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Nov 3

🎉 We're excited to announce that Electron Forge v6.0.0 is now available! This is the first major release of Forge since 2018, and aims to make packaging and distributing your Electron app even easier. Read more about the v6.0.0 release here:

Introducing Electron Forge 6 | Electron

We are excited to announce that Electron Forge v6.0.0 is now available! This release marks the first major release of Forge since 2018 and moves the project from electron-userland into the main...

As a final note: The Electron team will enter a quiet period for the month of December 2022. We hope you all have a peaceful rest of the year. �?

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Nov 23

After a successful exercise last year, we're once again taking a pause in December. Details: electronjs.org/blog/a-quiet-p

Let us know what you think of Electron 22.0.0! You can log bugs in our issue tracker, and chat with the maintainers directly in our Discord:

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Among our highlighted features: ⚙️ Our new UtilityProcess API creates lightweight child processes and communicates with sandboxed renderers ⚒️ Several event APIs have been updated for easier development 🪟 Electron 22 will be the last major version to support Windows 7/8/8.1

Electron 22.0.0 has shipped 🚢 New in this release: ⚡️ Upgraded to Chrome 108 �? New UtilityProcess API 🪟 Windows 7 deprecation updates 🛠️ Bug fixes and improvements More details and release notes:

Electron 22.0.0 | Electron

Electron 22.0.0 has been released! It includes a new utility process API, updates for Windows 7/8/8.1 support, and upgrades to Chromium 108, V8 10.8, and Node.js 16.17.1. Read below for more details!

After a successful exercise last year, we're once again taking a pause in December. Details:

A Quiet Place Part II (Dec'22) | Electron

The Electron project will pause for the month of December 2022, then return to full speed in January 2023.

This has been a very long time coming. Thanks so much to the rest of the Electron Ecosystem WG for getting the stable release out! I wish I could have helped out more during this last push, but I'm so happy to see Electron Forge become an official Electron tool!

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Nov 3

We're excited to announce that Electron Forge v6.0.0 is now available! This is the first major release of Forge since 2018, and aims to make packaging and distributing your Electron app even easier. Read more about the v6.0.0 release here: electronjs.org/blog/forge-v6-

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This has been a long time in the making and the Forge team did a great job taking this to the finish line. 🥳 When you're starting a new Electron app, Forge is the way to go.

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For those new to Electron Forge, welcome! We hope this makes building Electron apps easier. For those who are returning, let us know what you think of v6.0.0! You can log bugs in our issue tracker, and chat with the maintainers directly in our Discord:

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Highlighted features include: 📦 Application packaging & code signing 🚛 Customizable installers for Windows, macOS, & Linux �??️ Publishing for cloud providers ⚡️ Simple templates for webpack & TypeScript ⚙️ Native Node.js module support 🔌 Extensible JavaScript plugin API

We recently held a Maintainer Summit! We've put together a quick recap for you covering some of the results, including a proposed new layer of Electron C APIs, exposing part of Chromium's Views API, and Electron Forge v6 Stable 👀

Maintainer Summit 2022 Recap | Electron

Last month, Electron’s maintainer group met up in Vancouver, Canada to discuss the direction of the

Sep 27

Electron 21.0.0 has shipped 🚢 New in this release: ⚡ Upgraded to Chrome 106 🌟 Upgraded to Node.js 16.16.0 🛠️ Bug fixes and improvements More details and release notes:

Electron 21.0.0 | Electron

Electron 21.0.0 has been released! It includes upgrades to Chromium 106, V8 10.6, and Node.js 16.16.0. Read below for more details!

Aug 3

Electron 20.0.0 has shipped 🚢 New in this release: ⚡️ Upgraded to Chrome 104 🚀 V8 Memory Cage Enabled 🛠️ Bug fixes and improvements More details and release notes:

Electron 20.0.0 | Electron

Electron 20.0.0 has been released! It includes upgrades to Chromium 104, V8 10.4, and Node.js 16.15.0. Read below for more details!

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May 24

Electron 19.0.0 has shipped 🚀 New in this release: ⚡️ Upgraded to Chrome 102 🌟 Upgraded to Node.js 16.14.2 🛠 Bug fixes and improvements More details and release notes:

Electron 19.0.0 | Electron

Electron 19.0.0 has been released! It includes upgrades to Chromium 102, V8 10.2, and Node.js 16.14.2. Read below for more details!

Mar 29

Electron 18.0.0 has shipped 🚢 New in this release: ⚡️ Upgraded to Chrome 100 🌟 Upgraded to Node.js 16.13.2 🛠 Bug fixes and improvements More details and release notes:

Electron 18.0.0 | Electron

Electron 18.0.0 has been released! It includes upgrades to Chromium 100, V8 10.0, and Node.js 16.13.2. Read below for more details!

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Mar 8

🏖 Electron is excited to be participating in this year’s Google Summer of Code! #GSoC #GSoC2022 Applications are open April 4th to April 19th. Details on how to join here:

Google Summer of Code 2022 | Electron

The Electron team is excited to announce that we will be participating in Google Summer of Code for the first time this year!

Feb 18

�?�们现在为中国的 Electron �?�好者建立了一个用�?�群! 🎉 请继续关注�?�们即将举行的沙龙�?Conference�?线上�?�享等 Slack�?如何加入微信群和QQ群�?频�?�）：join.slack.com/t/electron-zh/ 知乎: zhihu.com/people/electro

We now have a user group for Electron enthusiasts in China! 🎉 Stay tuned for our upcoming Electron China meetups, conferences and webinars! Zhihu: zhihu.com/people/electro Slack (WeChat and QQ Group linked within): join.slack.com/t/electron-zh/

Electron 17.0.0 has shipped 🚢 New in this release: ⚡️ Upgraded to Chrome 98 🌟 Upgraded to Node.js 16.13 🛠 Bug fixes and improvements More details and release notes:

Electron 17.0.0 | Electron

Electron 17.0.0 has been released! It includes upgrades to Chromium 98, V8 9.8, and Node.js 16.13.0. Read below for more details!

