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Mar 25 - Mar 31, 2024
Open Source / Other
- Wave Terminal (⭐2.3k) - Open-source terminal with AI integration.
Sep 11 - Sep 17, 2023
Open Source / Other
- PikaTorrent (⭐289) - BitTorrent client.
Aug 07 - Aug 13, 2023
For Electron / Other
- Aptabase - Analytics for apps. Open source, privacy-friendly, and simple.
Jun 19 - Jun 25, 2023
Open Source / Other
- shadowsocks-electron (⭐301) - Cross-platform Shadowsocks client.
For Electron / Other
- electron-vite (⭐2.3k) - Fast and easy-to-use build tool integrated with Vite.
Jun 05 - Jun 11, 2023
For Electron / Other
- Hydraulic Conveyor - CLI tool that deploys apps without needing any special update servers, multi-platform CI, or code changes.
May 29 - Jun 04, 2023
Open Source / Other
- Ostara (⭐291) - Monitor and interact with Spring Boot apps via Actuator.
Dec 05 - Dec 11, 2022
Open Source / Other
- Sigma File Manager (⭐3.3k) - Modern file manager.
Oct 24 - Oct 30, 2022
For Electron / Other
- pluggable-electron (⭐112) - Build apps that can be extended through plugins.
Aug 08 - Aug 14, 2022
Open Source / Featured
- Hyper (⭐43k) - Terminal.
Open Source / Other
- Kap (⭐17k) - Screen recorder with GIF support.
- Beaker (⭐6.7k) - Browser with peer-to-peer web protocols.
- SpaceRadar (⭐1.4k) - 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 20 - Jun 26, 2022
Closed Source / Other
- RunJS - Playground for JavaScript and TypeScript.
Jan 31 - Feb 06, 2022
Open Source / Other
- Browserosaurus (⭐1.6k) - Browser prompter for macOS.
- linked (⭐828) - Daily journal.
Oct 04 - Oct 10, 2021
Open Source / Other
- VIR (⭐149) - Intelligent time manager with automatic planning.
Jun 28 - Jul 04, 2021
Open Source / Other
- Heroic Games Launcher (⭐7.1k) - Alternative Epic games launcher.
For Electron / Other
- UpdateRocks! - Auto-update service. Free for open source projects.
May 31 - Jun 06, 2021
Articles / Other
May 03 - May 09, 2021
Closed Source / Other
- Lotus - Keep up with GitHub notifications without stress.
Boilerplates / Other
- vite-electron-builder (⭐2.1k) - Secure boilerplate for Electron app based on Vite. TypeScript + Vue/React/Angular/Svelte/Vanilla.
Apr 05 - Apr 11, 2021
Open Source / Other
- SpaceEye (⭐319) - Live satellite imagery for your desktop background.
Mar 15 - Mar 21, 2021
Closed Source / Other
- Discord - Voice and text chat.
Mar 01 - Mar 07, 2021
Open Source / Other
- Yana (⭐229) - Notebook app with rich-text notes, nested note organization and global search.
Feb 15 - Feb 21, 2021
Closed Source / Other
- Dynobase - AWS DynamoDB GUI.
Dec 28 - Jan 03, 2020
Closed Source / Other
- Coloban - All-in-one project management tool with chats, Kanban, Gantt, calls, screenshare, and more.
Dec 14 - Dec 20, 2020
Open Source / Other
- Hawkpass (⭐61) - Password generator.
Nov 23 - Nov 29, 2020
Open Source / Other
- Graviton Editor (⭐1.1k) - Cross-platform code editor.
Oct 26 - Nov 01, 2020
Closed Source / Other
- Cleavr - Provision servers and deploy web apps.
Sep 28 - Oct 04, 2020
Podcasts / Other
Sep 21 - Sep 27, 2020
Open Source / Other
- Mouseless (⭐131) - Keyboard shortcut training and look-up.
- Glyphfinder (⭐131) - Unicode character search.
Jun 22 - Jun 28, 2020
Related / Other
May 18 - May 24, 2020
Open Source / Other
- Beekeeper Studio (⭐15k) - Cross-platform SQL editor and database manager.
Apr 27 - May 03, 2020
Open Source / Other
- LightProxy (⭐3.1k) - Web debugging proxy.
