Share your project here

[sindresorhus]

This is a place to share your project to get feedback from people before it's ready to be submitted to this list. Feel free to also submit ideas for projects, early drafts, etc.

Present your project, link to it, why you think it's useful/cool, and what kind of feedback you're looking for.

Constructive criticism and niceness is expected ❤️

[mifi]

Nothing big, but i thought it might qualify. I just made this simple video editor for super quickly discarding useless parts from big raw video files from video cameras/drones etc without re-encoding. It's based on Electron and React and uses ffmpeg (not included) for the processing. I'm aware of the 20 day wait time, so I'll just put it here to maybe see if people find it useful.

https://github.com/mifi/lossless-cut

[Patrick-web]

I was using lossless cut on linux a few months ago. Gotta say, its an awesome app. Seriously man great work.

[MarshallOfSound]

uses ffmpeg (not included)

Electron ships ffmpeg libraries can't you use those?

[mifi]

Yes but it's native code and I don't know how to access them from JS, also whether the included ffmpeg version is recent enough and has all the features needed for muxing/demuxing/cutting etc. However I'm thinking about bundling ffmpeg into the release bundle.
See also mifi/lossless-cut#3

[michaeljota]

I made a plugin for Webpack to generate the package for the Electron project, based on the package on your own project.

electron-package-plugin

Also, I made a starter-like repo, with Angular2 and Electron, both being packaged with Webpack

angular2-ultimate-starter

[KELiON]

Awesome, this is what I need now!

I'm working on open source alternative to Spotlight/Alfred: https://github.com/KELiON/cerebro.

Why?

– Free/open source, not for 19 pounds like Alfred powerpack;
– Easy extendable (not like Spotlight);
– Easy customizable;
– Show preview for results, like in spotlight (in Alfred you can't extend your plugin to show more, than line of text);

What kind of feedback do I need?

– What else would you like to see in core functions?
– Feedback for UI/UX: do you see any ways to improve it?

What is left

Before launching this project I want to add few things:
– New icon (not from electron boilerplate);
– Way to create & share plugins;
– Way to create & share themes;
– More tests;
– Documentation.

[sindresorhus]

@KELiON Awesome!

See dext for different take on it.

I use Alfred daily, so I think I can give some useful feedback:

• My main use-case is launching apps. I use Alfred because it's fast. If you want to be an alternative you need to be able to search and launch apps blazingly fast and with good heuristics (prioritizing most used apps, for example, letting me just type s to get Sublime Text at the top, because I use it a lot).
• Customizable is good, but often it's an excuse to ship with a sloppy default UI. The default Alfred UI is pretty bad. Make your default UI super slick. You have a good start, but could use more whitespace. This is what I currently use for Alfred.
• Provide a small core and let the rest be plugins. This also ensures your plugin API is good enough to do most things. Alfred is bloated with lots of stuff I would never use.
• Provide default UI components for plugins for various types of output. I'm thinking list, split list with content view, webview, grid, etc. You don't want plugin creators making their own UI. Most plugin creator have no design or UI abilities.
• Let plugins just be normal node modules exporting an interface. It should be super easy to implement plugins and you should be able to use anything on npm to do so. Alfred makes it very convoluted to create plugins (called workflows there). I ended up making Alfy to make it easier. You could even use npm for plugin registry, with a predefined keyword. I want to be able to just npm publish to publish a plugin for Cerebro.
• Use electron-builder instead of electron-packager to build your app. It gives you a myriad of different packaging types for each platforms with very little config. electron-packager requires you to do most of the hard work yourself, usually badly.
• Auto-update plugins for patch/minor versions. Prompt for major versions.

[sindresorhus]

// @SamVerschueren

[SamVerschueren]

Thanks for the mention @sindresorhus !

I use Alfred as my daily driver as well. I started using it because of alfred-npms as it just saves me so much time every day! Then I started creating my own plugins with Alfy.

The UI of Alfred is pretty basic. You basically only have a list of items, nothing more, nothing less. I totally agree with Sindre on this point

Provide default UI components for plugins for various types of output. I'm thinking list, split list with content view, webview, grid, etc. You don't want plugin creators making their own UI. Most plugin creator have no design or UI abilities.

Alfred plugins can only get you this far just because it does not allow for some complexer/more customized views.

I will definitely check it out when I have some more time.

[michaeljota]

@KELiON have you check hain yet?

[KELiON]

Thanks for feedback, @sindresorhus! Awesome idea about npm publish for packages. Also, going to switch to electron-builder.

@michaeljota Yes, I've checked, but only images/gifs, because I don't have windows. So, idea almost the same, but I'd like to do everything much easier and more user-friendly. Did you use it? Can you share some feedback about it?

[michaeljota]

@KELiON I did use it, but I don't really see any advantage, in Windows at least. Windows search, and Cortana, works pretty well, and just have to press Windows key.

Anyway, I see it's the same idea, just search something and open it, regardless it is a file, folder, program, website, anything. It works, and does it well.

Also, it have an open issue for Mac support. hainproject/hain#201

[sidneys]

Desktop Dimmer

Desktop Dimmer was created to allow dimming Displays beyond their native lowest brightness by using overlays. For many Developers, this is essential for nighttime work with external displays. The requirement arose as solutions such as Shades, Turn off the Lights or f.lux were too unstable, too heavyweight or ridiculously overpriced.

The current 1.5.1 build is running 24/7 on all of my computers and is pretty stable. Looking forward to your feedback and contributions. Cheers.

[Sarah-Seo]

Hi, I'm making a note app 📝 looks like macOS default app, Notes, but supports GFM and Latex 👩‍🎓.

