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Sep 15, 2023
Open Source / Other
- PikaTorrent (⭐226) - BitTorrent client.
Aug 08, 2023
For Electron / Other
- Aptabase - Analytics for apps. Open source, privacy-friendly, and simple.
Jun 20, 2023
Open Source / Other
- shadowsocks-electron (⭐269) - Cross-platform Shadowsocks client.
For Electron / Other
- electron-vite (⭐1.6k) - Fast and easy-to-use build tool integrated with Vite.
Jun 09, 2023
For Electron / Other
- Hydraulic Conveyor - CLI tool that deploys apps without needing any special update servers, multi-platform CI, or code changes.
Jun 04, 2023
Open Source / Other
- Ostara (⭐260) - Monitor and interact with Spring Boot apps via Actuator.
Dec 11, 2022
Open Source / Other
- Sigma File Manager (⭐2.8k) - Modern file manager.
Oct 29, 2022
For Electron / Other
- pluggable-electron (⭐90) - Build apps that can be extended through plugins.
Aug 09, 2022
Open Source / Featured
- Hyper (⭐42k) - Terminal.
Open Source / Other
- Kap (⭐17k) - Screen recorder with GIF support.
- Beaker (⭐6.7k) - Browser with peer-to-peer web protocols.
- SpaceRadar (⭐1.3k) - Interactive disk space and memory visualization.
Closed Source / Featured
- Rosefinch - Store and run SQL queries.
- Nota - Pro writing app designed for local Markdown files.
Jun 21, 2022
Closed Source / Other
- RunJS - Playground for JavaScript and TypeScript.
Feb 06, 2022
Open Source / Other
- Browserosaurus (⭐1.5k) - Browser prompter for macOS.
- linked (⭐751) - Daily journal.
Oct 04, 2021
Open Source / Other
- VIR (⭐147) - Intelligent time manager with automatic planning.
Jun 30, 2021
Open Source / Other
- Heroic Games Launcher (⭐6.2k) - Alternative Epic games launcher.
For Electron / Other
- UpdateRocks! - Auto-update service. Free for open source projects.
Jun 01, 2021
Articles / Other
May 08, 2021
Closed Source / Other
- Lotus - Keep up with GitHub notifications without stress.
May 05, 2021
Boilerplates / Other
- vite-electron-builder (⭐2k) - Secure boilerplate for Electron app based on Vite. TypeScript + Vue/React/Angular/Svelte/Vanilla.
Apr 05, 2021
Open Source / Other
- SpaceEye (⭐313) - Live satellite imagery for your desktop background.
Mar 17, 2021
Closed Source / Other
- Discord - Voice and text chat.
Mar 07, 2021
Open Source / Other
- Yana (⭐219) - Notebook app with rich-text notes, nested note organization and global search.
Feb 20, 2021
Closed Source / Other
- Dynobase - AWS DynamoDB GUI.
Dec 26, 2020
Closed Source / Other
- Coloban - All-in-one project management tool with chats, Kanban, Gantt, calls, screenshare, and more.
Dec 08, 2020
Open Source / Other
- Hawkpass (⭐58) - Password generator.
Nov 20, 2020
Open Source / Other
- Graviton Editor (⭐1.1k) - Cross-platform code editor.
Oct 19, 2020
Closed Source / Other
- Cleavr - Provision servers and deploy web apps.
Sep 23, 2020
Podcasts / Other
Sep 18, 2020
Open Source / Other
- Mouseless (⭐129) - Keyboard shortcut training and look-up.
- Glyphfinder (⭐130) - Unicode character search.
Jun 20, 2020
Related / Other
May 15, 2020
Open Source / Other
- Beekeeper Studio (⭐14k) - Cross-platform SQL editor and database manager.
Apr 26, 2020
Open Source / Other
- LightProxy (⭐3k) - Web debugging proxy.
Apr 06, 2020
For Electron / Other
- RxDB (⭐20k) - A realtime NoSQL database.
Mar 11, 2020
Boilerplates / Other
- secure-electron-template (⭐1.5k) - Security-focused boilerplate for creating apps with React, Redux, Webpack, and i18next.
Mar 05, 2020
Closed Source / Other
- Taskade - Realtime organization and collaboration tool for distributed teams with tasks, notes, and chat.
