Apps Built with Electron

Electron puts a web application on the desktop, and desktop still matters more in African business software than mobile-first assumptions suggest. Offices run Windows machines, staff work in spreadsheets, and a point-of-sale terminal, an accounting package or a clinic system frequently needs to keep working when the internet does not. Electron lets a team that already builds for the web ship that desktop product without learning a native toolkit, with local file access, printing to receipt and label printers, and offline storage that syncs when a connection returns. The well-known cost is weight: bundled runtime, sizeable installers and meaningful memory use, which needs thought when the target machine is old and the installer may be distributed on a USB stick. Browse the desktop products built with it below.