Apr 13 - Apr 19, 2020
For Electron / Other
- RxDB (⭐20k) - A realtime NoSQL database.
Mar 16 - Mar 22, 2020
Boilerplates / Other
- secure-electron-template (⭐1.6k) - Security-focused boilerplate for creating apps with React, Redux, Webpack, and i18next.
Mar 09 - Mar 15, 2020
Open Source / Other
- Gitify (⭐4.2k) - GitHub notifications in your menubar.
Closed Source / Other
- Taskade - Realtime organization and collaboration tool for distributed teams with tasks, notes, and chat.
For Electron / Other
- electronegativity (⭐930) - Identify misconfigurations and security anti-patterns.
Feb 17 - Feb 23, 2020
Open Source / Other
- Pomodoro (⭐292) - Timer based on the Pomodoro Technique.
- Sia-UI - Decentralized file storage system based on cryptocurrency technology.
- Sabaki (⭐2.3k) - Go/Baduk/Weiqi board.
- Swifty (⭐876) - Password manager.
- MQTTX (⭐3.4k) - Client for MQTT, which is a lightweight messaging protocol.
Jan 27 - Feb 02, 2020
Open Source / Other
- massCode (⭐2k) - Code snippet manager for developers.
For Electron / Other
- electronmon (⭐121) - 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.
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 20 - Jan 26, 2020
Open Source / Other
- ExifCleaner (⭐1.6k) - Clean image metadata with drag and drop.
Jan 06 - Jan 12, 2020
Open Source / Other
- Upcount (⭐346) - Invoicing.
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
Dec 02 - Dec 08, 2019
Closed Source / Other
- FATpick - Guitar tablature viewer that scores your performance as you play along.
Oct 14 - Oct 20, 2019
Closed Source / Other
- Notion - All-in-one workspace for your notes, tasks, wikis, and databases.
Sep 30 - Oct 06, 2019
Using Electron / Other
- jest-electron (⭐154) - Run and debug Jest unit tests in a browser environment.
Sep 23 - Sep 29, 2019
Open Source / Other
- Gmail Desktop (⭐783) - Unofficial Gmail app.
Closed Source / Other
- Moon Modeler - Schema design tool for MongoDB, Mongoose, and MariaDB.
For Electron / Other
- adblocker-electron (⭐725) - Block ads and trackers.
Aug 26 - Sep 01, 2019
Related / Other
Aug 05 - Aug 11, 2019
Open Source / Other
- Franz (⭐4.5k) - Skype, Slack, Hangouts, WhatsApp, Grape, Telegram, FB Messenger, Hipchat in the same app.
Jul 01 - Jul 07, 2019
Closed Source / Other
- Mingo - MongoDB GUI.
Jun 24 - Jun 30, 2019
Closed Source / Other
- MusicPlus - Free music app for macOS and Windows.
For Electron / Other
- trilogy (⭐258) - TypeScript SQLite database layer with support for both native C++ and pure JavaScript backends.
Jun 17 - Jun 23, 2019
For Electron / Other
- debugtron (⭐1.2k) - Debug in-production Electron-based apps.
- electron-better-ipc (⭐694) - Simplified IPC communication.
- electron-chrome-extension (⭐134) - Add support for Chrome extensions.
Jun 03 - Jun 09, 2019
Open Source / Other
- Motrix (⭐43k) - Download manager.
May 27 - Jun 02, 2019
Open Source / Other
- Tockler (⭐832) - Tracks your time.
May 06 - May 12, 2019
Open Source / Other
- Unsplash Wallpapers (⭐328) - Set desktop wallpaper from Unsplash.
Apr 22 - Apr 28, 2019
Boilerplates / Other
- angular-electron (⭐5.6k) - Fast bootstrapping with Angular, Electron, TypeScript, SASS, and Hot Reload.
Feb 25 - Mar 03, 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 24 - Dec 30, 2018
Articles / Other
- Building a file explorer with Electron, Quasar, and Vue - Focused on design and code decisions and Electron security.
Oct 22 - Oct 28, 2018
Community / Other
Oct 08 - Oct 14, 2018
Open Source / Other
- Etcher (⭐28k) - Flash OS images to SD cards and USB drives.
Closed Source / Other
- Cacher - Cloud-based, team-enabled code snippet manager with Gist sync.
