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==Dependency on 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 | 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== | ==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: | 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://discord.com/ Discord] | ||
* [https://slack.com/ Slack] | *[https://slack.com/ Slack] | ||
* [https://www.1password.com/ 1Password] | *[https://www.1password.com/ 1Password] | ||
* [https://www.whatsapp.com/ WhatsApp] | *[https://www.whatsapp.com/ WhatsApp] | ||
* [https://signal.org/ Signal] | *[https://signal.org/ Signal] | ||
* [https://www.tidal.com/ Tidal] | *[https://www.tidal.com/ Tidal] | ||
* [https://code.visualstudio.com/ Visual Studio Code] | *[https://code.visualstudio.com/ Visual Studio Code] | ||
* [https://trello.com/ Trello] | *[https://trello.com/ Trello] | ||
* [https://obsidian.md/ Obsidian] | *[https://obsidian.md/ Obsidian] | ||
* [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software Microsoft Teams] | *[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]. | For a most complete, but not necessarily exhaustive, listing check the [https://www.electronjs.org/apps application directory on the Electron website]. | ||