# connors/photon

The fastest way to build beautiful Electron apps using simple HTML and CSS

Repository: https://github.com/connors/photon
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/connors-photon
Language: CSS
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: photon, electron, css, html
Last push: 2026-04-03T21:34:36+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 57/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 75, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3992, "days_push": 152, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 10098, forks 568 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:39.559570+00:00)

## What it is
Photon is a CSS UI toolkit for building beautiful desktop applications with Electron using simple HTML and CSS. It ships compiled CSS, Entypo icon fonts, and a template Electron app to get started quickly.

## Use cases
- style an electron app with native-looking desktop ui
- build a desktop app ui with html and css
- add mac-style components to an electron app
- quickly scaffold an electron app with a template
- use desktop ui components like toolbars and lists in electron

## When to choose
- you want a lightweight, css-only ui kit for electron
- you prefer plain html/css over javascript ui frameworks
- you want a native desktop look without heavy dependencies

## When to avoid
- you need react/vue component bindings
- you need actively developed features or modern css tooling
- you are building a mobile or web-only app

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, css-framework, desktop-framework
- domain: desktop-applications, web-development, frontend
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: electron-ui, css-toolkit, desktop-ui-kit, electron, css

## Member repositories
- connors/photon (main) score 57

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:39.559570+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:19:44.004682+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/connors/photon (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:39.559570+00:00, sha 49f9cff19cc4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.