sindresorhus/awesome-electron

Platforms 4 months ago 22.7k

Useful resources for creating apps with Electron

View byDAY/WEEK/README

View on Github

Jan 31st - Feb 6th, 2022

Apps

Other

linked stars491 - Daily journal.

Browserosaurus stars905 - Browser prompter for macOS.

Oct 4th - Oct 10th, 2021

Apps

Other

VIR stars112 - Intelligent time manager with automatic planning.

Jun 28th - Jul 4th, 2021

Tools

For Electron

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

Apps

Other

Heroic Games Launcher stars3.1k - Alternative Epic games launcher.

May 31st - Jun 6th, 2021

Articles

Making Electron apps feel native on Mac

May 3rd - May 9th, 2021

Apps

Closed Source

Lotus - Keep up with GitHub notifications without stress.

Boilerplates

vite-electron-builder stars1.1k - Secure boilerplate for Electron app based on Vite. TypeScript + Vue/React/Angular/Svelte/Vanilla.

Apr 5th - Apr 11th, 2021

Apps

Other

SpaceEye stars261 - Live satellite imagery for your desktop background.

Mar 15th - Mar 21st, 2021

Apps

Closed Source

Discord - Voice and text chat.

Mar 1st - Mar 7th, 2021

Apps

Other

Yana stars165 - Notebook app with rich-text notes, nested note organization and global search.

Apps

Closed Source

Nota - Pro writing app designed for local Markdown files.

Feb 15th - Feb 21st, 2021

Apps

Closed Source

Dynobase - AWS DynamoDB GUI.

Dec 21st - Dec 27th, 2020

Apps

Closed Source

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

Dec 7th - Dec 13th, 2020

Apps

Other

Hawkpass stars50 - Password generator.

Nov 16th - Nov 22nd, 2020

Apps

Other

Graviton Editor stars804 - Cross-platform code editor.

Oct 19th - Oct 25th, 2020

Apps

Closed Source

Cleavr - Provision servers and deploy web apps.

Sep 21st - Sep 27th, 2020

Podcasts

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

Sep 14th - Sep 20th, 2020

Apps

Other

Mouseless stars88 - Keyboard shortcut training and look-up.

Glyphfinder stars105 - Unicode character search.

Jun 15th - Jun 21st, 2020

awesome-electronjs-hacking stars377

May 11th - May 17th, 2020

Apps

Other

Beekeeper Studio stars9.8k - Cross-platform SQL editor and database manager.

Apr 20th - Apr 26th, 2020

Apps

Other

LightProxy stars2.6k - Web debugging proxy.

Apr 6th - Apr 12th, 2020

Tools

For Electron

RxDB stars17.5k - A realtime NoSQL database.

Mar 9th - Mar 15th, 2020

Boilerplates

secure-electron-template stars1.2k - Security-focused boilerplate for creating apps with React, Redux, Webpack, and i18next.

Mar 2nd - Mar 8th, 2020

Apps

Closed Source

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

Tools

For Electron

electronegativity stars740 - Identify misconfigurations and security anti-patterns.

Apps

Other

Gitify stars3.7k - GitHub notifications in your menubar.

Feb 10th - Feb 16th, 2020

Apps

Other

MQTTX stars1.8k - Client for MQTT, which is a lightweight messaging protocol.

Kitematic stars12.3k - Docker container management.

Pomodoro stars216 - Timer based on the Pomodoro Technique.

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

Sabaki stars1.9k - Go/Baduk/Weiqi board.

Swifty stars682 - Password manager.

Jan 20th - Jan 26th, 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.

Tools

For Electron

electron-create-menu stars35 - Default menus for all platforms, easily extendable, and with i18n support.

electronmon stars50 - Monitor and reload apps out-of-process during development.

Articles

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

Apps

Other

massCode stars2k - Code snippet manager for developers.

Jan 13th - Jan 19th, 2020

Apps

Other

ExifCleaner stars830 - Clean image metadata with drag and drop.

Dec 30th - Jan 5th, 2020

Apps

Other

Upcount stars293 - Invoicing.

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 25th - Dec 1st, 2019

Apps

Closed Source

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

Oct 7th - Oct 13th, 2019

Apps

Closed Source

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

Sep 23rd - Sep 29th, 2019

Tools

Using Electron

jest-electron stars135 - Run and debug Jest unit tests in a browser environment.

