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[](http://electron.atom.io/)
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[](https://travis-ci.org/electron/electron)
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[](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/Atom/electron)
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[](https://david-dm.org/electron/electron#info=devDependencies)
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[](http://atom-slack.herokuapp.com/)
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2016-09-06 21:58:50 +00:00
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:memo: Available Translations: [Korean](https://github.com/electron/electron/tree/master/docs-translations/ko-KR/project/README.md) | [Simplified Chinese](https://github.com/electron/electron/tree/master/docs-translations/zh-CN/project/README.md)
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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 [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/) and
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[Chromium](http://www.chromium.org) and is used by the [Atom
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editor](https://github.com/atom/atom) and many other [apps](http://electron.atom.io/apps).
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2015-04-24 00:00:04 +00:00
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Follow [@ElectronJS](https://twitter.com/electronjs) on Twitter for important
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announcements.
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2015-12-04 00:06:58 +00:00
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This project adheres to the Contributor Covenant [code of conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).
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By participating, you are expected to uphold this code. Please report unacceptable
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behavior to electron@github.com.
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## Downloads
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Prebuilt binaries and debug symbols of Electron for Linux, Windows and macOS can
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be found on the [releases](https://github.com/electron/electron/releases) page.
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You can also use [`npm`](https://docs.npmjs.com/) to install prebuilt electron
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binaries:
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```sh
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# Install the `electron` command globally in your $PATH
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npm install electron -g
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# Install as a development dependency
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npm install electron --save-dev
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```
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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/electron/electron/tree/master/docs) directory. It also
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contains documents describing how to build and contribute to Electron.
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## Documentation Translations
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- [Brazilian Portuguese](https://github.com/electron/electron/tree/master/docs-translations/pt-BR)
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- [Korean](https://github.com/electron/electron/tree/master/docs-translations/ko-KR)
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- [Japanese](https://github.com/electron/electron/tree/master/docs-translations/jp)
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- [Spanish](https://github.com/electron/electron/tree/master/docs-translations/es)
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- [Simplified Chinese](https://github.com/electron/electron/tree/master/docs-translations/zh-CN)
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- [Traditional Chinese](https://github.com/electron/electron/tree/master/docs-translations/zh-TW)
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- [Turkish](https://github.com/electron/electron/tree/master/docs-translations/tr-TR)
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- [Ukrainian](https://github.com/electron/electron/tree/master/docs-translations/uk-UA)
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- [Russian](https://github.com/electron/electron/tree/master/docs-translations/ru-RU)
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- [French](https://github.com/electron/electron/tree/master/docs-translations/fr-FR)
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## Quick Start
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Clone and run the [`electron/electron-quick-start`](https://github.com/electron/electron-quick-start)
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repository to see a minimal Electron app in action.
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## Community
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You can ask questions and interact with the community in the following
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locations:
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- [`electron`](http://discuss.atom.io/c/electron) category on the Atom
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forums
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- `#atom-shell` channel on Freenode
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- [`Atom`](http://atom-slack.herokuapp.com/) channel on Slack
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- [`electron-br`](https://electron-br.slack.com) *(Brazilian Portuguese)*
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- [`electron-kr`](http://www.meetup.com/electron-kr/) *(Korean)*
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- [`electron-jp`](https://electron-jp-slackin.herokuapp.com/) *(Japanese)*
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- [`electron-tr`](http://www.meetup.com/Electron-JS-Istanbul/) *(Turkish)*
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- [`electron-id`](https://electron-id.slack.com) *(Indonesia)*
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Check out [awesome-electron](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome-electron)
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for a community maintained list of useful example apps, tools and resources.
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