphfinder - Unicode character search.
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Graviton Editor - Cross-platform code editor.
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Yana - Notebook app with rich-text notes, nested note organization and global search.
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SpaceEye - Live satellite imagery for your desktop background.
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Heroic Games Launcher - Alternative Epic games launcher.
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VIR - Intelligent time manager with automatic planning.
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Browserosaurus - Browser prompter for macOS.
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linked - Daily journal.
Closed Source
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GitKraken - Git client.
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1Clipboard - Universal clipboard manager.
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Postman - Create and send HTTP requests.
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Slack - Desktop version.
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Avocode - Share design and collaborate.
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Prepros - Compile almost any preprocessing language with live browser refresh.
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Stremio - Media center.
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Typetalk - Share and discuss ideas with your team through instant messaging.
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Pingendo - Bootstrap prototyping.
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Spreaker Studio - Audio recording and broadcasting.
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MockingBot - Prototyping tool for designing apps.
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Caret - Markdown editor.
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Wantedly Chat - Business team chat. (Japanese)
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Remember - Business card management. (Korean)
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MongoDB Compass - Official MongoDB app.
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Freeter - Organizer for freelancers & creatives.
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WhatsApp - Official WhatsApp app.
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CatLight - Build status notifier.
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Automint - CRM for automobile businesses.
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Discord - Voice and text chat.
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Cocos Creator - Game editor for creating web and native games for Cocos2D-x.
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Inkdrop - Markdown notebook for hackers.
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Exodus - Secure, manage, and exchange blockchain assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum.
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Hackolade - Data modeling for NoSQL and multi-model databases.
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ScreenSquid - Record and playback website visitor sessions.
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CashNotify - Monitor your Stripe accounts from your menu bar.
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Mockoon - Mock servers in seconds.
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Twitch - Official Twitch app.
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Fenêtre - Picture-in-picture for your Mac.
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Cleavr - Provision servers and deploy web apps.
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Brandy - A brand asset manager for your menu bar.
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Cacher - Cloud-based, team-enabled code snippet manager with Gist sync.
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MusicPlus - Free music app for macOS and Windows.
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Mingo - MongoDB GUI.
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Moon Modeler - Schema design tool for MongoDB, Mongoose, and MariaDB.
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Notion - All-in-one workspace for your notes, tasks, wikis, and databases.
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FATpick - Guitar tablature viewer that scores your performance as you play along.
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Taskade - Realtime organization and collaboration tool for distributed teams with tasks, notes, and chat.
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Coloban - All-in-one project management tool with chats, Kanban, Gantt, calls, screenshare, and more.
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Dynobase - AWS DynamoDB GUI.
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Nota - Pro writing app designed for local Markdown files.
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Lotus - Keep up with GitHub notifications without stress.
Samples
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Electron API usage - Sample apps illustrating usage of Electron APIs.
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Screen Recorder - WebRTC screen recorder.
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Activity Monitor - Shows a doughnut chart of the CPU system, user, and idle activity time.
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Hash - Shows the hash values of entered text using different algorithms.
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Prices - Shows the current price of oil, gold, and silver using the Yahoo Finance API.
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Touch Bar API - Example of macOS Touch Bar integration.
Boilerplates
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electron-boilerplate - Boilerplate to kickstart creating an app - by sindresorhus.
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generator-electron - Scaffold out an app boilerplate.
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electron-boilerplate - Comprehensive boilerplate which even generates installers - by szwacz.
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electron-react-boilerplate - Boilerplate based on React and webpack.
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electron-quick-start - Clone the repo to try a simple app.
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bozon - Scaffold, run, test, and package your app.
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secure-electron-template - Security-focused boilerplate for creating apps with React, Redux, Webpack, and i18next.
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angular-electron - Fast bootstrapping with Angular, Electron, TypeScript, SASS, and Hot Reload.
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vite-electron-builder - Secure boilerplate for Electron app based on Vite. TypeScript + Vue/React/Angular/Svelte/Vanilla.
For Electron
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electron-builder - Create installers.
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devtron - Official DevTools extension.
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electron-packager - Package and distribute your app.
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electron-debug - Adds useful debug features.
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electron-is-dev - Check if Electron is running in development.
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electron-localshortcut - Add keyboard shortcuts locally to a window.
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electron-gh-release - Auto-update by releasing on GitHub.
