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Electron

2025-10-27T01:12:46Z

Glektarssza: Small touch up to remove a duplicate mention of some apps built with Electron.

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| Title = Electron
| Release Year = 2013
| Product Type = Software
| In Production = Yes
| Official Website = https://www.electronjs.org/
| Logo = Electron Software Framework Logo.svg.png
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'''[[wikipedia:Electron_(software_framework)|Electron]]''' is an open-source programming framework that allows developers to write and run web applications as a standalone application. Electron uses [[Chromium]], an open-source project primarily maintained by [[Google]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shankland |first=Stephen |date=30 Nov 2020 |title=Google gets web allies by letting outsiders help build Chrome's foundation |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/google-gets-web-allies-by-letting-outsiders-help-build-chromes-foundation/ |url-status=live |access-date=29 Apr 2025 |website=CNET}}</ref>, as the underlying technology to parse and render web applications. The most common criticisms of Electron are performance issues and massive software bloat, given that each application based on Electron also contains and runs Chromium.

==Dependency on Chromium==
Due to being based on Chromium and being one of the most widely used frameworks for developing [[wikipedia:Application_software|desktop applications]], Electron heavily contributes to Google's monopoly<ref>{{Cite web |year=2025 |title=Browser Market Share Worldwide {{!}} Statcounter Global Stats |url=https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250729173848/https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share |archive-date=2025-07-29 |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=Statcounter}}</ref> in the browser market. This, unfortunately, further increases the leverage Google has on the whole industry. This also means that upstream changes by Google to the Chromium project can have impacts to projects built on Electron.

==Software using Electron==
Documenting a full list of all applications using Electron would be extremely tedious given the wide adoption of the framework. Some notable examples, though. are:

*[https://discord.com/ Discord]
*[https://slack.com/ Slack]
*[https://www.1password.com/ 1Password]
*[https://www.whatsapp.com/ WhatsApp]
*[https://signal.org/ Signal]
*[https://www.tidal.com/ Tidal]
*[https://code.visualstudio.com/ Visual Studio Code]
*[https://trello.com/ Trello]
*[https://obsidian.md/ Obsidian]
*[https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software Microsoft Teams]

For a most complete, but not necessarily exhaustive, listing check the [https://www.electronjs.org/apps application directory on the Electron website].

==See also==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron_(software_framework) Wikipedia - Electron (software framework)]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromium_(web_browser) Wikipedia - Chromium (web-browser)]

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Electron

2025-10-27T01:10:54Z

Glektarssza: Added a wider list of software using Electron and linked to the semi-official application directory on the Electron website. Also commented on how upstream Chromium changes by Google can impact Electron projects.

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| Title = Electron
| Release Year = 2013
| Product Type = Software
| In Production = Yes
| Official Website = https://www.electronjs.org/
| Logo = Electron Software Framework Logo.svg.png
}}
'''[[wikipedia:Electron_(software_framework)|Electron]]''' is an open-source programming framework that allows developers to write and run web applications as a standalone application. Electron uses [[Chromium]], an open-source project primarily maintained by [[Google]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shankland |first=Stephen |date=30 Nov 2020 |title=Google gets web allies by letting outsiders help build Chrome's foundation |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/google-gets-web-allies-by-letting-outsiders-help-build-chromes-foundation/ |url-status=live |access-date=29 Apr 2025 |website=CNET}}</ref>, as the underlying technology to parse and render web applications. The most common criticisms of Electron are performance issues and massive software bloat, given that each application based on Electron also contains and runs Chromium.

==Dependency on Chromium==
Due to being based on Chromium and being one of the most widely used frameworks for developing [[wikipedia:Application_software|desktop applications]], Electron heavily contributes to Google's monopoly<ref>{{Cite web |year=2025 |title=Browser Market Share Worldwide {{!}} Statcounter Global Stats |url=https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250729173848/https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share |archive-date=2025-07-29 |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=Statcounter}}</ref> in the browser market. This, unfortunately, further increases the leverage Google has on the whole industry. This also means that upstream changes by Google to the Chromium project can have impacts to projects built on Electron such as Discord, Slack, any many others.

==Software using Electron==
Documenting a full list of all applications using Electron would be extremely tedious given the wide adoption of the framework. Some notable examples, though. are:

* [https://discord.com/ Discord]
* [https://slack.com/ Slack]
* [https://www.1password.com/ 1Password]
* [https://www.whatsapp.com/ WhatsApp]
* [https://signal.org/ Signal]
* [https://www.tidal.com/ Tidal]
* [https://code.visualstudio.com/ Visual Studio Code]
* [https://trello.com/ Trello]
* [https://obsidian.md/ Obsidian]
* [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software Microsoft Teams]

For a most complete, but not necessarily exhaustive, listing check the [https://www.electronjs.org/apps application directory on the Electron website].

==See also==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron_(software_framework) Wikipedia - Electron (software framework)]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromium_(web_browser) Wikipedia - Chromium (web-browser)]

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Electron

2025-10-27T00:59:24Z

Glektarssza: Removed mention to Tauri as it uses Microsoft Edge Chromium on Windows as their WebView of choice. See https://github.com/tauri-apps/wry/blob/a6fbc57aa6184fadb2a1167d891b18f90ede849d/README.md. On mobile it will be based on the user's preferred WebView, if that is a setting allowed by the OS (see https://github.com/tauri-apps/wry/blob/2d62f368e53798a74047d7e2dac423165ab923d2/MOBILE.md for more details).

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{{InfoboxProductLine
| Title = Electron
| Release Year = 2013
| Product Type = Software
| In Production = Yes
| Official Website = https://www.electronjs.org/
| Logo = Electron Software Framework Logo.svg.png
}}
'''[[wikipedia:Electron_(software_framework)|Electron]]''' is an open-source programming framework that allows developers to write and run web applications as a standalone application. Electron uses [[Chromium]], an open-source project primarily maintained by [[Google]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shankland |first=Stephen |date=30 Nov 2020 |title=Google gets web allies by letting outsiders help build Chrome's foundation |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/google-gets-web-allies-by-letting-outsiders-help-build-chromes-foundation/ |url-status=live |access-date=29 Apr 2025 |website=CNET}}</ref>, as the underlying technology to parse and render web applications. The most common criticisms of Electron are performance issues and massive software bloat, given that each application based on Electron also contains and runs Chromium.

==Dependency on Chromium==
Due to being based on Chromium and being one of the most widely used frameworks for developing [[wikipedia:Application_software|desktop applications]], Electron heavily contributes to Google's monopoly<ref>{{Cite web |year=2025 |title=Browser Market Share Worldwide {{!}} Statcounter Global Stats |url=https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250729173848/https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share |archive-date=2025-07-29 |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=Statcounter}}</ref> in the browser market. This, unfortunately, further increases the leverage Google has on the whole industry.

==Software using Electron==
*[[Discord]]
*[[Bambu Lab Authorization Control System|Bambu Connect]]
*[[Figma]]

==See also==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron_(software_framework) Wikipedia - Electron (software framework)]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromium_(web_browser) Wikipedia - Chromium (web-browser)]

==References==
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