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| logo = Electron 0.36.4 Icon.png

| developer = [[GitHub]]

| released = {{Start date and age|2013|7|15}}<ref>[https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v0.1.0 Earliest tagged release]</ref>

| latest release version = 1.2.0

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2016|05|26}}<ref name=rl>{{cite web|title=Release Notes|url=https://github.com/atom/electron/releases|website=github.com|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|date=26 May 2016}}</ref>

| released = {{Start date and age|2013|7|15}}<ref>[https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v0.1.0 Earliest tagged release]</ref>

| programming language = [[C++]] and [[JavaScript]]

| operating system = [[Microsoft Windows]], [[Linux]] and [[OSXOS X]]

| platform = [[Cross-platformNode.js]]

| license = [[MIT License]]

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'''Electron''' (formerly known as Atom Shell<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sawicki |first1=Kevin |date=April 23, 2015 |url=http://blog.atom.io/2015/04/23/electron.html |title=Atom Shell is now Electron |work=Atom |accessdate=2015-12-02}}</ref>) is thean mainopen-source [[software framework|framework]] behinddeveloped twoby notable[[GitHub]].<ref>https://github.com/atom/electron</ref> openIt sourceallows softwarefor the development of desktop [[GUI]] applications: using the [[AtomNode.js]] (textframework, editor)|Atomoriginally used for the development of [[backend]] —[[web applications]]. Electron is the main framework behind two notable open-source [[GitHubSource code editor]]s: GitHub's [[Atom (text editor)|Atom]],<ref>https://github.com/atom/atom</ref> and [[Microsoft]]'s [[Visual Studio Code]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=James |first1=Mike |date=23 November 2015 |title=Visual Studio Code - Now With Added Extensions |url=http://www.i-programmer.info/news/90-tools/9202-visual-studio-code-now-with-added-extensions.html |work=I Programmer |accessdate=2015-12-02}}</ref> Electron is an open source framework developed by [[GitHub]].<ref>https://github.com/atom/electron</ref> It allows for the development of desktop [[GUI]] applications using the [[Node.js]] framework, originally used for the development of [[backend]] [[web applications]].

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