Mar 03, 2020
Open Source / Other
- Gitify (⭐4.1k) - GitHub notifications in your menubar.
For Electron / Other
- electronegativity (⭐892) - Identify misconfigurations and security anti-patterns.
Feb 14, 2020
Open Source / Other
- MQTTX (⭐3k) - Client for MQTT, which is a lightweight messaging protocol.
Feb 12, 2020
Open Source / Other
- Pomodoro (⭐262) - Timer based on the Pomodoro Technique.
- Sia-UI - Decentralized file storage system based on cryptocurrency technology.
- Sabaki (⭐2.3k) - Go/Baduk/Weiqi board.
- Swifty (⭐854) - Password manager.
Jan 22, 2020
Videos / Other
- 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 21, 2020
Open Source / Other
- massCode (⭐2k) - Code snippet manager for developers.
For Electron / Other
- electronmon (⭐113) - Monitor and reload apps out-of-process during development.
Articles / Other
- Notarizing your Electron app - How to configure your app packaging for Apple's notarization.
Jan 18, 2020
Open Source / Other
- ExifCleaner (⭐1.4k) - Clean image metadata with drag and drop.
Jan 02, 2020
Open Source / Other
- Upcount (⭐334) - Invoicing.
Dec 31, 2019
Articles / Other
- Migrating Slack's Desktop App to BrowserView - Slack rewrote their Electron app with
BrowserView, Redux, Rx, and TypeScript, to fix its performance problems.
Books / Other
Nov 27, 2019
Closed Source / Other
- FATpick - Guitar tablature viewer that scores your performance as you play along.
Oct 10, 2019
Closed Source / Other
- Notion - All-in-one workspace for your notes, tasks, wikis, and databases.
Sep 28, 2019
Using Electron / Other
- jest-electron (⭐153) - Run and debug Jest unit tests in a browser environment.
Sep 22, 2019
Open Source / Other
- Gmail Desktop (⭐735) - Unofficial Gmail app.
Closed Source / Other
- Moon Modeler - Schema design tool for MongoDB, Mongoose, and MariaDB.
For Electron / Other
- adblocker-electron (⭐678) - Block ads and trackers.
Aug 23, 2019
Related / Other
Aug 03, 2019
Open Source / Other
- Franz (⭐4.4k) - Skype, Slack, Hangouts, WhatsApp, Grape, Telegram, FB Messenger, Hipchat in the same app.
Jun 29, 2019
Closed Source / Other
- Mingo - MongoDB GUI.
Jun 20, 2019
Closed Source / Other
- MusicPlus - Free music app for macOS and Windows.
For Electron / Other
- trilogy (⭐254) - TypeScript SQLite database layer with support for both native C++ and pure JavaScript backends.
Jun 12, 2019
For Electron / Other
- debugtron (⭐1.1k) - Debug in-production Electron-based apps.
- electron-chrome-extension (⭐129) - Add support for Chrome extensions.
Jun 10, 2019
For Electron / Other
- electron-better-ipc (⭐676) - Simplified IPC communication.
May 30, 2019
Open Source / Other
- Motrix (⭐41k) - Download manager.
May 21, 2019
Open Source / Other
- Tockler (⭐788) - Tracks your time.
Apr 30, 2019
Open Source / Other
- Unsplash Wallpapers (⭐296) - Set desktop wallpaper from Unsplash.
Apr 17, 2019
Boilerplates / Other
- angular-electron (⭐5.5k) - Fast bootstrapping with Angular, Electron, TypeScript, SASS, and Hot Reload.
Feb 18, 2019
Open Source / Other
- Notable (⭐22k) - Markdown-based note-taking.
Articles / Other
- Using Google Analytics to gather usage statistics in Electron - How to collect anonymous user statistics.
Dec 29, 2018
Articles / Other
- Building a file explorer with Electron, Quasar, and Vue - Focused on design and code decisions and Electron security.
Oct 27, 2018
Community / Other
Oct 13, 2018
Open Source / Other
- Etcher (⭐26k) - Flash OS images to SD cards and USB drives.
Closed Source / Other
- Cacher - Cloud-based, team-enabled code snippet manager with Gist sync.
Oct 02, 2018
Open Source / Other
- Netron (⭐24k) - Visualizer for deep learning and machine learning models.
Closed Source / Other
- Brandy - A brand asset manager for your menu bar.