Oct 01 - Oct 07, 2018
Open Source / Other
- Netron (⭐26k) - Visualizer for deep learning and machine learning models.
Closed Source / Other
- Brandy - A brand asset manager for your menu bar.
Sep 17 - Sep 23, 2018
For Electron / Other
- run-electron (⭐197) - Run Electron without all the junk terminal output.
Aug 06 - Aug 12, 2018
Open Source / Other
- Mark Text (⭐44k) - 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 16 - Apr 22, 2018
Open Source / Other
- Pomotroid (⭐4k) - Pomodoro timer.
For Electron / Other
- chromium-net-errors (⭐21) - Chromium's network errors as custom error classes.
Feb 26 - Mar 04, 2018
For Electron / Other
- electron-timber (⭐386) - Pretty logger.
Feb 05 - Feb 11, 2018
For Electron / Other
- electron-serve (⭐417) - Static file serving (Useful for routing, like
react-router).
Jan 29 - Feb 04, 2018
Open Source / Other
- Nuclear (⭐11k) - Music player that streams from free sources.
For Electron / Other
- electron-reloader (⭐570) - Simple auto-reloading during development.
Community / Other
- electron-pl (Polish)
Dec 25 - Dec 31, 2017
Open Source / Other
- Headset (⭐780) - Discover, collect, and listen to music from YouTube.
Dec 04 - Dec 10, 2017
Closed Source / Other
- Fenêtre - Picture-in-picture for your Mac.
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.
Nov 27 - Dec 03, 2017
Open Source / Other
- Mailspring (⭐15k) - Extensible email client. (Fork of Nylas Mail)
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 13 - Nov 19, 2017
Open Source / Other
- Buttercup Desktop (⭐4.2k) - Password manager.
Nov 06 - Nov 12, 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.
Oct 30 - Nov 05, 2017
For Electron / Other
- electron-util (⭐1.3k) - Useful utilities for developing apps and modules.
Videos / Other
Oct 09 - Oct 15, 2017
Closed Source / Other
- Twitch - Official Twitch app.
Books / Other
Oct 02 - Oct 08, 2017
Closed Source / Other
- Mockoon - Mock servers in seconds.
Sep 18 - Sep 24, 2017
Open Source / Other
- Tusk (⭐3.1k) - Unofficial Evernote app.
Articles / Other
Jul 17 - Jul 23, 2017
Videos / Other
Jun 19 - Jun 25, 2017
For Electron / Other
- electron-unhandled (⭐435) - Catch unhandled errors and promise rejections.
Jun 12 - Jun 18, 2017
Closed Source / Other
- CashNotify - Monitor your Stripe accounts from your menu bar.
For Electron / Other
- electron-store (⭐4.4k) - Save and load data like user preferences, app state, cache, etc.
- got (⭐14k) - Simplified HTTP requests.
May 22 - May 28, 2017
Open Source / Other
- Insomnia (⭐33k) - Create and manage HTTP requests.
May 15 - May 21, 2017
Community / Other
Apr 17 - Apr 23, 2017
Open Source / Other
- Buka (⭐1.1k) - E-book management.
Components / Other
- Xel - Widget toolkit for building native-like apps.
Mar 13 - Mar 19, 2017
Videos / Other
Feb 06 - Feb 12, 2017
Open Source / Other
- LosslessCut (⭐22k) - Lossless video trimming & cutting.
Jan 23 - Jan 29, 2017
Open Source / Other
- Cerebro (⭐8.2k) - Launcher with inline previews.
Samples / Other
- Electron API usage (⭐3.9k) - Sample apps illustrating usage of Electron APIs.
- Screen Recorder (⭐403) - WebRTC screen recorder.
Jan 16 - Jan 22, 2017
Closed Source / Other
- Hackolade - Data modeling for NoSQL and multi-model databases.
For Electron / Other
- elemon (⭐73) - Live-reload your app during development.
Jan 02 - Jan 08, 2017
Open Source / Other
- Inpad (⭐3.7k) - Notes app with GitHub-flavored Markdown.
Community / Other
Dec 12 - Dec 18, 2016
Open Source / Other
- Stacer (⭐8.7k) - Ubuntu system optimizer.
