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