<s>
Electron	O
(	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
Atom	B-Application
Shell	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
framework	O
developed	O
and	O
maintained	O
by	O
OpenJS	B-Language
Foundation	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
framework	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
create	O
desktop	O
applications	O
using	O
web	O
technologies	O
(	O
mainly	O
HTML	B-Language
,	O
CSS	B-Language
and	O
JavaScript	B-Language
,	O
although	O
other	O
technologies	O
such	O
as	O
front-end	O
frameworks	O
and	O
Web	B-Language
Assembly	I-Language
are	O
possible	O
)	O
that	O
are	O
rendered	O
using	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Chromium	B-Language
browser	I-Language
engine	I-Language
and	O
a	O
back	O
end	O
using	O
the	O
Node.js	B-Language
runtime	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
uses	O
various	O
APIs	B-General_Concept
to	O
enable	O
functionality	O
such	O
as	O
native	O
integration	O
with	O
Node.js	B-Language
services	O
and	O
an	O
inter-process	B-Operating_System
communication	I-Operating_System
module	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Electron	O
was	O
originally	O
built	O
for	O
Atom	B-Application
and	O
is	O
the	O
main	O
GUI	O
framework	O
behind	O
several	O
open-source	O
projects	O
including	O
Atom	B-Application
,	O
GitHub	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
,	O
Light	B-Application
Table	I-Application
,	O
Visual	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
Code	I-Language
,	O
WordPress	B-Application
Desktop	O
and	O
Eclipse	B-Application
Theia	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
process	O
runs	O
the	O
logic	O
for	O
the	O
application	O
(	O
e	O
.	O
g	O
.	O
menus	O
,	O
shell	O
commands	O
,	O
lifecycle	O
events	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
then	O
launch	O
multiple	O
renderer	O
processes	O
by	O
instantiating	O
an	O
instance	O
of	O
the	O
class	O
,	O
which	O
loads	O
a	O
window	O
that	O
appears	O
on	O
the	O
screen	O
by	O
rendering	O
HTML	B-Language
and	O
CSS	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
the	O
main	O
and	O
renderer	O
processes	O
can	O
run	O
with	O
Node.js	B-Language
integration	O
if	O
the	O
field	O
in	O
the	O
main	O
process	O
is	O
set	O
to	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
Electron	O
's	O
APIs	B-General_Concept
are	O
written	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
or	O
Objective-C	B-Language
and	O
are	O
exposed	O
directly	O
to	O
the	O
application	O
code	O
through	O
JavaScript	B-Language
bindings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2021	O
,	O
Electron	O
moved	O
to	O
an	O
eight-week	O
release	O
cycle	O
between	O
major	O
versions	O
to	O
match	O
the	O
release	O
cycle	O
of	O
Chromium	B-Language
Extended	O
Stable	O
and	O
to	O
comply	O
with	O
a	O
new	O
requirement	O
from	O
the	B-Application
Microsoft	I-Application
Store	I-Application
that	O
requires	O
browser-based	O
apps	O
to	O
be	O
within	O
two	O
major	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
latest	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
browser	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Electron	O
frequently	O
releases	O
new	O
major	O
versions	O
along	O
every	O
other	O
Chromium	B-Language
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
+	O
Version	O
history	O
Release	O
Status	O
Release	O
date	O
End	O
of	O
life	O
date	O
Chromium	B-Language
version	O
Node.js	B-Language
version	O
Module	O
version	O
N-API	O
version	O
ICU	O
version	O
Alpha	O
2022-11-30TBD	O
110	O
TBD	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
Desktop	O
applications	O
built	O
with	O
Electron	O
include	O
Atom	B-Application
,	O
balenaEtcher	B-Application
,	O
Eclipse	B-Application
Theia	I-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Teams	I-Application
,	O
Slack	B-Protocol
and	O
Visual	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
Code	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brave	B-Application
Browser	I-Application
was	O
based	O
on	O
Electron	O
before	O
it	O
was	O
rewritten	O
to	O
use	O
Chromium	B-Language
directly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
Michael	O
Larabel	O
has	O
referred	O
to	O
the	O
framework	O
as	O
"	O
notorious	O
among	O
most	O
Linux	B-Application
desktop	O
users	O
for	O
being	O
resource	O
heavy	O
,	O
not	O
integrating	O
well	O
with	O
most	O
desktops	O
,	O
and	O
generally	O
being	O
despised.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Researchers	O
have	O
shown	O
that	O
Electron	O
's	O
large	O
feature	O
set	O
can	O
be	O
hijacked	O
by	O
bad	O
actors	O
with	O
write	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
source	O
JavaScript	B-Language
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Those	O
who	O
are	O
concerned	O
that	O
Electron	O
is	O
not	O
always	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
newest	O
version	O
of	O
Chromium	B-Language
have	O
recommended	O
progressive	B-Application
web	I-Application
applications	I-Application
as	O
an	O
alternative	O
.	O
</s>