Nov 21 - Nov 27, 2016
Community / Other
@electron_ruon Telegram (Russian)
Nov 14 - Nov 20, 2016
For Electron / Other
- electron-is-accelerator (⭐16) - Check if a string is a valid accelerator.
- electron-pdf-window (⭐279) - View PDF files in browser windows.
Nov 07 - Nov 13, 2016
For Electron / Other
- electron-about-window (⭐409) - 'About This App' window.
Oct 31 - Nov 06, 2016
Open Source / Other
- Extraterm (⭐2.4k) - Terminal.
Closed Source / Other
- Exodus - Secure, manage, and exchange blockchain assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum.
For Electron / Other
- electron-builder (⭐13k) - Create installers.
- NeDB (⭐13k) - Embedded persistent or in-memory database.
Using Electron / Other
- electron-mocha (⭐345) - Run Mocha tests in Electron.
Components / Other
- menubar (⭐6.6k) - Menubar app framework.
Oct 24 - Oct 30, 2016
Videos / Other
Oct 17 - Oct 23, 2016
Open Source / Other
- Boostnote (⭐17k) - Markdown note & code snippet app for developers.
Oct 03 - Oct 09, 2016
Open Source / Other
- KeeWeb (⭐12k) - Unofficial KeePass app.
Closed Source / Other
- Inkdrop - Markdown notebook for hackers.
Sep 05 - Sep 11, 2016
Closed Source / Other
- Cocos Creator - Game editor for creating web and native games for Cocos2D-x.
Aug 29 - Sep 04, 2016
Using Electron / Other
- Reactotron (⭐15k) - Inspect your React and React Native apps.
Documentation / Other
- Essential Electron - Concise overview.
Books / Other
Videos / Other
Aug 22 - Aug 28, 2016
Podcasts / Other
Aug 15 - Aug 21, 2016
For Electron / Other
- electron-log (⭐1.2k) - Simple logging.
Community / Other
Aug 01 - Aug 07, 2016
Open Source / Other
- Wire (⭐1.1k) - Messenger and calling app.
Jul 11 - Jul 17, 2016
For Electron / Other
- electron-devtools-installer (⭐1.1k) - Install DevTools extensions from the Chrome Web Store.
Jul 04 - Jul 10, 2016
Videos / Other
Podcasts / Other
Jun 27 - Jul 03, 2016
Open Source / Other
- Museeks (⭐1.6k) - Music player.
Jun 13 - Jun 19, 2016
Open Source / Other
- YakYak (⭐3.8k) - Unofficial Google Hangouts app.
Closed Source / Other
- CatLight - Build status notifier.
For Electron / Other
- fix-path (⭐271) - Fix the $PATH on macOS when run from a GUI app. Useful when spawning a child process.
- electron-osx-sign (⭐540) - Code-signing for macOS apps.
- electron-context-menu (⭐1.3k) - Extensible context menu.
Components / Other
- React Desktop (⭐9.5k) - UI toolkit for macOS and Windows built with React.
Articles / Other
Jun 06 - Jun 12, 2016
Open Source / Other
- Crypter (⭐454) - Secure encryption client.
May 23 - May 29, 2016
Boilerplates / Other
- bozon (⭐757) - Scaffold, run, test, and package your app.
May 16 - May 22, 2016
Open Source / Featured
- Min (⭐7.5k) - Minimal web browser.
Open Source / Other
- Mattermost (⭐1.9k) - Mattermost client.
Boilerplates / Other
- electron-quick-start (⭐11k) - Clone the repo to try a simple app.
May 09 - May 15, 2016
Closed Source / Other
- WhatsApp - Official WhatsApp app.
Videos / Other
May 02 - May 08, 2016
Closed Source / Other
- Freeter - Organizer for freelancers & creatives.
For Electron / Other
- electron-rebuild (⭐989) - Rebuild native Node.js modules against the currently installed Electron version.
Apr 25 - May 01, 2016
Closed Source / Other
- MongoDB Compass - Official MongoDB app.
Apr 18 - Apr 24, 2016
Open Source / Featured
- WebTorrent (⭐9.5k) - Streaming torrent client.
- Visual Studio Code (⭐157k) - Cross-platform IDE.
Open Source / Other
- Git-it (⭐4.6k) - Teaches you Git and GitHub.
- Caprine (⭐6.8k) - Unofficial Facebook Messenger app.
