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Even a simple app built on Chromium can be resource-intensive and probably use more CPU and RAM than a native app. It’s bad…Įlectron apps bundle Chromium and NodeJs out of the gate, leading to a very large app size. With Electron, you can build cross-platform programmes that run on Windows, macOS, and Linux with no prior knowledge of native development by incorporating Chromium and Node.js into their binary. Electron is cancer, Electron is flash for desktop, say no to Electron! Discussion forums and blog platforms are abuzz piling hate on electron – a JavaScript GUI framework that lets developers create desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS.Įlectron allows a developer to build a website or a web app, wrap it inside a chromium browser without all the browser controls and distribute it as if it were a native application.