Sep 16th - Sep 22nd, 2019

Tools

For Electron

adblocker-electron - Block ads and trackers.

Apps

Other

Gmail Desktop stars529 - Unofficial Gmail app.

Apps

Closed Source

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

Aug 19th - Aug 25th, 2019

awesome-nodejs stars44.6k

Jul 29th - Aug 4th, 2019

Apps

Other

Franz stars4.2k - Skype, Slack, Hangouts, WhatsApp, Grape, Telegram, FB Messenger, Hipchat in the same app.

Jun 24th - Jun 30th, 2019

Apps

Closed Source

Mingo - MongoDB GUI.

Jun 17th - Jun 23rd, 2019

Apps

Closed Source

MusicPlus - Free music app for macOS and Windows.

Tools

For Electron

trilogy stars237 - TypeScript SQLite database layer with support for both native C++ and pure JavaScript backends.

Jun 10th - Jun 16th, 2019

Tools

For Electron

debugtron stars753 - Debug in-production Electron-based apps.

electron-chrome-extension stars110 - Add support for Chrome extensions.

electron-ipc-proxy stars34 - Transparent asynchronous remoting between browser windows and the main process.

electron-better-ipc stars596 - Simplified IPC communication.

May 27th - Jun 2nd, 2019

Apps

Other

Motrix stars31.7k - Download manager.

May 20th - May 26th, 2019

Apps

Other

Tockler stars535 - Tracks your time.

Apr 29th - May 5th, 2019

Apps

Other

Unsplash Wallpapers stars235 - Set desktop wallpaper from Unsplash.

Mini Diary stars921 - Simple and secure journal app.

Tools

For Electron

electron-ssl-pinning - Prevent MITM.

Apr 15th - Apr 21st, 2019

Boilerplates

angular-electron stars5.1k - Fast bootstrapping with Angular, Electron, TypeScript, SASS, and Hot Reload.

Feb 18th - Feb 24th, 2019

Apps

Other

Notable stars19.8k - Markdown-based note-taking.

Noty stars331 - Auto-saving sticky note with support for multiple notes in a single window.

Apps

Featured

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

Tools

For Electron

ngx-electron stars416 - Integrate Electron APIs and Angular.

Articles

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

Dec 24th - Dec 30th, 2018

Articles

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

Oct 22nd - Oct 28th, 2018

Community

Stack Overflow

Oct 8th - Oct 14th, 2018

Apps

Closed Source

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

Apps

Other

Etcher stars23k - Flash OS images to SD cards and USB drives.

Oct 1st - Oct 7th, 2018

Apps

Other

Ao stars2k - Unofficial Microsoft To-Do app.

Netron stars18.8k - Visualizer for deep learning and machine learning models.

Apps

Closed Source

Brandy - A brand asset manager for your menu bar.

Sep 17th - Sep 23rd, 2018

Tools

For Electron

run-electron stars195 - Run Electron without all the junk terminal output.

Aug 6th - Aug 12th, 2018

Apps

Other

Mark Text stars32.1k - 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 23rd - Jul 29th, 2018

Apps

Other

Pretzel stars420 - Show and search keyboard shortcuts for the current app.

Apr 16th - Apr 22nd, 2018

Apps

Other

Pomotroid stars2.4k - Pomodoro timer.

FreeMAN stars280 - File manager for power users.

Tools

For Electron

chromium-net-errors stars18 - Chromium's network errors as custom error classes.

Feb 26th - Mar 4th, 2018

Tools

For Electron

electron-timber stars361 - Pretty logger.

Feb 5th - Feb 11th, 2018

Tools

For Electron

electron-serve stars358 - Static file serving (Useful for routing, like react-router).

Jan 29th - Feb 4th, 2018

Tools

For Electron

electron-reloader stars549 - Simple auto-reloading during development.

Community

electron-pl (Polish)

Apps

Other

Nuclear stars8.9k - Music player that streams from free sources.

Dec 25th - Dec 31st, 2017

Apps

Other

Headset stars766 - Discover, collect, and listen to music from YouTube.

Dec 11th - Dec 17th, 2017

Apps

Other

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

Dec 4th - Dec 10th, 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.

Apps

Closed Source

Fenêtre - Picture-in-picture for your Mac.

