sindresorhus/awesome-electron

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Useful resources for creating apps with Electron

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Oct 4th, 2021

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VIR stars91 - Intelligent time manager with automatic planning.

Jun 30th, 2021

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For Electron

UpdateRocks! - Auto-update service. Free for open source projects.

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Other

Heroic Games Launcher stars2.2k - Alternative Epic games launcher.

Jun 1st, 2021

Articles

Making Electron apps feel native on Mac

May 8th, 2021

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Closed Source

Lotus - Keep up with GitHub notifications without stress.

May 5th, 2021

Boilerplates

vite-electron-builder stars865 - Secure boilerplate for Electron app based on Vite. TypeScript + Vue/React/Angular/Svelte/Vanilla.

Apr 5th, 2021

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SpaceEye stars216 - Live satellite imagery for your desktop background.

Mar 17th, 2021

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Discord - Voice and text chat.

Mar 7th, 2021

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Yana stars151 - Notebook app with rich-text notes, nested note organization and global search.

Mar 6th, 2021

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Nota - Pro writing app designed for local Markdown files.

Feb 20th, 2021

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Closed Source

Dynobase - AWS DynamoDB GUI.

Dec 26th, 2020

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Closed Source

Coloban - All-in-one project management tool with chats, Kanban, Gantt, calls, screenshare, and more.

Dec 8th, 2020

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Hawkpass stars47 - Password generator.

Nov 20th, 2020

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Graviton Editor stars707 - Cross-platform code editor.

Oct 19th, 2020

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Cleavr - Provision servers and deploy web apps.

Sep 23rd, 2020

Podcasts

The Changelog #216: GitHub's Electron with Zeke Sikelianos

Sep 18th, 2020

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Other

Mouseless stars76 - Keyboard shortcut training and look-up.

Glyphfinder stars92 - Unicode character search.

Jun 20th, 2020

awesome-electronjs-hacking stars317

May 15th, 2020

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Beekeeper Studio stars8.4k - Cross-platform SQL editor and database manager.

Apr 26th, 2020

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LightProxy stars2.5k - Web debugging proxy.

Apr 6th, 2020

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RxDB stars16.9k - A realtime NoSQL database.

Mar 11th, 2020

Boilerplates

secure-electron-template stars1k - Security-focused boilerplate for creating apps with React, Redux, Webpack, and i18next.

Mar 5th, 2020

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Closed Source

Taskade - Realtime organization and collaboration tool for distributed teams with tasks, notes, and chat.

Mar 3rd, 2020

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For Electron

electronegativity stars708 - Identify misconfigurations and security anti-patterns.

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Other

Gitify stars3.6k - GitHub notifications in your menubar.

Feb 14th, 2020

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MQTTX stars1.6k - Client for MQTT, which is a lightweight messaging protocol.

Feb 12th, 2020

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Kitematic stars12.3k - Docker container management.

Pomodoro stars212 - Timer based on the Pomodoro Technique.

Sia-UI - Decentralized file storage system based on cryptocurrency technology.

Sabaki stars1.8k - Go/Baduk/Weiqi board.

Swifty stars648 - Password manager.

Jan 22nd, 2020

Videos

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.

Jan 21st, 2020

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For Electron

electron-create-menu stars33 - Default menus for all platforms, easily extendable, and with i18n support.

electronmon stars39 - Monitor and reload apps out-of-process during development.

Articles

Notarizing your Electron app - How to configure your app packaging for Apple's notarization.

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Other

massCode stars1.9k - Code snippet manager for developers.

Jan 18th, 2020

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ExifCleaner stars636 - Clean image metadata with drag and drop.

Jan 2nd, 2020

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Upcount stars281 - Invoicing.

Dec 31st, 2019

Articles

Migrating Slack's Desktop App to BrowserView - Slack rewrote their Electron app with BrowserView, Redux, Rx, and TypeScript, to fix its performance problems.

Books

Electron in Action 💲

Community

#electron on Atom Slack

Nov 27th, 2019

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Closed Source

FATpick - Guitar tablature viewer that scores your performance as you play along.

Oct 10th, 2019

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Closed Source

Notion - All-in-one workspace for your notes, tasks, wikis, and databases.

Sep 28th, 2019

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Using Electron

jest-electron stars129 - Run and debug Jest unit tests in a browser environment.

Sep 22nd, 2019

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For Electron

adblocker-electron - Block ads and trackers.