• Repository
• Homepage
• Download

Is my app ready to be listed? If it isn't, please tell me what should I do! 😺😺😺
I hope you like it.

Btw, I'm going to publish via homebrew. Homebrew/homebrew-cask#28500

[DavidMellul]

Hi ! ❤️

I've been working on Opale-Messenger which is a personal project I made for a friend and for training web technologies.

It looks like Caprine in the way it's a wrapper for Messenger, but it adds a bubble which you can interact with.

I believe this bubble, Android-like, is very useful and very cool to use. It enables multi-tasking for the user and it enables saving a lot of time, it's very cool (according to me) since you can chat and do what you want just with a shortcut, and still being able to see how many conversations you've missed at a glance.

I would appreciate being on this list, being used by people, and getting feedback in terms of UI and in terms of technical things (code, organization, good habits...)

You'll find everything here : https://github.com/DavidMellul/Opale-Messenger

I've made my best, and my work is sincere, let me know if something needs to change. 😺

[sindresorhus]

@DavidMellul I like the idea of imitating the Android FB bubble, but your app is missing an important aspect of it. On Android, the bubble only shows up for new messages and you can easily discard it by swiping. It also shows on bubble for each conversation, and the conversation opens right there around the bubble and you can start writing. Your bubble is always visible and in the way. I tried hiding it, but it doesn't show when there are new messages.

[maxatwork]

Hi, thanks for maintaining this list. I just created simple Svelte+Electron+Storybook application boilerplate. Probably can save an hour or two to someone.

Link to the repo: https://github.com/maxatwork/svelte-electron-template

[szTheory]

I made a free Electron app for cleaning exif metadata from images. I hope that someone finds it useful. https://exifcleaner.com/

[p32929]

Good morning everyone. I created a Pomodoro app using ElectronJS that forces you to take a break: https://github.com/p32929/PotatoTimer/

[xxczaki]

Parsify Desktop - Extendable calculator for the 21st Century, inspired by apps like Numi and Soulver.

👍 Supports math expressions, unit & currency conversion, custom units, plugins and more!

The app is free, but you can purchase a license to support further development and unlock more features.

I'm currently working on a mobile app and a cloud, which would enable synchronization.

Website: https://parsify.app
GitHub: https://github.com/parsify-dev
Product Hunt: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/parsify-desktop

Feedback greatly appreciated!

[papb]

Hi @undergroundwires, your GitHub link is broken, you meant https://github.com/undergroundwires/privacy.sexy right?

Also, looks awesome!!

[danobot]

Would like to share my application as well, hopefully it can be added to awesome-electron!!

Notorious - The open source hierarchical notebook application.
Offline-first note taking and knowledge management application for desktop and the web. Supports nested notebooks, tags, real-time sync, images and file attachments. Optimized for efficiency with keyboard navigation, full-text search and version control. Never lose a thought. Private, fast, notorious 😈

Landing Page: https://danobot.github.io/notorious-landing/
Github: https://github.com/danobot/notorious

[shash7]

Would like to share my app too. Its a reminders app for Windows using Electron and Vue:
https://pulltherope.app

Should I send a pull request or something else?

[padvincenzo]

Hi everyone, I'm working on a little project called Silence SpeedUp, which makes use of ffmpeg (currently bundled in the app) to speed up or remove silence parts of videos.
Please check it, any ideas or comments are welcome 😄

[NetizenAbel]

It's an app to tell you when to leave work ... of course, that's kind of a weird situation right now! It's called Time To Leave, started by @thamara

[kotapeter]

Hey everyone 👋 we've just released DevKinsta :)

https://kinsta.com/devkinsta

[pavlobu]

Hi everyone!
I just wanted to share with you my new open source
ElectronJS app that makes any device with a web browser a
second screen for your computer.
Available for Win / Mac / Linux

Deskreen website with free download
Quick Demo Video On Youtube -- Tablet as Second Screen for a laptop | Using Deskreen

Features:

-works with WiFi or LAN
-use any device with web browser as second screen for your computer (using Display Dummy Plug)
-use any device web browser to mirror your computer's screen
-use any device web browser to view a single application window from your computer's screen
-supports multiple screen sharing sessions to as many devices as you want
-supports changing picture quality while sharing a screen.
-Picture auto quality change supported. (for performance boost while watching youtube video for example)
-End-to-end security
-dark mode UI support ;)

Please tell me in which section can I put a reference to this app in this awesome list repo.

Thank you in advance,
Paul

[mattruzzi]

I am working on an app that lets you set a webpage as your desktop background, like Plash but using electron so it will work on older versions of macOS (10.10+ vs 10.15+), and possibly eventually Linux.

https://github.com/mattruzzi/electron-desktop-background

[zerob13]

Hi everyone!
I am working on a new boilerplate for vue and electron. This boilerplate is based on SimulatedGREG/electron-vue. I upgraded Electron,webpack, babel and added multiple BrowserWindows support.

Key Differences

• Webpack 5+
• Electron 12+ (apple silicon ready)
• Babel 7+
• Code Splitting enabled by default
• electron-log integrated
• multiple BrowserWindows support
• Remove web output support
• Remove default unit testing

https://github.com/zerob13/electron-vue-webpack

[finzaiko]

Hello Everyone, @sindresorhus

This is my active update open project Postgres Tool
https://github.com/finzaiko/zpg

[whyboris]

Video Hub App - Think of it like YouTube for videos on your computer; browse, search, and organize your videos.

GitHub: https://github.com/whyboris/Video-Hub-App
Public: https://videohubapp.com/

Released 6 years ago now, intending to add some more features later this year 🥳