State of Electron frameworks [May 2021]

There are a lot of templates, guides and boilerplates on how to make Electron apps, but many are out of date due to the rapid frequency of updates to the core Electron library (which is a very good thing!). I wanted to create an objective comparison to these templates in order to guide users for picking the template that makes sense for them.

For each boilerplate/template, public metrics such as the number of stars, commits, open/closed issues, repository create date and Electron version will be listed to you a good overview of the health and status of the template. The top contenders will be given further review later in this post.

Electron templates/boilerplates - May 2021

Name	Author	Electron version	URL	License	Stars	Commits	Issues (open/closed)	Create date	About
secure-electron-template	reZach	12.0.5	Github	MIT	687	184	7/49	2020-01-02	The best way to build Electron apps with security in mind
electron-boilerplate	sindresorhus	7.1.1	Github	MIT	655	94	2/13	2015-04-23	Boilerplate to kickstart creating an app with Electron
generator-electron	sindresorhus	7.1.1	Github	MIT	1.5k	58	5/12	2015-04-23	Scaffold out an Electron app boilerplate
electron-boilerplate	szwacz	12.0.2	Github	MIT	3k	441	0/210	2015-04-25	Boilerplate application for Electron runtime
electron-react-boilerplate	electron-react-boilerplate	11.0.1	Github	MIT	17.5k	986	104/1300	2015-05-18	A Foundation for Scalable Cross-Platform Apps
lein_template_descjop	karad	1.6.6	Github	MIT	393	98	6/7	2015-04-17	A Leiningen template(Clojure/ClojureScript Project) for Web based desktop application with Electron (atom-shell)
electron-quick-start	electron	12.0.5	Github	CC0-1.0	8.5k	290	11/210	2015-10-16	Clone to try a simple Electron app
bozon	railsware	12.0.2	Github	MIT	693	523	6/53	2016-04-26	Command line tool for building, testing and publishing modern Electron applications
electron-vue	SimulatedGREG	2.0.4	Github	MIT	13.9k	844	237/656	2016-05-12	An Electron & Vue.js quick start boilerplate with vue-cli scaffolding, common Vue plugins, electron-packager/electron-builder, unit/e2e testing, vue-devtools, and webpack
electron-next-skeleton	leo	1.7.10	Github	MIT	169	129	3/3	2017-07-16	An example Electron app built with Next.js
electron-sandbox-boilerplate	kewde	1.7.15	Github	MIT	71	83	9/4	2017-09-13	A simple example for a (more reasonably) secure electron application, by enabling the sandbox and forcing communication over IPC
angular-electron	maximegris	12.0.2	Github	MIT	4.6k	449	12/477	2017-04-02	Ultra-fast bootstrapping with Angular and Electron (Typescript + SASS + Hot Reload)
photon	connors	Unknown	Github	MIT	9.6k	261	66/37	2015-09-28	The fastest way to build beautiful Electron apps using simple HTML and CSS
basic-electron-react-boilerplate	pbarbiero	7.1.2	Github	MIT	230	28	9/9	2017-02-22	Minimal and modern react+electron+webpack boilerplate
enhanced-electron-react-boilerplate	pbarbiero	7.1.2	Github	MIT	61	30	7/2	2017-02-22	Modern and somewhat opinionated react+electron+webpack boilerplate
reactron	WilianZilv	8.2.3	Github	MIT	76	11	1/0	2020-04-21	A tiny Electron + React boilerplate
electron-gatsby-boilerplate	zonayedpca	9.4.0	Github	MIT	28	53	0/1	2020-04-10	Simple Minimal Electron Gatsby Boilerplate. Create new BrowserWindow easily and speed up your development experience. Also included Automatic Linting, Redux, TravisCI Configuration and GitHub Release
electron-react-redux-boilerplate	jschr	8.2.2	Github	MIT	511	114	2/50	2020-04-10	A minimal boilerplate to get started with Electron, React and Redux
electron-react-redux-advanced-boilerplate	ganeshrvel	4.0.1	Github	MIT	10	67	0/0	2018-09-20	Advanced and highly scalable boilerplate built using Electron v4, React v16, Redux v4, Webpack v4, Babel v7 {HMR, Loadables, Dynamic Reducer Injection, Selectors, Code splitting}