Electron React Boilerplate

This repositry is a boilerplate for Electron and React. It is a great starting point for any electron application using react. Reap all the benefits of electron and react together with no hassle of setting up the base enviorment.

Getting started

Install packages via npm or yarn, yarn is recommended.

yarn

Electron functions

Start the electron application.

yarn electron:serve

Build the electron application for the local system.

yarn electron:build

Electron-builder is a great alternative to build for all systems without changing "package.json".

Easy way to create a self updating application via electron and skipping electron-react combination

In "public/main.js" change win.loadURL(<URL_HERE>) url to the website you want to render. You can simply replace this with a site of choice or develop a react site, host it, and render it as an app with electron.

Application

.gitignore

Gitignore is set up to ignore both React and Electron files.