Electron Community - Tools & Components & Videos

Electron Community

Tools, boilerplates, videos, and more from Electron's awesome open-source contributors. Find or add meetups near you.

Tools

electron-prebuilt	Install prebuilt Electron binaries for command-line use using npm.
electron-packager	Package and distribute your app.
electron-builder	Create installers.
electron-debug	Adds useful debug features.
electron-is-dev	Check if Electron is running in development.
electron-localshortcut	Add keyboard shortcuts locally to a window.
electron-gh-release	Auto-update by releasing on GitHub.
electron-release	Publish a new release of your app to GitHub.
electron-updater	Auto-updater leveraging npm to deploy updates.
fix-path	Fix the $PATH on OS X when run from a GUI app. Useful when spawning a child process.
auto-launch	Launch apps at system startup.
nuts	Releases server with auto-updater and GitHub as a backend.
electron-dl	Simplified file downloads.
electron-release-server	Self-hosted release server with front-end & auto-updater support.
electron-rebuild	Rebuild native Node.js modules against the currently installed Electron version.
electron-compile	Use ES2015, CoffeeScript, LESS, SCSS in your app without a precompilation step.
electron-positioner	Position windows at common spots.
electron-window-state	Save and restore window sizes and positions.
electron-drag	Improved window dragging.
debug-menu	Chrome-like "inspect element" context-menu.
electron-installer-debian	Create a Debian package.
electron-installer-redhat	Create a Red Hat package.
electron-installer-windows	Create a Windows package.
electron-sudo	Subprocesses with administrative privileges.
electron-json-storage	Write and read user settings.
electron-download	Download the Electron release zip from GitHub.
ipc-stream	Duplex stream over IPC.
is-electron-renderer	Check if your code is running in `main` or `renderer`.
electron-osx-sign	Code-signing for OS X apps.
electron-detach	Restart an Electron app as a detached process.
editor-framework	Easily create dockable IDE apps.
ember-electron	Build, test, and package Ember apps.
electrify	Package Meteor apps.

Boilerplates

electron-boilerplate	Boilerplate to kickstart creating an app.
generator-electron	Scaffold out an app boilerplate.
electron-boilerplate	Comprehensive boilerplate which even generates installers.
electron-react-boilerplate	Boilerplate based on React and webpack.
descjop	ClojureScript boilerplate for creating an app.

Components

Photon	UI toolkit for building beautiful apps.
React PhotonKit	Photon components built with React.
menubar	High-level way to create a menubar app.
cookies	Adds support for `document.cookie`.
window	Easily create and manage windows.
React Desktop	UI toolkit for OS X and Windows built with React.
electron-input-menu	Context menu for input elements.
chrome-tabs	Chrome like tabs.
titlebar	Emulate the OS X window titlebar.

Videos

Creating Desktop Apps with Electron
Packaging and Distributing Electron Desktop Apps
Multi Window Electron Desktop Apps
The State of Electron
Cross-Platform Desktop Apps with Electron
Building Native Desktop apps using Electron

This list is generated from @sindresorhus's Awesome Electron repository.
Something missing? Make a pull request.

Meetups

Bay Area Electron User Group	San Francisco, California, USA
ElectronDC	Washington D.C., USA
Electron Korea	Seoul, South Korea
Austin ElectronJS Meetup	Austin, Texas, USA
ElectronJS Paris	Paris, France
Electron/Atom	Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

To add a meetup, edit _data/meetups.yml and make a pull request.