Electron

    Build cross platform desktop apps with web technologies

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    If you can build a website, you can build a desktop app. Electron is a framework for creating native applications with web technologies like JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. It takes care of the hard parts so you can focus on the core of your application.

    With Electron, creating a desktop application for your company or idea is easy. Initially developed for GitHub's Atom editor, Electron has since been used to create applications by companies like Microsoft, Facebook, Slack, and Docker.

    - Electron uses Chromium and Node.js so you can build your app with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
    - Electron is an open source project maintained by GitHub and an active community of contributors.
    - Compatible with Mac, Windows, and Linux, Electron apps build and run on three platforms.
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    Build cross platform desktop apps with web technologies

    Formerly known as Atom Shell.

    With Electron, creating a desktop application for your company or idea is easy. Initially developed for GitHub's Atom editor, Electron has since been used to create applications by companies like Microsoft, Facebook, Slack, Docker and Ruvenss IT Consulting Services.

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    steven87
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    I started an electron course before a few days and I have to say that framework or how you wanna call that is awesome!

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    dkshsat
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    Most of the programs created with this are too memory intensive.

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    It's slow on starting apps.
    This problem can be solved by a background daemon which would run on startup; so each app wouldn't download electron resources again. That might make it super fast.

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    Our users have written 4 comments and reviews about Electron, and it has gotten 91 likes

    • Developed by OpenJS Foundation
    • Open Source and Free product.
    • Average rating of 3.5
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    Electron was added to AlternativeTo by Bollado on Jun 29, 2015 and this page was last updated Apr 15, 2021. Electron is sometimes referred to as Atom Shell.

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