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Jan 26

🌌✨ Thank you for 100K stars on GitHub!

GitHub - electron/electron: Build cross-platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS

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Nov 30, 2021

💬We have a new vanity URL for our community Discord server! Come join us at discord.com/invite/electro!

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Nov 16, 2021

Electron 16.0.0 is our last stable release for 2021 🥳 As a reminder, the maintainers are taking a break for the rest of December and we’ll be back in January 2022 💖

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Sep 28, 2021

We're going quiet for the month of December to give our maintainers a breather. We'll be back better than ever in January! Read more: electronjs.org/blog/a-quiet-p

If your project uses node-gyp and custom scripts to build native modules, you may need to pass --force-process-config to node-gyp to correctly rebuild modules. More information on this issue can be found here:

feat: build with config.gypi from node headers by zcbenz · Pull Request #2497 · nodejs/node-gyp

Checklist npm install && npm test passes tests are included documentation is changed or added commit message follows commit guidelines Description of change Close #2490. This PR ma...

Electron 16.0.0 has shipped 🚢 New in this release: ⚡️ Upgraded to Chrome 96 🌟 Upgraded to Node.js 16.9 🛠 Bug fixes and improvements More details and release notes:

Electron 16.0.0 | Electron

Electron 16.0.0 has been released! It includes upgrades to Chromium 96, V8 9.6, and Node.js 16.9.1. Read below for more details!

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hey

users -

and i have been thinking about the future of the clipboard module and would love to hear your thoughts including: - How you feel about it right now - Should we align better with the W3C spec? - What clipboard use cases are desktop-specific?

Catch me at

JavaScript on October 28 where I'll tell you 8 ways + change to make your

app feel at home on each operating system while also keeping your own apps unique style. More info here: conf42.com/js2021

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Author @Polypane
Make your Electron App Feel at Home Everywhere

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Thursday October 28th | 5PM GMT

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Please let us know how to improve Electron's Developer Experience by filling this 2min survey and get a chance to win an octoplush! surveymonkey.com/r/electrondevex

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Oct 18, 2021

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If you really want to see what Electron can or can’t do, I highly recommend Electron Fiddle. It’s like Codepen for desktop apps, and it’s official and maintained by the

team. Even has a built-in Monaco (

@code

) editor!

Electron Fiddle | Electron

🚀 Kudos to github.com/radiantly for improving Electron Fiddle's gist publishing UX! #Hacktoberfest

feat: copy gist to clipboard on publish by radiantly · Pull Request #873 · electron/fiddle

Thanks for choosing us

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发现 Electron 的文档站点也使用 Docusaurus 构建了。 electronjs.org/docs/latest 。

🌗 Thanks to

for tweaking our website config to respect system dark mode preferences! #Hacktoberfest

fix: respect system color theme (dark/light) by AJAYK-01 · Pull Request #115 · electron/website

What does this PR do? Fixes #114 Description of the change Adds respectPrefersColorScheme: true property in docusaurus.config.js which sets the website to use Light or Dark theme according to the S...

�? It's Hacktoberfest again, and the Electron project is happy to be part of this yearly celebration of open source software! We've opened a section in our Discord server for any potential contributors. See you there!

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🤫📆 We're going quiet for the month of December to give our maintainers a breather. We'll be back better than ever in January! Read more:

A Quiet Place (Dec'21) | Electron

The Electron project will pause for the month of December 2021, then return to full speed in January 2022.

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🚢 New episode of JS Party! 🚢 💬

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is all in on its web stack ✨ featuring

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1Password is all in on its web stack with Mitch Cohen & Andrew Beyer...

Mitch and Andrew from the 1Password team talk with Amal and Nick about the company’s transition to Electron and web technologies, and how the company utilized its existing web stack to shape the...

Sep 22, 2021

Electron 15.0.0 has shipped 🚢 New in this release: ⚡️ Upgraded to Chrome 94 🌟 Upgraded to Node.js 16.5 🚀 nativeWindowOpen is now the default window open behavior 🛠 Bug fixes and improvements More details and release notes:

Electron 15.0.0 | Electron

Electron 15.0.0 has been released! It includes upgrades to Chromium 94, V8 9.4, and Node.js 16.5.0. We've added API updates to window.open, bug fixes, and general improvements. Read below for more...

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Aug 31, 2021

The remote module has been removed in Electron 14. See our Breaking Changes doc for more details in upcoming versions of Electron

electron/breaking-changes.md at main · electron/electron

:electron: Build cross-platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS - electron/breaking-changes.md at main · electron/electron

Electron 14.0.0 has shipped! 🚢 New in this release: ⚡️ Upgraded to Chrome 93 🚀 API additions to session & more 🛑 Removal of remote module 🛠 Bug fixes and improvements More details and release notes:

Electron 14.0.0 | Electron

Electron 14.0.0 has been released! It includes upgrades to Chromium 93 and V8 9.3. We've added several API updates, bug fixes, and general improvements. Read below for more details!

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Electron Retweeted

tierney cyren (parody)

@bitandbang

Jul 23, 2021

The

team has written up an extremely good post that goes over the benefits and trade offs of Electron and Edge’s WebView2. I’d you’re interested at all, definitely worth a read 👀