Electron Boilerplate
A production-ready boilerplate for creating cross-platform desktop apps with Electron.
What is Electron Boilerplate?
electron-boilerplate is a starter template for building desktop applications with Electron. It provides a pre-configured project structure with essential tools and settings for development, building, and publishing cross-platform apps. The boilerplate solves the problem of repetitive setup by offering a production-ready foundation that includes auto-updates, CI integration, and common Electron utilities.
Developers and teams looking to create desktop applications for macOS, Linux, and Windows using Electron, who want to avoid manual configuration and start with a robust, best-practices setup.
It saves significant development time by providing a battle-tested template with built-in features like silent auto-updates and cross-platform builds, which are often complex to set up manually. The boilerplate is maintained by a well-known open-source contributor and is used in production apps like Caprine.
Overview
Boilerplate to kickstart creating an app with Electron
Use Cases
Best For
- Quickly starting a new Electron desktop application project
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