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Other

Gmail Desktop stars485 - Unofficial Gmail app.

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Closed Source

Moon Modeler - Schema design tool for MongoDB, Mongoose, and MariaDB.

Aug 23rd, 2019

awesome-nodejs stars43.6k

Aug 3rd, 2019

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Franz stars4.1k - Skype, Slack, Hangouts, WhatsApp, Grape, Telegram, FB Messenger, Hipchat in the same app.

Jun 29th, 2019

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Closed Source

Mingo - MongoDB GUI.

Jun 20th, 2019

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Closed Source

MusicPlus - Free music app for macOS and Windows.

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For Electron

trilogy stars224 - TypeScript SQLite database layer with support for both native C++ and pure JavaScript backends.

Jun 12th, 2019

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For Electron

debugtron stars677 - Debug in-production Electron-based apps.

electron-chrome-extension stars100 - Add support for Chrome extensions.

electron-ipc-proxy stars29 - Transparent asynchronous remoting between browser windows and the main process.

Jun 10th, 2019

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For Electron

electron-better-ipc stars574 - Simplified IPC communication.

May 30th, 2019

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Motrix stars29.9k - Download manager.

May 21st, 2019

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Tockler stars470 - Tracks your time.

Apr 30th, 2019

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Unsplash Wallpapers stars222 - Set desktop wallpaper from Unsplash.

Apr 29th, 2019

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Mini Diary stars882 - Simple and secure journal app.

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For Electron

electron-ssl-pinning stars48 - Prevent MITM.

Apr 17th, 2019

Boilerplates

angular-electron stars5k - Fast bootstrapping with Angular, Electron, TypeScript, SASS, and Hot Reload.

Feb 18th, 2019

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Notable stars19.1k - Markdown-based note-taking.

Noty stars330 - Auto-saving sticky note with support for multiple notes in a single window.

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Featured

Wexond stars2.5k - Web browser with material UI and extensions API.

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For Electron

ngx-electron stars411 - Integrate Electron APIs and Angular.

Articles

Using Google Analytics to gather usage statistics in Electron - How to collect anonymous user statistics.

Dec 29th, 2018

Articles

Building a file explorer with Electron, Quasar, and Vue - Focused on design and code decisions and Electron security.

Oct 27th, 2018

Community

Stack Overflow

Oct 13th, 2018

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Cacher - Cloud-based, team-enabled code snippet manager with Gist sync.

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Etcher stars22.2k - Flash OS images to SD cards and USB drives.

Oct 2nd, 2018

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Ao stars1.9k - Unofficial Microsoft To-Do app.

Netron stars17.5k - Visualizer for deep learning and machine learning models.

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Closed Source

Brandy - A brand asset manager for your menu bar.

Sep 19th, 2018

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For Electron

run-electron stars193 - Run Electron without all the junk terminal output.

Aug 8th, 2018

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Mark Text stars28.4k - Real-time preview Markdown editor.

Boilerplates

electron-boilerplate stars1.6k - Boilerplate to kickstart creating an app - by sindresorhus.

electron-boilerplate stars3.1k - Comprehensive boilerplate which even generates installers - by szwacz.

Jul 28th, 2018

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Pretzel stars413 - Show and search keyboard shortcuts for the current app.

Apr 20th, 2018

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Pomotroid stars2.1k - Pomodoro timer.

FreeMAN stars274 - File manager for power users.

Tools

For Electron

chromium-net-errors stars17 - Chromium's network errors as custom error classes.

Mar 2nd, 2018

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For Electron

electron-timber stars358 - Pretty logger.

Feb 11th, 2018

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For Electron

electron-serve stars349 - Static file serving (Useful for routing, like react-router).

Feb 4th, 2018

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For Electron

electron-reloader stars515 - Simple auto-reloading during development.

Feb 2nd, 2018

Community

electron-pl (Polish)

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Nuclear stars7.2k - Music player that streams from free sources.

Dec 25th, 2017

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Headset stars757 - Discover, collect, and listen to music from YouTube.

Dec 13th, 2017

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Manta stars5.2k - Invoicing for freelancers with beautiful and customizable templates.

Dec 9th, 2017

Articles

Electron on the App Store - A 5-part series about the journey of making and publishing an Electron app to the Mac App Store.

Dec 7th, 2017

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Closed Source

Fenêtre - Picture-in-picture for your Mac.

