Electron for Mac
Build cross-platform apps with JS, HTML, and CSS.
Free
In English
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Electron overview
Electron makes it easier than you think. If you can build a website, you can build a desktop app. Electron is a framework for creating native applications with web technologies like JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. It takes care of the hard parts so you can focus on the core of your application.
Features
- Web Technologies Electron uses Chromium and Node.js so you can build your app with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- Open Source - Electron is an open source project maintained by GitHub and an active community of contributors.
- Cross Platform - Compatible with Mac, Windows, and Linux, Electron apps build and run on three platforms.
What's new in version 43.0.0
Added
- Clone method to WebContents. #49959
- JS stack trace to crash reports on renderer OOM. #50043 (Also in 42)
- Linux support for app.getApplicationInfoForProtocol(). #51297 (Also in 42)
- Notification.remove(), removeAll(), and removeGroup() static methods for macOS. #51690 (Also in 42)
- Notification.getHistory() for macOS, allowing developers to restore all delivered notifications still present in Notification Center. #50325 (Also in 42)
- accessibilityLabel property to MenuItem constructor options and properties for defining screen-reader-friendly labels. #50240
- allowExtensions privilege to protocol.registerSchemesAsPrivileged() to enable Chrome extensions on custom protocols. #49951 (Also in 40, 41, 42)
- app.configureWebAuthn() to enable the Touch ID platform authenticator for WebAuthn on macOS, and a select-webauthn-account session event for choosing between multiple discoverable credentials. #51255 (Also in 41, 42)
- globalShortcut.setSuspended() and globalShortcut.isSuspended() methods to temporarily suspend and resume global shortcut handling. #50425 (Also in 42)
- id and groupId options to the Notification constructor on macOS. id allows custom identifiers for notifications, and groupId visually groups notifications together in Notification Center. #50097 (Also in 42)
- nv12 OSR pixel format support for professional use. #49799
- view.setBackgroundBlur. #51076
- webContents.copyVideoFrameAt(x, y) and webContents.saveVideoFrameAs(x, y) methods. #48149
- id, groupId, and groupTitle support for Windows notifications. #50328 (Also in 42)
- nativeTheme.shouldDifferentiateWithoutColor on macOS. #49912 (Also in 41, 42)
- session support to net module requests from utility process. #51279 (Also in 42)
- support for heap profiling via contentTracing.enableHeapProfiling(). #50826 (Also in 41, 42)
- support for importing shared textures using the nv16 pixel format. #50728 (Also in 42)
- support for the urgency option in Notifications on Windows. #50225 (Also in 41, 42)
- support for using a proxy during yarn install. #50322 (Also in 39, 40, 41, 42)
- Allowed the --experimental-inspector-network-resource Node.js flag to be passed through Electron. #49689 (Also in 41, 42)
Full list of changes available here
Electron for Mac
Free
In English
Version 43.0.0
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Feb 8, 2026
Version: 40.2.1
For all of its advantages for cross-platform programs, Electron is probably the primary source of code bloat. IEEE Spectrum ran an article on software security with emphasis that programmers use vast amounts of code for which security is unknown. As a corollary to this discussion, the author discussed code bloat and the garage door opener that takes 50 million lines of code.
Dec 24, 2025
Version: 39.2.7
For many years developers complained about managing system wide libraries and packages supporting multiple apps, Linux for example. One app requires version xx.yy of package A, another requires version xx.zz. So then now we have flatpacks and appimages and snap packages, but then complaints of duplicated and wasted disk space for redundant code that for the most part is the same for everyone, as is the case with Electron apps. Centralized system wide architectures like Java have the issue that if something breaks, they ALL break, and who governs or 'owns' the standard, what gets in/out, fixed. No perfect solution. Personally, I think the convenience of quickly buidling cross platform apps outweighs the overhead, IF cross platform is important to you.
Dec 22, 2023
Version: 28.0.0
As a user: The trouble with Electron based apps is that you end up with wasted GB of duplicate frameworks, if you use many such apps. I've tried symlinking them to have only one copy of Electron somewhere but it doesn't work. It would be nice to have an option to install it system wide, like Java.
