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[](http://electron.atom.io/)
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[](https://travis-ci.org/atom/electron)
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[](https://david-dm.org/atom/electron#info=devDependencies)
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[](http://atom-slack.herokuapp.com/)
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:zap: *formerly known as Atom Shell* :zap:
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The Electron framework lets you write cross-platform desktop applications
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using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. It is based on [io.js ](http://iojs.org ) and
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[Chromium ](http://www.chromium.org ) and is used in the [Atom
editor](https://github.com/atom/atom).
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Follow [@ElectronJS ](https://twitter.com/electronjs ) on Twitter for important
announcements.
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This project adheres to the [Contributor Covenant 1.2 ](http://contributor-covenant.org/version/1/2/0 ).
By participating, you are expected to uphold this code. Please report unacceptable behavior to atom@github.com.
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## Downloads
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Prebuilt binaries and debug symbols of Electron for Linux, Windows and Mac can
be found on the [releases ](https://github.com/atom/electron/releases ) page.
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You can also use [`npm` ](https://docs.npmjs.com/ ) to install prebuilt electron
binaries:
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```sh
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# Install the `electron` command globally in your $PATH
npm install electron-prebuilt -g
# Install as a development dependency
npm install electron-prebuilt --save-dev
```
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### Mirrors
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- [China ](https://npm.taobao.org/mirrors/electron )
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## Documentation
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Guides and the API reference are located in the
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[docs ](https://github.com/atom/electron/tree/master/docs ) directory. It also
contains documents describing how to build and contribute to Electron.
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## Community
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There is an [`electron` category on the Atom forums ](http://discuss.atom.io/category/electron )
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as well as an `#atom-shell` channel on Freenode.
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Check out [awesome-electron ](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome-electron ) for a community maintained list of useful example apps, tools and resources.
