sindresorhus/electron-boilerplate resource
Boilerplate to kickstart creating an app with Electron observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4150
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1477
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1642 stars · 165 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A boilerplate template repository by Sindre Sorhus for kickstarting Electron desktop applications. It comes preconfigured with electron-builder for cross-platform builds, CI builds, silent auto-updates, app menus, config handling, and error handling.
Use cases
- start a new electron desktop app quickly
- template for cross-platform desktop app with auto-updates
- kickstart electron app with electron-builder configured
- boilerplate with CI builds and GitHub releases publishing
- electron starter with app menu and context menu set up
- create a macos windows linux desktop app from a template
When to choose
- starting a new Electron app and wanting packaging, auto-update, and CI preconfigured
- you want a battle-tested template maintained by a prolific Electron developer
- you plan to publish releases to GitHub Releases
When to avoid
- you need a framework with UI components or state management rather than a starting template
- you use a different stack like Tauri or native toolkits
- you need very recent Electron tooling conventions, as the last release was 2022
Facets
learning-resource · maturity maintenance
developer-tools build-tool deployment configuration-management developer-tools cross-platform desktop-applications cross-platform windows electron boilerplate template electron-builder auto-update starter-template boilerplate macos linux javascript nodejs
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/sindresorhus/electron-boilerplate · fetched 2026-08-28 · 240617fe3db9
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| sindresorhus/electron-boilerplate | main | 10 |
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