Dec 3rd, 2017

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Other

Mailspring stars12.1k - Extensible email client. (Fork of Nylas Mail)

Nov 28th, 2017

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Samples

Activity Monitor - Shows a doughnut chart of the CPU system, user, and idle activity time.

Hash - Shows the hash values of entered text using different algorithms.

Prices - Shows the current price of oil, gold, and silver using the Yahoo Finance API.

Documentation

Quick Start

Official docs

Nov 17th, 2017

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Buttercup Desktop stars3.7k - Password manager.

Nov 15th, 2017

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Samples

Touch Bar API stars46 - Example of macOS Touch Bar integration.

Nov 7th, 2017

Videos

Electron Meetup SF, November 2017 - Includes some good talks on improving app startup time, debugging crashes, etc.

Articles

Introducing BrowserView for Electron - New Electron API to embed web apps with fewer bugs and improved performance.

Nov 5th, 2017

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Comma Chameleon stars268 - CSV editor.

Videos

Build Cross-Platform Desktop Apps with Electron - Frontend Masters 💲

Nov 4th, 2017

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For Electron

electron-util stars1.1k - Useful utilities for developing apps and modules.

Oct 27th, 2017

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ProtonMail Desktop stars549 - Unofficial ProtonMail app.

Oct 11th, 2017

Books

Cross-Platform Desktop Applications 💲

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Closed Source

Twitch - Official Twitch app.

Oct 6th, 2017

Apps

Closed Source

Mockoon - Mock servers in seconds.

Sep 22nd, 2017

Articles

Building a desktop app with Electron, React, and Redux

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Tusk stars3.1k - Unofficial Evernote app.

Jul 17th, 2017

Videos

Build a desktop application with Electron - Egghead 💲

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For Electron

electron-process-manager stars175 - Process manager UI (like Chrome's task manager).

Jun 27th, 2017

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Other

Snapper stars101 - Screen capturing & recording for Android devices.

Jun 23rd, 2017

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For Electron

electron-unhandled stars366 - Catch unhandled errors and promise rejections.

Jun 16th, 2017

Apps

Featured

Beaker stars6.4k - Browser with peer-to-peer web protocols.

Jun 15th, 2017

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For Electron

electron-store stars3.4k - Save and load data like user preferences, app state, cache, etc.

Jun 14th, 2017

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For Electron

got stars10.9k - Simplified HTTP requests.

Jun 13th, 2017

Apps

Closed Source

CashNotify - Monitor your Stripe accounts from your menu bar.

Jun 7th, 2017

Apps

Closed Source

ScreenSquid - Record and playback website visitor sessions.

May 24th, 2017

Videos

Automatically Build and Publish Node and Electron Applications for Linux

May 22nd, 2017

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Other

Insomnia stars19.4k - Create and manage HTTP requests.

May 19th, 2017

Community

Product Hunt

Apr 17th, 2017

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For Electron

electron-settings stars715 - Reads and writes user settings to disk.

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Other

Buka stars949 - E-book management.

Components

Xel - Widget toolkit for building native-like apps.

Mar 15th, 2017

Videos

Electron: Building Cross Platform Desktop Apps - Lynda 💲

Feb 8th, 2017

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Other

LosslessCut stars8.9k - Lossless video trimming & cutting.

Feb 2nd, 2017

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Closed Source

Wantedly Chat - Business team chat. (Japanese)

Jan 30th, 2017

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Other

Desktop Dimmer stars320 - Control the brightness of any display.

Jan 28th, 2017

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Other

DevDocs stars3.1k - Unofficial DevDocs.io app.

Jan 26th, 2017

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Cerebro stars7.2k - Launcher with inline previews.

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Samples

Electron API usage stars3.6k - Sample apps illustrating usage of Electron APIs.

Screen Recorder stars369 - WebRTC screen recorder.

Jan 19th, 2017

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For Electron

elemon stars68 - Live-reload your app during development.

Jan 16th, 2017

Apps

Closed Source

Hackolade - Data modeling for NoSQL and multi-model databases.

Jan 12th, 2017

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For Electron

electron-router stars123 - Router tidying up IPC message passing.

Jan 7th, 2017

Apps

Other

Inpad stars2.7k - Notes app with GitHub-flavored Markdown.

Jan 5th, 2017

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Other

Zazu stars2.1k - Launcher.

Community

electronjs on Facebook

Dec 13th, 2016

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Other

Stacer stars7.5k - Ubuntu system optimizer.

GIFBar stars65 - Search GIFs in your menubar.