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electron-release - Publish a new release of your app to GitHub.
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electron-updater - Auto-updater leveraging npm to deploy updates.
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fix-path - Fix the $PATH on macOS when run from a GUI app. Useful when spawning a child process.
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auto-launch - Launch apps at system startup.
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nuts - Releases server with auto-updater and GitHub as a backend.
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electron-dl - Simplified file downloads.
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electron-release-server - Self-hosted release server with front-end & auto-updater support.
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electron-rebuild - Rebuild native Node.js modules against the currently installed Electron version.
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electron-compile - Use ES2015, CoffeeScript, Less, Stylus in your app without a precompilation step.
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electron-positioner - Position windows at common spots.
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electron-window-state - Persist window sizes and positions.
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electron-drag - Improved window dragging.
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debug-menu - Chrome-like "inspect element" context-menu.
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electron-installer-debian - Create a Debian package.
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electron-installer-redhat - Create a Red Hat package.
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electron-installer-windows - Create a Windows package.
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electron-sudo - Subprocesses with administrative privileges.
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electron-json-storage - Write and read user settings.
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electron-download - Download the Electron release zip from GitHub.
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ipc-stream - Duplex stream over IPC.
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is-electron-renderer - Check if your code is running in
main
or renderer
.
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electron-osx-sign - Code-signing for macOS apps.
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electron-detach - Restart an Electron app as a detached process.
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ember-electron - Build, test, and package Ember apps.
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electrify - Package Meteor apps.
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spectron - Test Electron apps using ChromeDriver.
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babel-preset-electron - Babel preset that only compiles what's necessary for a particular Electron version.
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electron-is - Utility functions.
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electron-osx-appearance - Simplified API for accessing macOS's appearance settings.
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electron-store - Save and load data like user preferences, app state, cache, etc.
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electron-context-menu - Extensible context menu.
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electron-require - Simplified require.
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NeDB - Embedded persistent or in-memory database.
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RxDB - A realtime NoSQL database.
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electron-devtools-installer - Install DevTools extensions from the Chrome Web Store.
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electron-log - Simple logging.
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electron-redux - Synchronize Redux state across windows.
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electron-vibrancy - Add vibrancy (blur) to windows.
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electron-about-window - 'About This App' window.
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elemon - Live-reload your app during development.
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electron-is-accelerator - Check if a string is a valid accelerator.
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electron-pdf-window - View PDF files in browser windows.
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electron-router - Router tidying up IPC message passing.
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electron-settings - Reads and writes user settings to disk.
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got - Simplified HTTP requests.
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electron-unhandled - Catch unhandled errors and promise rejections.
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electron-process-manager - Process manager UI (like Chrome's task manager).
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electron-util - Useful utilities for developing apps and modules.
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electron-reloader - Simple auto-reloading during development.
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electron-serve - Static file serving (Useful for routing, like
react-router
).
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electron-timber - Pretty logger.
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chromium-net-errors - Chromium's network errors as custom error classes.
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run-electron - Run Electron without all the junk terminal output.
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ngx-electron - Integrate Electron APIs and Angular.
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debugtron - Debug in-production Electron-based apps.
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electron-ssl-pinning - Prevent MITM.
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electron-better-ipc - Simplified IPC communication.
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electron-chrome-extension - Add support for Chrome extensions.
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electron-ipc-proxy - Transparent asynchronous remoting between browser windows and the main process.
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trilogy - TypeScript SQLite database layer with support for both native C++ and pure JavaScript backends.
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adblocker-electron - Block ads and trackers.
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electronmon - Monitor and reload apps out-of-process during development.
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electron-create-menu - Default menus for all platforms, easily extendable, and with i18n support.
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electronegativity - Identify misconfigurations and security anti-patterns.
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UpdateRocks! - Auto-update service. Free for open source projects.
Using Electron
Components
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Photon - UI toolkit for building beautiful apps.
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React PhotonKit - Photon components built with React.
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menubar - Menubar app framework.
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cookies - Adds support for
document.cookie
.
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window - Create and manage windows.
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React Desktop - UI toolkit for macOS and Windows built with React.
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electron-input-menu - Context menu for input elements.
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chrome-tabs - Chrome like tabs.
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titlebar - Emulate the macOS window titlebar.
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Brightwheel - Build and manage UI components with Photon and Etch.
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Xel - Widget toolkit for building native-like apps.
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