sindresorhus/electron-context-menu

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1472 stars · 167 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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An npm library that adds a ready-made, extensible context menu to Electron apps, which lack a built-in one. It provides default actions like Cut/Copy/Paste, Save Image, Copy Link, spellchecking, and an Inspect Element item in development, with options to prepend or append custom menu items.

Use cases

• add a right-click context menu to my electron app
• enable copy paste menu on right click in electron
• save images from right-click menu in electron
• add spellcheck corrections to context menu
• add custom items to electron context menu
• show inspect element on right click during development

When to choose

• you're building an Electron app and want a polished context menu without implementing it yourself
• you need default text/image/link actions plus spellchecking out of the box
• you want an easy API to add custom menu items conditionally

When to avoid

• your app is not built with Electron
• you need full control over menu behavior beyond prepend/append customization
• you use an Electron version older than 30

Facets

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ui-components gui desktop-applications cross-platform developer-tools cross-platform context-menu right-click spellcheck electron-main-process electron nodejs

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