Dec 9th, 2016

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Other

ndm stars1.9k - npm desktop manager.

GroupMe stars80 - Unofficial GroupMe app.

Dec 4th, 2016

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Other

PB for Desktop stars471 - Pushbullet client.

Nov 24th, 2016

Community

@electron_ru on Telegram (Russian)

Nov 20th, 2016

Tools

For Electron

electron-pdf-window stars255 - View PDF files in browser windows.

Nov 18th, 2016

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For Electron

electron-is-accelerator stars16 - Check if a string is a valid accelerator.

Nov 14th, 2016

Components

Brightwheel stars109 - Build and manage UI components with Photon and Etch.

Nov 7th, 2016

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For Electron

electron-about-window stars376 - 'About This App' window.

Nov 5th, 2016

Apps

Other

Dext stars718 - Launcher.

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For Electron

electron-vibrancy stars584 - Add vibrancy (blur) to windows.

Nov 3rd, 2016

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Other

Materialette stars1k - Material design color palette in your menubar.

dida stars41 - Add tasks to TickTick (滴答清单).

Extraterm stars1.9k - Terminal.

Tools

For Electron

electron-builder stars11.7k - Create installers.

devtron stars1.7k - Official DevTools extension.

electron-window-state stars570 - Persist window sizes and positions.

electron-is stars215 - Utility functions.

NeDB stars13k - Embedded persistent or in-memory database.

Tools

Using Electron

electron-mocha stars337 - Run Mocha tests in Electron.

Components

menubar stars6.1k - Menubar app framework.

window stars285 - Create and manage windows.

Nov 2nd, 2016

Apps

Closed Source

Exodus - Secure, manage, and exchange blockchain assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum.

Tools

For Electron

electron-redux stars688 - Synchronize Redux state across windows.

Apps

Featured

Kap stars14.8k - Screen recorder with GIF support.

Oct 27th, 2016

Videos

Getting Started with Electron 1.x

Oct 23rd, 2016

Tools

For Electron

electron-compile stars1k - Use ES2015, CoffeeScript, Less, Stylus in your app without a precompilation step.

Oct 22nd, 2016

Apps

Other

Rambox stars6.2k - Chat and email app that combines multiple services like Discord, Hangouts, Gmail and Outlook.

Oct 19th, 2016

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Other

Slide Beacon stars132 - Physical web beacon broadcast.

Oct 17th, 2016

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Other

Boostnote stars17.4k - Markdown note & code snippet app for developers.

Apps

Featured

Hyper stars37.7k - Terminal.

Oct 7th, 2016

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Other

DBGlass stars1.3k - PostgreSQL client.

Oct 6th, 2016

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Other

KeeWeb stars10.7k - Unofficial KeePass app.

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Closed Source

Inkdrop - Markdown notebook for hackers.

Sep 22nd, 2016

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Other

Moonview stars81 - Ambient notepad.

Sep 9th, 2016

Apps

Closed Source

Cocos Creator - Game editor for creating web and native games for Cocos2D-x.

Sep 4th, 2016

Documentation

Essential Electron - Concise overview.

Books

Developing an Electron Edge - Preview 💲

Videos

Electron Fundamentals course - Pluralsight 💲

Sep 1st, 2016

Videos

Cross-Platform Desktop Apps with Electron

Apps

Other

Ramme stars3.3k - Unofficial Instagram app.

Aug 29th, 2016

Tools

Using Electron

Reactotron stars13.4k - Inspect your React and React Native apps.

Aug 24th, 2016

Podcasts

Full Stack Radio #48: Jessica Lord - Building Desktop Apps with Electron

Aug 20th, 2016

Community

Aug 17th, 2016

Tools

For Electron

electron-log stars908 - Simple logging.

Aug 4th, 2016

Apps

Other

Wire stars999 - Messenger and calling app.

Jul 30th, 2016

Apps

Other

iStats stars178 - CPU and memory stats on your menubar.

Jul 26th, 2016

Podcasts

JavaScript Air: Electron Apps with @jlord and @emorikawa

Jul 20th, 2016

Apps

Other

Toshocat stars173 - Anime/Manga Progress Tracker.

Deco stars5.9k - React Native IDE.

Jul 14th, 2016

Apps

Closed Source

Automint - CRM for automobile businesses.

Tools

For Electron

electron-devtools-installer stars878 - Install DevTools extensions from the Chrome Web Store.

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