awesomeelectron

Electron is an open-source framework for creating desktop apps using web technologies. It combines the Chromium rendering engine and the Node.js runtime.
https://github.com/dorisoy/awesomeelectron

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Apps
- Open Source
  - DevDocs - Unofficial DevDocs.io app.
  - Yeobara - Meetup check-in with beacon.
  - MediumDesk - Unofficial Medium app.
  - Lightgallery - Image viewer.
  - Crypter - Secure encryption client.
  - Hyper - Terminal.
  - Kap - Screen recorder with GIF support.
  - Min - Minimal web browser.
  - Visual Studio Code - Cross-platform IDE.
  - Wexond - Web browser with material UI and extensions API.
  - Git-it - Teaches you Git and GitHub.
  - Simplenote - Note keeper.
  - We Build SG - Upcoming events & recently updated repos from webuild.sg.
  - Piglet - Run Grunt tasks from your menubar.
  - Yoda - Browse and download YouTube videos.
  - Google Play Music Desktop Player - Unofficial Google Play Music app.
  - Chrome DevTools - Chrome DevTools packaged as an app.
  - Toshocat - Anime/Manga Progress Tracker.
  - Dext - Launcher.
  - PB for Desktop - Pushbullet client.
  - GroupMe - Unofficial GroupMe app.
  - ndm - npm desktop manager.
  - Ao - Unofficial Microsoft To-Do app.
  - Etcher - Flash OS images to SD cards and USB drives.
  - Noty - Auto-saving sticky note with support for multiple notes in a single window.
  - Beekeeper Studio - Cross-platform SQL editor and database manager.
  - Mouseless - Keyboard shortcut training and look-up.
  - Graviton Editor - Cross-platform code editor.
  - MarkRight - GitHub flavored Markdown editor with live preview.
  - Colonizers - "Catan" inspired board game.
  - 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.
  - Marky - Markdown editor.
  - Deco - React Native IDE.
  - Slide Beacon - Physical web beacon broadcast.
  - Rambox - Chat and email app that combines multiple services like Discord, Hangouts, Gmail and Outlook.
  - Extraterm - Terminal.
  - Mini Diary - Simple and secure journal app.
  - Motrix - Download manager.
  - Yana - Notebook app with rich-text notes, nested note organization and global search.
  - SpaceRadar - Interactive disk space and memory visualization.
  - Atom - Code editor.
  - Museeks - Music player.
  - VOX - Unofficial VOX music player.
  - Sabaki - Go/Baduk/Weiqi board.
  - Cerebro - Launcher with inline previews.
  - Nuclear - Music player that streams from free sources.
  - Mark Text - Real-time preview Markdown editor.
  - Netron - Visualizer for deep learning and machine learning models.
  - Loop Drop - MIDI looper and synth for live electronic music performances.
  - Mongotron - MongoDB management tool.
  - dida - Add tasks to TickTick (滴答清单).
  - FromScratch - Autosaving scratchpad.
  - Catify - Utility for Spotify.
  - Minira - JIRA issues in your menubar.
  - iStats - CPU and memory stats on your menubar.
  - Wire - Messenger and calling app.
  - Ramme - Unofficial Instagram app.
  - Moonview - Ambient notepad.
  - DBGlass - PostgreSQL client.
  - Desktop Dimmer - Control the brightness of any display.
  - LosslessCut - Lossless video trimming & cutting.
  - Notable - Markdown-based note-taking.
  - Unsplash Wallpapers - Set desktop wallpaper from Unsplash.
  - Upcount - Invoicing.
  - ExifCleaner - Clean image metadata with drag and drop.
  - Tockler - Tracks your time.
  - Mattermost - Mattermost client.
  - WebTorrent - Streaming torrent client.
  - Kitematic - Docker container management.
  - Zazu - Launcher.
  - Stacer - Ubuntu system optimizer.
  - Inpad - Notes app with GitHub-flavored Markdown.
  - Buka - E-book management.
  - Tusk - Unofficial Evernote app.
  - ProtonMail Desktop - Unofficial ProtonMail app.
  - Comma Chameleon - CSV editor.
  - Buttercup Desktop - Password manager.
  - Mailspring - Extensible email client. (Fork of Nylas Mail)
  - Manta - Invoicing for freelancers with beautiful and customizable templates.
  - Headset - Discover, collect, and listen to music from YouTube.
  - FreeMAN - File manager for power users.
  - Pomotroid - Pomodoro timer.
  - Pretzel - Show and search keyboard shortcuts for the current app.
