# szwacz/electron-boilerplate

Boilerplate application for Electron runtime

Repository: https://github.com/szwacz/electron-boilerplate
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/electron-boilerplate
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-12-27T15:03:51+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4148, "days_push": 1345, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3114, forks 471 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:44.063666+00:00)

## What it is
A minimalistic, easy-to-understand boilerplate for building Electron desktop applications, with a Webpack/Babel build pipeline and environment configuration. It provides a bare-minimum, framework-agnostic starting point tested on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

## Use cases
- start a new electron desktop app quickly
- minimal electron project template
- learn how an electron app is structured
- electron boilerplate with webpack and babel
- cross-platform desktop app starter
- simple electron setup without heavy tooling

## When to choose
- you want a minimal, easy-to-understand Electron starting point without imposed frontend frameworks
- you need a lightweight template with a fast development build pipeline
- you are learning how Electron apps are structured and built

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained tooling - the repository is no longer in active maintenance
- you want a batteries-included template with a modern frontend framework and latest Electron versions
- you need production-grade security updates and long-term support

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: abandoned
- function: build-tool, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, desktop-applications, cross-platform
- platform: cross-platform, windows
- tags: electron, boilerplate, starter-template, webpack, babel, desktop-app-template, boilerplate, nodejs, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- szwacz/electron-boilerplate (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:44.063666+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 2026-08-30T08:31:33.220909+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/szwacz/electron-boilerplate (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:44.063666+00:00, sha e83dc1f652b3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.