Sep 19, 2018
For Electron / Other
- run-electron (⭐198) - Run Electron without all the junk terminal output.
Aug 08, 2018
Open Source / Other
- Mark Text (⭐42k) - Real-time preview Markdown editor.
Boilerplates / Other
- electron-boilerplate (⭐1.6k) - Boilerplate to kickstart creating an app - by sindresorhus.
- electron-boilerplate (⭐3.1k) - Comprehensive boilerplate which even generates installers - by szwacz.
Apr 20, 2018
Open Source / Other
- Pomotroid (⭐3.7k) - Pomodoro timer.
For Electron / Other
- chromium-net-errors (⭐21) - Chromium's network errors as custom error classes.
Mar 02, 2018
For Electron / Other
- electron-timber (⭐379) - Pretty logger.
Feb 11, 2018
For Electron / Other
- electron-serve (⭐395) - Static file serving (Useful for routing, like
react-router).
Feb 04, 2018
For Electron / Other
- electron-reloader (⭐564) - Simple auto-reloading during development.
Feb 02, 2018
Open Source / Other
- Nuclear (⭐11k) - Music player that streams from free sources.
Community / Other
- electron-pl (Polish)
Dec 25, 2017
Open Source / Other
- Headset (⭐778) - Discover, collect, and listen to music from YouTube.
Dec 09, 2017
Articles / Other
- 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 07, 2017
Closed Source / Other
- Fenêtre - Picture-in-picture for your Mac.
Dec 03, 2017
Open Source / Other
- Mailspring (⭐15k) - Extensible email client. (Fork of Nylas Mail)
Nov 28, 2017
Samples / Other
- 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 / Other
Nov 17, 2017
Open Source / Other
- Buttercup Desktop (⭐4.1k) - Password manager.
Nov 07, 2017
Articles / Other
- Introducing BrowserView for Electron - New Electron API to embed web apps with fewer bugs and improved performance.
Videos / Other
- Electron Meetup SF, November 2017 - Includes some good talks on improving app startup time, debugging crashes, etc.
Nov 05, 2017
Videos / Other
Nov 04, 2017
For Electron / Other
- electron-util (⭐1.2k) - Useful utilities for developing apps and modules.
Oct 11, 2017
Closed Source / Other
- Twitch - Official Twitch app.
Books / Other
Oct 06, 2017
Closed Source / Other
- Mockoon - Mock servers in seconds.
Sep 22, 2017
Open Source / Other
- Tusk (⭐3.2k) - Unofficial Evernote app.
Articles / Other
Jul 17, 2017
Videos / Other
Jun 23, 2017
For Electron / Other
- electron-unhandled (⭐424) - Catch unhandled errors and promise rejections.
Jun 15, 2017
For Electron / Other
- electron-store (⭐4.2k) - Save and load data like user preferences, app state, cache, etc.
Jun 14, 2017
For Electron / Other
- got (⭐13k) - Simplified HTTP requests.
Jun 13, 2017
Closed Source / Other
- CashNotify - Monitor your Stripe accounts from your menu bar.
May 22, 2017
Open Source / Other
- Insomnia (⭐31k) - Create and manage HTTP requests.
May 19, 2017
Community / Other
Apr 17, 2017
Open Source / Other
- Buka (⭐1k) - E-book management.
Components / Other
- Xel - Widget toolkit for building native-like apps.
Mar 15, 2017
Videos / Other
Feb 08, 2017
Open Source / Other
- LosslessCut (⭐19k) - Lossless video trimming & cutting.
Jan 26, 2017
Open Source / Other
- Cerebro (⭐8k) - Launcher with inline previews.
Samples / Other
- Electron API usage (⭐3.9k) - Sample apps illustrating usage of Electron APIs.
- Screen Recorder (⭐398) - WebRTC screen recorder.
Jan 19, 2017
For Electron / Other
- elemon (⭐72) - Live-reload your app during development.
Jan 16, 2017
Closed Source / Other
- Hackolade - Data modeling for NoSQL and multi-model databases.
Jan 07, 2017
Open Source / Other
- Inpad (⭐3.5k) - Notes app with GitHub-flavored Markdown.
Jan 05, 2017
Community / Other
Dec 13, 2016
Open Source / Other
- Stacer (⭐8.6k) - Ubuntu system optimizer.