  - MQTTX - Client for MQTT, which is a lightweight messaging protocol.
  - LightProxy - Web debugging proxy.
  - Glyphfinder - Unicode character search.
  - SpaceEye - Live satellite imagery for your desktop background.
  - Heroic Games Launcher - Alternative Epic games launcher.
  - VIR - Intelligent time manager with automatic planning.
  - Mapbox Studio - Map designer.
  - Medis - Redis database management.
  - Kakapo - Ambient sound mixer for relaxation or productivity.
  - SmartMirror - Voice controlled smart mirror.
  - KeeWeb - Unofficial KeePass app.
  - Gitify - GitHub notifications in your menubar.
  - Friends - P2P chat.
  - Cumulus - SoundCloud player in your menubar.
  - FatFileFinder - Find large files on your machine.
  - Vmd - Preview Markdown files.
  - Kyoku - Displays current iTunes song.
  - GReader - Collect and read offline readme files of GitHub repos.
  - Snapper - Screen capturing & recording for Android devices.
  - Yays - YouTube music player in your menubar.
  - Build Checker App - Check CI-server build statuses.
  - YakYak - Unofficial Google Hangouts app.
  - Materialette - Material design color palette in your menubar.
  - GIFBar - Search GIFs in your menubar.
  - Beaker - Browser with peer-to-peer web protocols.
  - Leanote - Cloud notepad.
  - Shiba - Live Markdown preview with linting.
  - Monu - Process monitoring.
  - tweet-rec - Tweet recording player.
  - Caprine - Unofficial Facebook Messenger app.
  - nuTorrent - BitTorrent client.
  - Abricotine - Markdown editor with inline preview.
  - Koko - IRC client.
  - ScreenCat - Screen sharing & remote collaboration.
  - LevelUI - LevelDB management.
  - Imagemin - Minify images.
  - Toby - YouTube player.
  - Kaku - Music player.
  - Markn - Markdown viewer.
  - google-music-electron - Unofficial Google music app.
  - Pomodoro - Timer based on the Pomodoro Technique.
  - Sia-UI - Decentralized file storage system based on cryptocurrency technology.
  - Tubehead - YouTube music player in your menubar.
  - Proton - Markdown editor with live preview.
  - James - HTTP proxy to view and intercept browser requests.
  - DTCP - Twitter client.
  - Inbox - Unofficial Google Inbox app.
  - Snippet Bar - Copy-paste & re-use text snippets in your menubar.
  - Electronic WeChat - Unofficial WeChat app.
  - Hawkpass - Password generator.
  - Gokotta - Music player.
  - Shake - Japanese Earthquake Early Warning Notifier.
  - Fog - Unofficial Overcast podcast app.
  - Wmail - Unofficial Gmail & Google Inbox app.
  - Boostnote - Markdown note & code snippet app for developers.
  - Before Dawn - Screensaver tool.
  - Active Collab - Unofficial Active Collab app.
  - Hain - Launcher for Windows.
  - Ansel - Image organizer.
  - PupaFM - DoubanFM music player.
  - Franz - Skype, Slack, Hangouts, WhatsApp, Grape, Telegram, FB Messenger, Hipchat in the same app.
  - massCode - Code snippet manager for developers.
  - Swifty - Password manager.
- Closed Source
  - Automint - CRM for automobile businesses.
  - Slack - Desktop version.
  - Brandy - A brand asset manager for your menu bar.
  - Spreaker Studio - Audio recording and broadcasting.
  - Remember - Business card management. *(Korean)*
  - WhatsApp - Official WhatsApp app.
  - Inkdrop - Markdown notebook for hackers.
  - CashNotify - Monitor your Stripe accounts from your menu bar.
  - Mockoon - Mock servers in seconds.
  - Twitch - Official Twitch app.
  - Coloban - All-in-one project management tool with chats, Kanban, Gantt, calls, screenshare, and more.
  - Nota - Pro writing app designed for local Markdown files.
  - Automint - CRM for automobile businesses.
  - Discord - Voice and text chat.
  - Fenêtre - Picture-in-picture for your Mac.
  - Prepros - Compile almost any preprocessing language with live browser refresh.
  - MockingBot - Prototyping tool for designing apps.
  - Notion - All-in-one workspace for your notes, tasks, wikis, and databases.
  - FATpick - Guitar tablature viewer that scores your performance as you play along.
  - Taskade - Realtime organization and collaboration tool for distributed teams with tasks, notes, and chat.