Nov 27th - Dec 3rd, 2017

Apps

Other

Mailspring stars12.8k - Extensible email client. (Fork of Nylas Mail)

Apps

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 13th - Nov 19th, 2017

Apps

Other

Buttercup Desktop stars3.8k - Password manager.

Apps

Samples

Touch Bar API stars47 - Example of macOS Touch Bar integration.

Nov 6th - Nov 12th, 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.

Oct 30th - Nov 5th, 2017

Apps

Other

Comma Chameleon stars272 - CSV editor.

Videos

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

Tools

For Electron

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

Oct 23rd - Oct 29th, 2017

Apps

Other

ProtonMail Desktop stars552 - Unofficial ProtonMail app.

Oct 9th - Oct 15th, 2017

Books

Cross-Platform Desktop Applications 💲

Apps

Closed Source

Twitch - Official Twitch app.

Oct 2nd - Oct 8th, 2017

Apps

Closed Source

Mockoon - Mock servers in seconds.

Sep 18th - Sep 24th, 2017

Articles

Building a desktop app with Electron, React, and Redux

Apps

Other

Tusk stars3.1k - Unofficial Evernote app.

Jul 17th - Jul 23rd, 2017

Videos

Build a desktop application with Electron - Egghead 💲

Tools

For Electron

electron-process-manager stars176 - Process manager UI (like Chrome's task manager).

Jun 26th - Jul 2nd, 2017

Apps

Other

Snapper stars102 - Screen capturing & recording for Android devices.

Jun 19th - Jun 25th, 2017

Tools

For Electron

electron-unhandled stars385 - Catch unhandled errors and promise rejections.

Jun 12th - Jun 18th, 2017

Apps

Featured

Beaker stars6.5k - Browser with peer-to-peer web protocols.

Tools

For Electron

electron-store stars3.5k - Save and load data like user preferences, app state, cache, etc.

got stars11.4k - Simplified HTTP requests.

Apps

Closed Source

CashNotify - Monitor your Stripe accounts from your menu bar.

Jun 5th - Jun 11th, 2017

Apps

Closed Source

ScreenSquid - Record and playback website visitor sessions.

May 22nd - May 28th, 2017

Videos

Automatically Build and Publish Node and Electron Applications for Linux

Apps

Other

Insomnia stars21k - Create and manage HTTP requests.

May 15th - May 21st, 2017

Community

Product Hunt

Apr 17th - Apr 23rd, 2017

Tools

For Electron

electron-settings stars739 - Reads and writes user settings to disk.

Apps

Other

Buka stars974 - E-book management.

Components

Xel - Widget toolkit for building native-like apps.

Mar 13th - Mar 19th, 2017

Videos

Electron: Building Cross Platform Desktop Apps - Lynda 💲

Feb 6th - Feb 12th, 2017

Apps

Other

LosslessCut stars11.4k - Lossless video trimming & cutting.

Jan 30th - Feb 5th, 2017

Apps

Closed Source

Wantedly Chat - Business team chat. (Japanese)

Apps

Other

Desktop Dimmer stars324 - Control the brightness of any display.

Jan 23rd - Jan 29th, 2017

Apps

Other

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

Cerebro stars7.3k - Launcher with inline previews.

Apps

Samples

Electron API usage stars3.7k - Sample apps illustrating usage of Electron APIs.

Screen Recorder stars382 - WebRTC screen recorder.

Jan 16th - Jan 22nd, 2017

Tools

For Electron

elemon stars69 - Live-reload your app during development.

Apps

Closed Source

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

Jan 9th - Jan 15th, 2017

Tools

For Electron

electron-router stars124 - Router tidying up IPC message passing.

Jan 2nd - Jan 8th, 2017

Apps

Other

Inpad stars3k - Notes app with GitHub-flavored Markdown.

Zazu stars2.1k - Launcher.

Community

electronjs on Facebook

Dec 12th - Dec 18th, 2016

Apps

Other

Stacer stars7.8k - Ubuntu system optimizer.

GIFBar stars66 - Search GIFs in your menubar.

Dec 5th - Dec 11th, 2016

Apps

Other

ndm stars1.9k - npm desktop manager.

GroupMe stars81 - Unofficial GroupMe app.

Nov 28th - Dec 4th, 2016

Apps

Other

PB for Desktop stars476 - Pushbullet client.