- Simplenote (⭐4.6k) - Note keeper.
- Abricotine (⭐2.6k) - Markdown editor with inline preview.
- Medis (⭐12k) - Redis database management.
- SmartMirror (⭐2.8k) - Voice controlled smart mirror.
- Google Play Music Desktop Player (⭐8.3k) - Unofficial Google Play Music app.
- Ansel (⭐409) - Image organizer.
Closed Source / Other
- GitKraken - Git client.
- 1Clipboard - Universal clipboard manager.
- Postman - Create and send HTTP requests.
For Electron / Other
- electron-is-dev (⭐421) - Check if Electron is running in development.
- electron-localshortcut (⭐418) - Add keyboard shortcuts locally to a window.
- electron-dl (⭐1.1k) - Simplified file downloads.
- electron-release-server (⭐2k) - Self-hosted release server with front-end & auto-updater support.
- electron-download (⭐331) - Download the Electron release zip from GitHub.
- ember-electron (⭐805) - Build, test, and package Ember apps.
Using Electron / Other
- nativefier (⭐35k) - 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.
Videos / Other
Apr 11 - Apr 17, 2016
Using Electron / Other
- electron-stream (⭐126) - Streaming wrapper.
Mar 28 - Apr 03, 2016
Open Source / Other
- Catify (⭐64) - Utility for Spotify.
Mar 21 - Mar 27, 2016
Open Source / Other
- Before Dawn (⭐185) - Screensaver tool.
Mar 07 - Mar 13, 2016
Closed Source / Other
- Remember - Business card management. (Korean)
For Electron / Other
- electron-installer-debian (⭐365) - Create a Debian package.
- electron-installer-redhat (⭐77) - Create a Red Hat package.
- electron-installer-windows (⭐465) - Create a Windows package.
Feb 29 - Mar 06, 2016
For Electron / Other
- electron-packager (⭐75) - Package and distribute your app.
Jan 25 - Jan 31, 2016
Open Source / Other
- Proton (⭐160) - Markdown editor with live preview.
Jan 04 - Jan 10, 2016
Open Source / Other
- Chrome DevTools (⭐1.6k) - Chrome DevTools packaged as an app.
Dec 28 - Jan 03, 2015
Closed Source / Other
- Stremio - Media center.
- Pingendo - Bootstrap prototyping.
- MockingBot - Prototyping tool for designing apps.
- Caret - Markdown editor.
Boilerplates / Other
- electron-react-boilerplate (⭐23k) - Boilerplate based on React and webpack.
Videos / Other
Dec 21 - Dec 27, 2015
Open Source / Other
- Light Table (⭐12k) - Code editor with instant feedback.
Dec 07 - Dec 13, 2015
Open Source / Other
- Sqlectron (⭐4.5k) - SQL client.
Nov 30 - Dec 06, 2015
Community / Other
- electron-br (Brazilian Portuguese)
Nov 23 - Nov 29, 2015
For Electron / Other
- debug-menu (⭐136) - Chrome-like "inspect element" context-menu.
Nov 02 - Nov 08, 2015
Open Source / Other
- MarkRight (⭐914) - GitHub flavored Markdown editor with live preview.
Oct 19 - Oct 25, 2015
Closed Source / Other
- Spreaker Studio - Audio recording and broadcasting.
Sep 21 - Sep 27, 2015
Closed Source / Other
- Typetalk - Share and discuss ideas with your team through instant messaging.
Aug 17 - Aug 23, 2015
Articles / Other
Jul 27 - Aug 02, 2015
Articles / Other
Jun 29 - Jul 05, 2015
Open Source / Other
- Loop Drop (⭐823) - MIDI looper and synth for live electronic music performances.
Closed Source / Other
- Prepros - Compile almost any preprocessing language with live browser refresh.
For Electron / Other
- electron-debug (⭐732) - Adds useful debug features.
Videos / Other
May 25 - May 31, 2015
Open Source / Other
- Leanote (⭐1.5k) - Cloud notepad.
May 11 - May 17, 2015
Videos / Other
Apr 27 - May 03, 2015
Closed Source / Other
- Slack - Desktop version.
- Avocode - Share design and collaborate.
Boilerplates / Other
- generator-electron (⭐718) - Scaffold out an app boilerplate.
Community / Other