Native Windows apps used to be fast, efficient, and everywhere. Now, it's all just a website in a Chromium wrapper.

Electron exists for a good reason: building native apps for Windows, macOS, and Linux is a pain. Every platform has its own ...

WhatsApp has recently announced the deprecation of its Electron-based desktop application, marking the end-of-life phase for the software. Users who are currently using the Electron version of the app ...

Electron, GutHub’s open source framework for cross-platform development of desktop applications, has reached 1.0 release status this week. Spun off GitHub’s Atom editor and previously known as Atom ...

An application shell for apps built using Web technologies, Electron lets developers use Node.js to build and run desktop applications GitHub’s Electron is rapidly gaining popularity for building ...

A team of researchers recently presented data about vulnerabilities in apps built on the open source Electron framework for creating desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML and CSS. In that camp are Visual ...

On iOS, all apps must go through the App Store. On macOS, the Mac App Store is just one method of distribution and developers are free to publish their apps independently on their own website. This ...

WhatsApp last year launched a new version of its macOS app that was completely rebuilt from scratch. Although users could still use the old Electron-based WhatsApp, Meta has now confirmed that it will ...