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electron/website — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-05-18

★ 155TypeScriptAudience · developerComplexity · 2/5Setup · easy

In one sentence

The official website and blog for Electron, a framework for building desktop apps with web technology, built using the Docusaurus static site generator.

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  root((Electron website))
    What it does
      Docs site for Electron
      Blog for electronjs.org
    Tech stack
      Docusaurus
      Node.js
      Yarn
    Content flow
      Docs mirrored from electron
      Translations via Crowdin
    Use cases
      Preview docs locally
      Write blog posts
    Audience
      Contributors
      Maintainers

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Preview local edits to Electron's documentation before they go live.

USE CASE 2

Add a new blog post about Electron by creating a Markdown file.

USE CASE 3

Contribute translations for the documentation through Crowdin.

USE CASE 4

Reuse the create-electron-documentation npm package in another project.

What is it built with?

TypeScriptDocusaurusNode.jsYarnCrowdinAlgolia DocSearch

How does it compare?

electron/websitesinotrade/shioaji-pro-appufuknode/noustiny
Stars155157157
LanguageTypeScriptTypeScriptTypeScript
Setup difficultyeasyhardmoderate
Complexity2/54/53/5
Audiencedeveloperdevelopervibe coder

Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.

How do you get it running?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 30min

Requires Node.js 22 and yarn to build and preview locally.

No license information was found in the material provided.

So what is it?

This repository is the source code for the official Electron website at electronjs.org. Electron is the framework developers use to build desktop apps with web technologies, and this site serves as its documentation and blog hub. The site is built with Docusaurus, a tool designed for building documentation websites. To run it locally you install dependencies with yarn, then start a development server. A production build can also be generated for deployment. The English documentation on the site is not edited here directly. Instead it is automatically pulled in from the main Electron code repository whenever a new stable release is made. So if you want to fix a documentation error, you would do that in the Electron source repository, not here. Translations into other languages are managed through Crowdin, a platform that coordinates volunteer translators. Blog posts are written as Markdown files and placed in the blog folder. Search on the site is provided by Algolia DocSearch, a free search service for open-source documentation projects. The repository also contains a small npm package called create-electron-documentation, which lives in its own subfolder alongside the main website code.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Walk me through setting up this Docusaurus site locally with yarn.
Prompt 2
Explain how documentation changes flow from the electron/electron repo into this website.
Prompt 3
Show me how to write a new blog post Markdown file for this site.
Prompt 4
What does the create-electron-documentation npm package in this repo do?

Frequently asked questions

What is website?

The official website and blog for Electron, a framework for building desktop apps with web technology, built using the Docusaurus static site generator.

What language is website written in?

Mainly TypeScript. The stack also includes TypeScript, Docusaurus, Node.js.

What license does website use?

No license information was found in the material provided.

How hard is website to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.

Who is website for?

Mainly developer.

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