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:zap: *Formerly known as Atom Shell* :zap:

The Electron framework lets you write cross-platform desktop applications
using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. It is based on [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/) and
[Chromium](http://www.chromium.org) and is used in the [Atom
editor](https://github.com/atom/atom).

Follow [@ElectronJS](https://twitter.com/electronjs) on Twitter for important
announcements.

This project adheres to the [Contributor Covenant 1.2](http://contributor-covenant.org/version/1/2/0/).
By participating, you are expected to uphold this code. Please report
unacceptable behavior to atom@github.com.

## Downloads

Prebuilt binaries and debug symbols of Electron for Linux, Windows and OS X can
be found on the [releases](https://github.com/atom/electron/releases) page.

You can also use [`npm`](https://docs.npmjs.com/) to install prebuilt electron
binaries:

```sh
# Install the `electron` command globally in your $PATH
npm install electron-prebuilt -g

# Install as a development dependency
npm install electron-prebuilt --save-dev
```

### Mirrors

- [China](https://npm.taobao.org/mirrors/electron)

## Documentation

Guides and the API reference are located in the
[docs](https://github.com/atom/electron/tree/master/docs) directory. It also
contains documents describing how to build and contribute to Electron.

## Documentation Translations

- [Brazilian Portuguese](https://github.com/atom/electron/tree/master/docs-translations/pt-BR)
- [Korean](https://github.com/atom/electron/tree/master/docs-translations/ko-KR)
- [Japanese](https://github.com/atom/electron/tree/master/docs-translations/jp)
- [Spanish](https://github.com/atom/electron/tree/master/docs-translations/es)
- [Simplified Chinese](https://github.com/atom/electron/tree/master/docs-translations/zh-CN)
- [Traditional Chinese](https://github.com/atom/electron/tree/master/docs-translations/zh-TW)

## Quick Start

Clone and run the [`atom/electron-quick-start`](https://github.com/atom/electron-quick-start)
repository to see a minimal Electron app in action.

## Community

You can ask questions and interact with the community in the following
locations:
- [`electron`](http://discuss.atom.io/c/electron) category on the Atom
forums
- `#atom-shell` channel on Freenode
- [`Atom`](http://atom-slack.herokuapp.com/) channel on Slack

Check out [awesome-electron](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome-electron)
for a community maintained list of useful example apps, tools and resources.
