# Add authentication to your Electron app in three calls

DevFeed: [Add authentication to your Electron app in three calls](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/add-authentication-to-your-electron-app-in-three-calls-15979.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://workos.com/blog/add-authentication-to-your-electron-app-in-three-calls>)

Author: WorkOS

Published: 2026-08-13T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [WorkOS Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/workos-blog.md>)

Topics: [Electron](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/electron.md>), [Authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authentication.md>), [SDKs](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sdks.md>), [OAuth](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/oauth.md>), [React](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/react.md>)

Tags: [authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authentication.md>), [electron](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/electron.md>), [oauth](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/oauth.md>), [react](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/react.md>), [sdk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sdk.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial shows how to add WorkOS AuthKit authentication to an Electron application using the main, preload, and renderer process contexts. It covers system-browser sign-in, React-based user access, backend calls with an access token, clean sign-out, custom protocol redirects, and keeping secrets out of the shipped binary.

## Source excerpt

Wiring AuthKit through Electron's main, preload, and renderer processes, without shipping a secret in your binary.