Desktop framework
Electron
A framework for building desktop apps for Mac, Windows and Linux with JavaScript, HTML and CSS, on Chromium and Node.js.
Visit electronjs.orgHow I use it
My two desktop apps: the life OS I run my business from, and the content system that makes my posts.
- What it is
- Desktop framework
- On my tools page
- Code and web
- Repository
- electron/electron
- Licence
- MIT
- Updated
- November 2026
Where I write about Electron
Articles on this site that mention it.
Oct 23, 2026 · AI
Evals Are the Unit Tests of Your AI Features
My app checks its own AI every day. The lessons: prove each check can fail, run evals where the feature runs, and never trust a gate that reads live data.
Nov 12, 2026 · Engineering
The 4.7 MB File I Didn't Split
A 4.7 MB JSON file crashed my app on read, and splitting it looked obvious. I timed it first: 13 ms. The bug was in how the file was written.