Electron
platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
Reviews for Electron
Hear what real users highlight about this tool.
Makers consistently praise Electron for enabling fast, cross‑platform shipping with familiar web tech. The makers of Steer laud its web‑developer friendliness, while noting JavaScript can feel stretched for deep native tasks. The makers of RightNow AI underscore smooth delivery across Windows, macOS, and Linux. The makers of Blitzit credit it for rapid deployment. Broader feedback highlights clear docs, reuse of React/TypeScript stacks, and solid tooling. Minor caveats involve edge cases and performance trade‑offs, but overall sentiment is strongly positive.
This AI-generated snapshot distills top reviewer sentiments.
Electron is awesome!
Electron let us ship AquaScore for macOS, Windows, and Linux from a single codebase — perfect for a scoreboard app used on many benches and machines. (Our site highlights all three OS builds.)
Electron made it possible to build my application as a cross-platform desktop app for Windows, Linux, and macOS<3
As a solo developer, building a native desktop app for Windows, macOS, and Linux felt like a dream. Electron turned that dream into a reality, allowing me to ship a cross-platform product from a single codebase. A true game-changer.
Perfect for BestShelf's needs. Electron enabled BestShelf to feel like a true native Mac app while using web technologies. File system access, proper window management, and macOS integration worked flawlessly.
Dashlayer runs on Electron — it gave me the power to build a native-feeling desktop app with the flexibility of web tech.
Electron made the foundation of my desktop app strong and reliable! With it's vast documentation I was able to develop and learn how to build software quickly with electron.
Electron lets me build for every OS using the web stack I know best. The dev experience is smooth, updates are easy, and the community is huge. For cross-platform desktop apps, nothing else is as productive. Other platform support will be available if there's demand!
Electron let us build a fully local, native-feeling desktop app with a modern UI — without compromising on speed or flexibility. It made it easy to ship a cross-platform SQL client that works offline and respects your data privacy.
Electron is great because it lets you build desktop apps using web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript), and run them across Windows, Mac, and Linux — all from a single codebase. It’s ideal for local tools like DeepData that don’t rely on the cloud.
An easy to use tool to make multi-platform desktop applications. The main advantage of electron is that you can use existing front-end frameworks for the UI.
I was using Electron with an Electron template I made that makes making software with Electron feel even closer to how you’d create a Next.js website. I configured it to use TypeScript, React, TailwindCSS, and ShadCN with Vite. In my honest opinion, it’s pretty fly. No,w the reason why I chose Electron is simple. I didn’t need something that’s really performant since I was just receiving, saving, and sending data, so I instead wanted something elegant and easy to plug and play on multiple OSes. Since I already knew TypeScript, it wasn’t a difficult choice.
Electron is a tool for creating desktop applications that work on Windows, macOS, and Linux using basic web development languages like JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. I used Electron primarily because I wanted to avoid learning platform-specific languages like C# or Swift. Instead of writing separate code for each operating system, Electron lets me reuse existing web development skills to build a single application that runs everywhere. This approach removes the need to manage multiple code versions or study niche desktop programming tools.