# sindresorhus/electron-boilerplate

Boilerplate to kickstart creating an app with Electron

Repository: https://github.com/sindresorhus/electron-boilerplate
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sindresorhus-electron-boilerplate
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: electron-boilerplate, electron, boilerplate, app, template-repository, template
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-08-17T23:56:39+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4150, "days_push": 1477, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1642, forks 165 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:15.453531+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, build-tool, deployment, configuration-management
- domain: developer-tools, cross-platform, desktop-applications
- platform: cross-platform, windows
- tags: electron, boilerplate, template, electron-builder, auto-update, starter-template, boilerplate, macos, linux, javascript, nodejs

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

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:15.453531+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 2026-08-30T08:32:41.438121+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sindresorhus/electron-boilerplate (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:15.453531+00:00, sha 240617fe3db9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.