Nov 24, 2016
Community / Other
@electron_ruon Telegram (Russian)
Nov 20, 2016
For Electron / Other
- electron-pdf-window (⭐271) - View PDF files in browser windows.
Nov 18, 2016
For Electron / Other
- electron-is-accelerator (⭐16) - Check if a string is a valid accelerator.
Nov 07, 2016
For Electron / Other
- electron-about-window (⭐405) - 'About This App' window.
Nov 03, 2016
Open Source / Other
- Extraterm (⭐2.4k) - Terminal.
For Electron / Other
- electron-builder (⭐13k) - Create installers.
- NeDB (⭐13k) - Embedded persistent or in-memory database.
Using Electron / Other
- electron-mocha (⭐343) - Run Mocha tests in Electron.
Components / Other
- menubar (⭐6.5k) - Menubar app framework.
Nov 02, 2016
Closed Source / Other
- Exodus - Secure, manage, and exchange blockchain assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum.
Oct 27, 2016
Videos / Other
Oct 17, 2016
Open Source / Other
- Boostnote (⭐17k) - Markdown note & code snippet app for developers.
Oct 06, 2016
Open Source / Other
- KeeWeb (⭐12k) - Unofficial KeePass app.
Closed Source / Other
- Inkdrop - Markdown notebook for hackers.
Sep 09, 2016
Closed Source / Other
- Cocos Creator - Game editor for creating web and native games for Cocos2D-x.
Sep 04, 2016
Documentation / Other
- Essential Electron - Concise overview.
Books / Other
Videos / Other
Sep 01, 2016
Videos / Other
Aug 29, 2016
Using Electron / Other
- Reactotron (⭐14k) - Inspect your React and React Native apps.
Aug 24, 2016
Podcasts / Other
Aug 20, 2016
Community / Other
Aug 17, 2016
For Electron / Other
- electron-log (⭐1.1k) - Simple logging.
Aug 04, 2016
Open Source / Other
- Wire (⭐1.1k) - Messenger and calling app.
Jul 26, 2016
Podcasts / Other
Jul 14, 2016
For Electron / Other
- electron-devtools-installer (⭐1k) - Install DevTools extensions from the Chrome Web Store.
Jul 06, 2016
Podcasts / Other
Jul 05, 2016
Videos / Other
Jun 29, 2016
Open Source / Other
- Museeks (⭐1.5k) - Music player.
Jun 19, 2016
For Electron / Other
- electron-context-menu (⭐1.3k) - Extensible context menu.
Jun 16, 2016
Open Source / Other
- YakYak (⭐3.8k) - Unofficial Google Hangouts app.
Jun 15, 2016
Closed Source / Other
- CatLight - Build status notifier.
Jun 14, 2016
For Electron / Other
- fix-path (⭐268) - Fix the $PATH on macOS when run from a GUI app. Useful when spawning a child process.
- electron-osx-sign (⭐518) - Code-signing for macOS apps.
Components / Other
- React Desktop (⭐9.5k) - UI toolkit for macOS and Windows built with React.
Articles / Other
Jun 07, 2016
Open Source / Other
- Crypter (⭐453) - Secure encryption client.
May 23, 2016
Boilerplates / Other
- bozon (⭐759) - Scaffold, run, test, and package your app.
May 20, 2016
Open Source / Other
- Mattermost (⭐1.9k) - Mattermost client.
Boilerplates / Other
- electron-quick-start (⭐11k) - Clone the repo to try a simple app.
May 18, 2016
Open Source / Featured
- Min (⭐7.1k) - Minimal web browser.
May 12, 2016
Closed Source / Other
- WhatsApp - Official WhatsApp app.
Videos / Other
May 08, 2016
Closed Source / Other
- Freeter - Organizer for freelancers & creatives.
May 07, 2016
For Electron / Other
- electron-rebuild (⭐956) - Rebuild native Node.js modules against the currently installed Electron version.
May 01, 2016
Closed Source / Other
- MongoDB Compass - Official MongoDB app.
Apr 19, 2016
Open Source / Featured
- WebTorrent (⭐9.4k) - Streaming torrent client.
- Visual Studio Code (⭐152k) - Cross-platform IDE.
Open Source / Other
- Git-it (⭐4.5k) - Teaches you Git and GitHub.