- Samples
  - Activity Monitor - Shows a doughnut chart of the CPU system, user, and idle activity time.
  - Electron API usage - Sample apps illustrating usage of Electron APIs.
  - Screen Recorder - WebRTC screen recorder.
  - Touch Bar API - Example of macOS Touch Bar integration.
Tools
- For Electron
  - electron-debug - Adds useful debug features.
  - electron-is-dev - Check if Electron is running in development.
  - electron-localshortcut - Add keyboard shortcuts locally to a window.
  - electron-gh-release - Auto-update by releasing on GitHub.
  - electron-installer-windows - Create a Windows package.
  - is-electron-renderer - Check if your code is running in `main` or `renderer`.
  - electron-detach - Restart an Electron app as a detached process.
  - ember-electron - Build, test, and package Ember apps.
  - electron-context-menu - Extensible context menu.
  - electron-rebuild - Rebuild native Node.js modules against the currently installed Electron version.
  - electron-window-state - Persist window sizes and positions.
  - electron-drag - Improved window dragging.
  - debug-menu - Chrome-like "inspect element" context-menu.
  - electron-download - Download the Electron release zip from GitHub.
  - electrify - Package Meteor apps.
  - babel-preset-electron - Babel preset that only compiles what's necessary for a particular Electron version.
  - electron-require - Simplified require.
  - electron-settings - Reads and writes user settings to disk.
  - electron-unhandled - Catch unhandled errors and promise rejections.
  - electron-process-manager - Process manager UI (like Chrome's task manager).
  - electron-is - Utility functions.
  - electron-osx-appearance - Simplified API for accessing macOS's appearance settings.
  - NeDB - Embedded persistent or in-memory database.
  - RxDB - A realtime NoSQL database.
  - electron-devtools-installer - Install DevTools extensions from the Chrome Web Store.
  - electron-log - Simple logging.
  - electron-redux - Synchronize Redux state across windows.
  - electron-vibrancy - Add vibrancy (blur) to windows.
  - electron-about-window - 'About This App' window.
  - elemon - Live-reload your app during development.
  - electron-is-accelerator - Check if a string is a valid accelerator.
  - electron-pdf-window - View PDF files in browser windows.
  - electron-serve - Static file serving (Useful for routing, like `react-router`).
  - adblocker-electron - Block ads and trackers.
  - electron-compile - Use ES2015, CoffeeScript, Less, Stylus in your app without a precompilation step.
  - spectron - Test Electron apps using ChromeDriver.
  - electron-release - Publish a new release of your app to GitHub.
  - fix-path - Fix the $PATH on macOS when run from a GUI app. Useful when spawning a child process.
  - auto-launch - Launch apps at system startup.
  - nuts - Releases server with auto-updater and GitHub as a backend.
  - electron-dl - Simplified file downloads.
  - electron-release-server - Self-hosted release server with front-end & auto-updater support.
  - electron-positioner - Position windows at common spots.
  - electron-installer-debian - Create a Debian package.
  - electron-installer-redhat - Create a Red Hat package.
  - electron-osx-sign - Code-signing for macOS apps.
  - electron-util - Useful utilities for developing apps and modules.
  - electron-reloader - Simple auto-reloading during development.
  - run-electron - Run Electron without all the junk terminal output.
  - electron-ssl-pinning - Prevent MITM.
  - electronmon - Monitor and reload apps out-of-process during development.
  - electron-builder - Create installers.
  - devtron - Official DevTools extension.
  - electron-packager - Package and distribute your app.
  - electron-create-menu - Default menus for all platforms, easily extendable, and with i18n support.
  - electronegativity - Identify misconfigurations and security anti-patterns.
  - ngx-electron - Integrate Electron APIs and Angular.
  - got - Simplified HTTP requests.
  - electron-better-ipc - Simplified IPC communication.
  - electron-sudo - Subprocesses with administrative privileges.
  - electron-json-storage - Write and read user settings.
  - ipc-stream - Duplex stream over IPC.
  - electron-store - Save and load data like user preferences, app state, cache, etc.
  - electron-router - Router tidying up IPC message passing.
  - electron-timber - Pretty logger.
  - chromium-net-errors - Chromium's network errors as custom error classes.
  - debugtron - Debug in-production Electron-based apps.
  - electron-chrome-extension - Add support for Chrome extensions.
  - electron-ipc-proxy - Transparent asynchronous remoting between browser windows and the main process.
- Using Electron
  - electron-mocha - Run Mocha tests in Electron.
