# Building a desktop application with Electron

DevFeed: [Building a desktop application with Electron](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/building-a-desktop-application-with-electron-21252.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://juri.dev/blog/2015/08/link-desktop-apps-electron/>)

Published: 2015-08-21T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Juri Strumpflohner](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/juri-strumpflohner.md>)

Topics: [Electron](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/electron.md>), [Atom](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/atom.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>)

Tags: [applications](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/applications.md>), [build](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/build.md>), [building](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/building.md>), [desktop](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/desktop.md>), [electron](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/electron.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>)

## AI overview

A step-by-step introduction to building a desktop application with Electron. It explains that Electron is the shell used to run Atom and illustrates how web technologies can power desktop applications.

## Source excerpt

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