Nov 21st - Nov 27th, 2016

Community

@electron_ru on Telegram (Russian)

Nov 14th - Nov 20th, 2016

Tools

For Electron

electron-pdf-window stars259 - View PDF files in browser windows.

electron-is-accelerator stars15 - Check if a string is a valid accelerator.

Components

Brightwheel stars114 - Build and manage UI components with Photon and Etch.

Nov 7th - Nov 13th, 2016

Tools

For Electron

electron-about-window stars384 - 'About This App' window.

Oct 31st - Nov 6th, 2016

Apps

Other

Dext stars719 - Launcher.

Materialette stars1k - Material design color palette in your menubar.

dida stars43 - Add tasks to TickTick (滴答清单).

Extraterm stars2k - Terminal.

Tools

For Electron

electron-vibrancy stars611 - Add vibrancy (blur) to windows.

electron-builder stars12.1k - Create installers.

devtron stars1.7k - Official DevTools extension.

electron-window-state stars595 - Persist window sizes and positions.

electron-is stars216 - Utility functions.

NeDB stars13.1k - Embedded persistent or in-memory database.

electron-redux stars703 - Synchronize Redux state across windows.

Tools

Using Electron

electron-mocha stars342 - Run Mocha tests in Electron.

Components

menubar stars6.2k - Menubar app framework.

window stars289 - Create and manage windows.

Apps

Closed Source

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

Apps

Featured

Kap stars15.2k - Screen recorder with GIF support.

Oct 24th - Oct 30th, 2016

Videos

Getting Started with Electron 1.x

Oct 17th - Oct 23rd, 2016

Tools

For Electron

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

Apps

Other

Rambox stars6.3k - Chat and email app that combines multiple services like Discord, Hangouts, Gmail and Outlook.

Slide Beacon stars133 - Physical web beacon broadcast.

Boostnote stars17.3k - Markdown note & code snippet app for developers.

Apps

Featured

Hyper stars38.6k - Terminal.

Oct 3rd - Oct 9th, 2016

Apps

Other

DBGlass stars1.3k - PostgreSQL client.

KeeWeb stars11k - Unofficial KeePass app.

Apps

Closed Source

Inkdrop - Markdown notebook for hackers.

Sep 19th - Sep 25th, 2016

Apps

Other

Moonview stars83 - Ambient notepad.

Sep 5th - Sep 11th, 2016

Apps

Closed Source

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

Aug 29th - Sep 4th, 2016

Documentation

Essential Electron - Concise overview.

Books

Developing an Electron Edge - Preview 💲

Videos

Electron Fundamentals course - Pluralsight 💲

Cross-Platform Desktop Apps with Electron

Apps

Other

Ramme stars3.3k - Unofficial Instagram app.

Tools

Using Electron

Reactotron stars13.6k - Inspect your React and React Native apps.

Aug 22nd - Aug 28th, 2016

Podcasts

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

Aug 15th - Aug 21st, 2016

Community

Tools

For Electron

electron-log stars951 - Simple logging.

Aug 1st - Aug 7th, 2016

Apps

Other

Wire stars1k - Messenger and calling app.

Jul 25th - Jul 31st, 2016

Apps

Other

iStats stars181 - CPU and memory stats on your menubar.

Podcasts

JavaScript Air: Electron Apps with @jlord and @emorikawa

Jul 18th - Jul 24th, 2016

Apps

Other

Toshocat stars177 - Anime/Manga Progress Tracker.

Deco stars5.9k - React Native IDE.

Jul 11th - Jul 17th, 2016

Apps

Closed Source

Automint - CRM for automobile businesses.

Tools

For Electron

electron-devtools-installer stars912 - Install DevTools extensions from the Chrome Web Store.

Jul 4th - Jul 10th, 2016

Tools

For Electron

electron-require stars26 - Simplified require.

Podcasts

Hanselminutes: Creating cross-platform Electron apps with Jessica Lord

Videos

Building Desktop Apps with Node.js and Electron

Apps

Other

Marky stars356 - Markdown editor.

Jun 27th - Jul 3rd, 2016

Apps

Other

VOX stars172 - Unofficial VOX music player.

Museeks stars1.2k - Music player.

Jun 13th - Jun 19th, 2016

Tools

For Electron

electron-context-menu stars1.1k - Extensible context menu.

fix-path stars237 - Fix the $PATH on macOS when run from a GUI app. Useful when spawning a child process.

electron-osx-sign stars443 - Code-signing for macOS apps.

electron-osx-appearance stars168 - Simplified API for accessing macOS's appearance settings.

