# jlongster/electron-with-server-example

An example Electron app with a backend server all wired up via IPC

Repository: https://github.com/jlongster/electron-with-server-example
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/electron-with-server-example
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Last push: 2022-12-09T07:07:30+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2631, "days_push": 1363, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1018, forks 68 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:14.936932+00:00)

## What it is
An example Electron application demonstrating how to wire up a background Node.js server process to an Electron app via a safe IPC mechanism. It is reference code extracted from the Actual budgeting app, intended as a learning resource rather than a production library.

## Use cases
- run a background node server inside an electron app
- learn how to communicate between electron renderer and backend process
- avoid blocking electron's main process with ipc
- example electron app architecture with backend
- set up ipc between electron renderer and background process
- reference for building local-first electron apps

## When to choose
- you want a working reference for running a background node process in Electron
- you are building a fully local Electron app and need a safe IPC pattern
- you want to learn Electron multi-process architecture from a real product's code

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained production library with a stable API and license
- your app loads frontend content from a webserver (the pattern assumes fully local apps)
- you need sandboxing or security hardening out of the box

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, boilerplate
- domain: desktop-applications, developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: electron-example, background-process, ipc-example, boilerplate, sample-app, ipc, electron, javascript, desktop

## Member repositories
- jlongster/electron-with-server-example (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:14.936932+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 2026-08-30T07:09:28.918678+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jlongster/electron-with-server-example (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:14.936932+00:00, sha 88bdf2949a6e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.