  - electron-har - Command-line tool for generating HTTP Archive (HAR).
  - jest-electron - Run and debug Jest unit tests in a browser environment.
  - nativefier - Create an app of any website.
  - electron-stream - Streaming wrapper.
  - Reactotron - Inspect your React and React Native apps.
  - devtool - Debug Node.js with Chrome DevTools.
  - electron-windows-store - Turn Electron apps into Windows Store AppX packages.
  - electron-pdf - Generate PDF from URL, HTML, or Markdown files on the command-line.
  - Geojsonapp - Preview GeoJSON locally.
Components
- Using Electron
  - React Desktop - UI toolkit for macOS and Windows built with React.
  - electron-input-menu - Context menu for input elements.
  - titlebar - Emulate the macOS window titlebar.
  - Photon - UI toolkit for building beautiful apps.
  - menubar - Menubar app framework.
  - cookies - Adds support for `document.cookie`.
  - window - Create and manage windows.
  - chrome-tabs - Chrome like tabs.
  - Xel - Widget toolkit for building native-like apps.
  - React PhotonKit - Photon components built with React.
  - Brightwheel - Build and manage UI components with Photon and Etch.
Videos
- Using Electron
  - The State of Electron
  - Build a desktop application with Electron - Egghead
  - Getting Started with Electron 1.x
  - Electron Meetup SF, November 2017 - Includes some good talks on improving app startup time, debugging crashes, etc.
  - Build Cross-Platform Desktop Apps with Electron - Frontend Masters
  - Packaging and Distributing Electron Desktop Apps
  - Multi Window Electron Desktop Apps
  - Cross-Platform Desktop Apps with Electron
  - Building Native Desktop apps using Electron
  - The New Desktop: Electron, React, & Pixel-Perfect Native-Feeling Experiences
  - Building Desktop Apps with Node.js and Electron
  - Electron Fundamentals course - Pluralsight
  - Electron: Building Cross Platform Desktop Apps - Lynda
  - Make Your Electron App Feel at Home Everywhere - Tips on making your app feel more native on macOS, Windows, and Linux without sacrificing your own style.
Articles
- Using Electron
  - Codesigning your app for macOS
  - Building a desktop app with Electron, React, and Redux
  - Migrating Slack's Desktop App to BrowserView - Slack rewrote their Electron app with `BrowserView`, Redux, Rx, and TypeScript, to fix its performance problems.
  - Building a desktop application with Electron
  - Auto-updating apps for macOS and Windows: The complete guide
  - Introducing BrowserView for Electron - New Electron API to embed web apps with fewer bugs and improved performance.
  - Electron on the App Store - A 5-part series about the journey of making and publishing an Electron app to the Mac App Store.
  - Building a file explorer with Electron, Quasar, and Vue - Focused on design and code decisions and Electron security.
  - Using Google Analytics to gather usage statistics in Electron - How to collect anonymous user statistics.
  - Notarizing your Electron app - How to configure your app packaging for Apple's notarization.
  - Making Electron apps feel native on Mac
Related
- Using Electron
  - awesome-nodejs
  - awesome-electronjs-hacking
Boilerplates
- Samples
  - electron-quick-start - Clone the repo to try a simple app.
  - bozon - Scaffold, run, test, and package your app.
  - secure-electron-template - Security-focused boilerplate for creating apps with React, Redux, Webpack, and i18next.
  - angular-electron - Fast bootstrapping with Angular, Electron, TypeScript, SASS, and Hot Reload.
  - electron-boilerplate - Boilerplate to kickstart creating an app - by [sindresorhus](http://github.com/sindresorhus).
  - generator-electron - Scaffold out an app boilerplate.
  - electron-boilerplate - Comprehensive boilerplate which even generates installers - by [szwacz](https://github.com/szwacz).
  - electron-react-boilerplate - Boilerplate based on React and webpack.
  - vite-electron-builder - Secure boilerplate for Electron app based on Vite. TypeScript + Vue/React/Angular/Svelte/Vanilla.
Documentation
- Using Electron
  - Quick Start
  - Official docs
Community
- Using Electron
Books
- Using Electron
  - Developing an Electron Edge - [Preview](https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B01G7TTKSK&asin=B01G7TTKSK&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_DLhOxb0XZ3MEC) 💲
  - Electron in Action
  - Cross-Platform Desktop Applications
Podcasts
- Using Electron
  - JavaScript Jabber: Electron with Jessica Lord and Amy Palamountain
  - The Changelog #216: GitHub's Electron with Zeke Sikelianos

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