Electron (software framework)

Electron
Developer(s) GitHub
Initial release 15 July 2013 (2013-07-15)[1]
Stable release
3.0.4 / 11 October 2018 (2018-10-11)[2][3]
Preview release
4.0.0-beta.2
Repository
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Written in C++, JavaScript, Objective-C++, Python and Objective-C
Operating system Windows, Linux and macOS
Platform x86, x86-64, ARM
License MIT License[4]
Website https://electronjs.org/

Electron (formerly known as Atom Shell[5]) is an open-source framework developed and maintained by GitHub.[6] Electron allows for the development of desktop GUI applications using front and back end components originally developed for web applications: Node.js runtime for the backend and Chromium for the frontend. Electron is the main GUI framework behind several notable open-source projects including GitHub's Atom[7] and Microsoft's Visual Studio Code[8] source code editors, the Tidal music streaming service desktop application and the Light Table[9] IDE, in addition to the freeware desktop client for the Discord chat service and Spotify.

Applications using Electron

A number of desktop applications are built with Electron including:[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "electron/electron". GitHub. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Release Notes". github.com. GitHub. 1 May 2018.
  3. ↑ https://electronjs.org/releases
  4. ↑ "electron/LICENSE at master". GitHub. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  5. ↑ Sawicki, Kevin (23 April 2015). "Atom Shell is now Electron". Atom. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "electron/electron". GitHub. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "atom/atom". GitHub. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  8. ↑ James, Mike (23 November 2015). "Visual Studio Code - Now With Added Extensions". I Programmer. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  9. ↑ Horner, Gabriel (10 December 2015). "Light Table 0.8.0". Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  10. ↑ "Apps". Electron. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  11. ↑ Sawicki, Kevin (April 23, 2015). "Atom Shell is now Electron". Electron. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
  12. ↑ "CrashPlan for Small Business version 6.7". Code42 CrashPlan Release Notes. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  13. ↑ "Etcher". Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  14. ↑ Haack, Phil (May 16, 2017). "Announcing Git Integration for Atom and GitHub Desktop Beta". The GitHub Blog. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
  15. ↑ "GitKraken 2.x". August 15, 2017. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
  16. ↑ Horner, Gabriel (December 10, 2015). "Light Table 0.8.0". Light Table Blog. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
  17. ↑ "Electron Helper and branding". Techcommunity.microsoft.com. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  18. ↑ Bright, Peter (April 29, 2015). "Microsoft's new Code editor is built on Google's Chromium". Ars Technica. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  19. ↑ "Open Source project".
  20. ↑ "So What's Microsoft SQL Operations Studio?". Visual Studio Magazine. 8 November 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  21. ↑ "Building hybrid applications with Electron". Several People Are Coding. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  22. ↑ "wireapp/wire-desktop". GitHub. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  23. ↑ "Apps - Electron".
  24. ↑ "symphonyoss/SymphonyElectron". GitHub. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
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