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electron

Build cross platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS

v44.4.5, 23 Sept 2026MITCommonJSTypes: BundledCSS-in-JS and stylingNode.js utilities
$ npm install electron
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
5.3m
+240% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
3
Direct, from package.json
Last release
1 day ago
v44.4.5
GitHub stars
123.2k
17.6k forks
Open issues / PRs
621 / 135
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
1,571

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
02m4m6m8mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 6.5m (25 Aug 2026)Low 1m (23 Dec 2025)
Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

5,347,589 downloads last week, 24,689,555 in the last month. The 12-month change of +240% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
1801,096 in total
Latest version
44.4.5, 23 Sept 20261 day ago
First published
18 May 2012
Last push to GitHub
25 Sept 2026same day as the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
621
Open pull requests
135
Commits, last 52 weeks
1,571
Dependents on npm
-

Major versions

  1. v44 first release 44.0.0, 25 Aug 2026
  2. v43 first release 43.0.0, 30 Jun 2026
  3. v42 first release 42.0.0, 6 May 2026
  4. v41 first release 41.0.0, 11 Mar 2026
  5. v40 first release 40.0.0, 16 Jan 2026
  6. v39 first release 39.0.0, 27 Oct 2025
  7. v38 first release 38.0.0, 2 Sept 2025
  8. v37 first release 37.0.0, 24 Jun 2025
  9. v36 first release 36.0.0, 28 Apr 2025
  10. v35 first release 35.0.0, 4 Mar 2025
  11. v34 first release 34.0.0, 14 Jan 2025
  12. v33 first release 33.0.0, 15 Oct 2024
  13. v32 first release 32.0.0, 20 Aug 2024
  14. v31 first release 31.0.0, 10 Jun 2024
  15. v30 first release 30.0.0, 16 Apr 2024
  16. v29 first release 29.0.0, 20 Feb 2024
  17. v28 first release 28.0.0, 4 Dec 2023
  18. v27 first release 27.0.0, 10 Oct 2023
  19. v26 first release 26.0.0, 14 Aug 2023
  20. v25 first release 25.0.0, 29 May 2023
  21. v24 first release 24.0.0, 4 Apr 2023
  22. v23 first release 23.0.0, 7 Feb 2023
  23. v22 first release 22.0.0, 30 Nov 2022
  24. v21 first release 21.0.0, 26 Sept 2022
  25. v20 first release 20.0.0, 1 Aug 2022
  26. v19 first release 19.0.0, 23 May 2022
  27. v18 first release 18.0.0, 29 Mar 2022
  28. v17 first release 17.0.0, 1 Feb 2022
  29. v16 first release 16.0.0, 16 Nov 2021
  30. v15 first release 15.0.0, 21 Sept 2021
  31. v14 first release 14.0.0, 30 Aug 2021
  32. v13 first release 13.0.0, 25 May 2021
  33. v12 first release 12.0.0, 2 Mar 2021
  34. v11 first release 11.0.0, 16 Nov 2020
  35. v10 first release 10.0.0, 24 Aug 2020
  36. v9 first release 9.0.0, 19 May 2020
  37. v8 first release 8.0.0, 3 Feb 2020
  38. v7 first release 7.0.0, 21 Oct 2019
  39. v6 first release 6.0.0, 29 Jul 2019
  40. v5 first release 5.0.0, 24 Apr 2019
  41. v4 first release 4.0.0, 20 Dec 2018
  42. v3 first release 3.0.0, 18 Sept 2018
  43. v2 first release 2.0.0, 1 May 2018
  44. v1 first release 1.3.1, 28 Jul 2016
  45. v0 first release 0.1.0, 18 May 2012

Recent releases

VersionPublished
44.4.523 Sept 2026
42.11.823 Sept 2026
43.7.523 Sept 2026
42.11.723 Sept 2026
44.4.422 Sept 2026
43.7.422 Sept 2026
44.4.318 Sept 2026
42.11.618 Sept 2026
43.7.318 Sept 2026
43.7.218 Sept 2026
42.11.518 Sept 2026
44.4.218 Sept 2026
44.4.116 Sept 2026
42.11.415 Sept 2026

Compatibility

Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
>= 22.12.0
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
1.1 MB
Dependencies (3)
@types/node@electron/get@electron-internal/extract-zip

Install

npm install electron

CDN

jsDelivr: 68.9k requests in 30 days
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/electron@44.4.5/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/electron@44.4.5/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/electron@44.4.5

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Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API, jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.