Package

is-electron

Detect if running in Electron.

v2.2.2, 21 Feb 2023MITCommonJSTypes: Bundled

$ npm install is-electron

npm GitHub Homepage

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 7.3m; +160% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 0; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 3 years ago; v2.2.2
GitHub stars: 103; 14 forks
Open issues / PRs: 0 / 0
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21

Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

7,334,493 downloads last week, 34,216,826 in the last month. The 12-month change of +160% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 05 in total
Latest version: 2.2.2, 21 Feb 20233 years ago
First published: 26 Apr 2016
Last push to GitHub: 21 Feb 20231,311 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 0
Open pull requests: 0
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0
Dependents on npm: 149

Major versions

v2 first release 2.0.0, 16 Jun 2016

Recent releases

Version	Published
2.2.2	21 Feb 2023
2.2.1	21 Nov 2021
2.2.0	31 Oct 2018
2.1.0	2 Aug 2017
2.0.0	16 Jun 2016

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: Bundled
Node.js engine range: Not declared
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 3.2 kB
Dependencies (0): None

Install

npm install is-electron

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/is-electron@2.2.2/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/is-electron@2.2.2/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/is-electron@2.2.2

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

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