Apps

Other

YakYak stars3.9k - Unofficial Google Hangouts app.

Apps

Closed Source

CatLight - Build status notifier.

Components

React Desktop stars9.3k - UI toolkit for macOS and Windows built with React.

titlebar stars483 - Emulate the macOS window titlebar.

Articles

Codesigning your app for macOS

Auto-updating apps for macOS and Windows: The complete guide

Jun 6th - Jun 12th, 2016

Apps

Other

Crypter stars428 - Secure encryption client.

Lightgallery stars978 - Image viewer.

May 30th - Jun 5th, 2016

Apps

Other

MediumDesk - Unofficial Medium app.

May 23rd - May 29th, 2016

Boilerplates

bozon stars738 - Scaffold, run, test, and package your app.

May 16th - May 22nd, 2016

Apps

Other

PupaFM stars337 - DoubanFM music player.

Mattermost stars1.6k - Mattermost client.

Boilerplates

electron-quick-start stars9.7k - Clone the repo to try a simple app.

Apps

Featured

Min stars5.1k - Minimal web browser.

May 9th - May 15th, 2016

Tools

Using Electron

electron-windows-store stars633 - Turn Electron apps into Windows Store AppX packages.

Videos

The New Desktop: Electron, React, & Pixel-Perfect Native-Feeling Experiences

Apps

Closed Source

WhatsApp - Official WhatsApp app.

Tools

For Electron

babel-preset-electron stars45 - Babel preset that only compiles what's necessary for a particular Electron version.

May 2nd - May 8th, 2016

Apps

Closed Source

Freeter - Organizer for freelancers & creatives.

Tools

For Electron

electron-rebuild stars871 - Rebuild native Node.js modules against the currently installed Electron version.

spectron stars1.7k - Test Electron apps using ChromeDriver.

Apr 25th - May 1st, 2016

Apps

Closed Source

MongoDB Compass - Official MongoDB app.

Apr 18th - Apr 24th, 2016

Apps

Featured

WebTorrent stars8.8k - Streaming torrent client.

SpaceRadar stars1.2k - Interactive disk space and memory visualization.

Visual Studio Code stars132.1k - Cross-platform IDE.

Apps

Other

Git-it stars4k - Teaches you Git and GitHub.

Caprine stars6.3k - Unofficial Facebook Messenger app.

Simplenote stars4k - Note keeper.

nuTorrent stars230 - BitTorrent client.

Abricotine stars2.4k - Markdown editor with inline preview.

Medis stars10.8k - Redis database management.

Kakapo stars390 - Ambient sound mixer for relaxation or productivity.

SmartMirror stars2.7k - Voice controlled smart mirror.

Koko stars311 - IRC client.

Cumulus stars1.4k - SoundCloud player in your menubar.

FatFileFinder stars164 - Find large files on your machine.

Imagemin stars824 - Minify images.

Monu stars1.1k - Process monitoring.

Colonizers stars141 - "Catan" inspired board game.

Google Play Music Desktop Player

Track Awesome List

// Track it, not just star it.

Top 50 Awesome List

Recently Updated

Platforms

Programming Languages

Front-End Development

Back-End Development

Computer Science

Big Data

Theory

Books

Editors

Gaming

Development Environment

Entertainment

Databases

Media

Learn

Security

Content Management Systems

Hardware

Business

Work

Networking

Decentralized Systems

Higher Education

Events

Testing

Miscellaneous

Unmaintained

Top 50 Awesome List

Recently Updated

Platforms

Programming Languages

Front-End Development

Back-End Development

Computer Science

Big Data

Theory

Books

Editors

Gaming

Development Environment

Entertainment

Databases

Media

Learn

Security

Content Management Systems

Hardware

Business

Work

Networking

Decentralized Systems

Higher Education

Events

Testing

Miscellaneous

Unmaintained

sindresorhus/awesome-electron

Apps

Other

Oct 4th - Oct 10th, 2021

Apps

Other

Jun 28th - Jul 4th, 2021

Tools

For Electron

Apps

Other

May 31st - Jun 6th, 2021

Articles

May 3rd - May 9th, 2021

Apps

Closed Source

Boilerplates

Apr 5th - Apr 11th, 2021

Apps

Other