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formerly known as Atom Shell

The Electron framework lets you write cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. It is based on io.js and Chromium and is used in the Atom editor.

Follow @ElectronJS on Twitter for important announcements.

This project adheres to the Contributor Covenant 1.2. By participating, you are expected to uphold this code. Please report unacceptable behavior to atom@github.com.

Downloads

Prebuilt binaries and debug symbols of Electron for Linux, Windows and Mac can be found on the releases page.

You can also use npm to install prebuilt electron binaries:

# Install the `electron` command globally in your $PATH
npm install electron-prebuilt -g

# Install as a development dependency
npm install electron-prebuilt --save-dev

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Documentation

Guides and the API reference are located in the docs directory. It also contains documents describing how to build and contribute to Electron.

Community

There is an electron category on the Atom forums as well as an #atom-shell channel on Freenode.

Check out awesome-electron for a community maintained list of useful example apps, tools and resources.

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