- Caprine (⭐6.7k) - Unofficial Facebook Messenger app.
- Simplenote (⭐4.5k) - Note keeper.
- Abricotine (⭐2.6k) - Markdown editor with inline preview.
- Medis (⭐11k) - Redis database management.
- SmartMirror (⭐2.8k) - Voice controlled smart mirror.
- Google Play Music Desktop Player (⭐8.3k) - Unofficial Google Play Music app.
- Ansel (⭐394) - Image organizer.
Closed Source / Other
- GitKraken - Git client.
- 1Clipboard - Universal clipboard manager.
- Postman - Create and send HTTP requests.
For Electron / Other
- electron-is-dev (⭐416) - Check if Electron is running in development.
- electron-localshortcut (⭐409) - Add keyboard shortcuts locally to a window.
- electron-dl (⭐1.1k) - Simplified file downloads.
- electron-release-server (⭐1.9k) - Self-hosted release server with front-end & auto-updater support.
- electron-download (⭐310) - Download the Electron release zip from GitHub.
- ember-electron (⭐804) - Build, test, and package Ember apps.
Using Electron / Other
- nativefier (⭐34k) - Create an app of any website.
- electron-pdf (⭐1.2k) - Generate PDF from URL, HTML, or Markdown files on the command-line.
Components / Other
- chrome-tabs (⭐1.7k) - Chrome like tabs.
Apr 18, 2016
Videos / Other
Apr 17, 2016
Using Electron / Other
- electron-stream (⭐124) - Streaming wrapper.
Mar 29, 2016
Open Source / Other
- Catify (⭐62) - Utility for Spotify.
Mar 22, 2016
Open Source / Other
- Before Dawn (⭐179) - Screensaver tool.
Mar 09, 2016
Closed Source / Other
- Remember - Business card management. (Korean)
For Electron / Other
- electron-installer-debian (⭐350) - Create a Debian package.
- electron-installer-redhat (⭐75) - Create a Red Hat package.
- electron-installer-windows (⭐464) - Create a Windows package.
Feb 29, 2016
For Electron / Other
- electron-packager (⭐8.3k) - Package and distribute your app.
Jan 29, 2016
Open Source / Other
- Proton (⭐158) - Markdown editor with live preview.
Jan 07, 2016
Open Source / Other
- Chrome DevTools (⭐1.6k) - Chrome DevTools packaged as an app.
Dec 22, 2015
Closed Source / Other
- Stremio - Media center.
- Pingendo - Bootstrap prototyping.
- MockingBot - Prototyping tool for designing apps.
- Caret - Markdown editor.
Boilerplates / Other
- electron-react-boilerplate (⭐22k) - Boilerplate based on React and webpack.
Videos / Other
Dec 16, 2015
Open Source / Other
- Light Table (⭐12k) - Code editor with instant feedback.
Dec 02, 2015
Open Source / Other
- Sqlectron (⭐4.4k) - SQL client.
Nov 28, 2015
Community / Other
- electron-br (Brazilian Portuguese)
Nov 16, 2015
For Electron / Other
- debug-menu (⭐134) - Chrome-like "inspect element" context-menu.
Oct 30, 2015
Open Source / Other
- MarkRight (⭐913) - GitHub flavored Markdown editor with live preview.
Oct 14, 2015
Closed Source / Other
- Spreaker Studio - Audio recording and broadcasting.
Sep 15, 2015
Closed Source / Other
- Typetalk - Share and discuss ideas with your team through instant messaging.
Aug 10, 2015
Articles / Other
Jul 25, 2015
Articles / Other
Jun 26, 2015
Open Source / Other
- Loop Drop (⭐819) - MIDI looper and synth for live electronic music performances.
Jun 23, 2015
Videos / Other
Jun 22, 2015
Closed Source / Other
- Prepros - Compile almost any preprocessing language with live browser refresh.
For Electron / Other
- electron-debug (⭐726) - Adds useful debug features.
May 24, 2015
Open Source / Other
- Leanote (⭐1.5k) - Cloud notepad.
May 08, 2015
Videos / Other
Apr 26, 2015
Closed Source / Other
- Slack - Desktop version.
- Avocode - Share design and collaborate.
Community / Other
Apr 23, 2015
Boilerplates / Other
- generator-electron (⭐718) - Scaffold out an app boilerplate.