Electron is an open source library developed by GitHub for building cross-platform desktop applications with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. It accomplishes this by combining Chromium and Node.js into a single runtime and apps can be packaged for Mac, Windows, and Linux.
It began in 2013 as the framework on which Atom, GitHub’s hackable text editor, would be built. The two were open sourced in the Spring of 2014.
It has since become a popular tool used by open source developers, startups, and established companies.
Electron v10.3 was released. The main updates for this release include:
Fixes
- Fixed a memory leak in desktopCapturer.getSources. #27057 (Also in 11, 12)
- Fixed an issue where BrowserViews couldn’t be effectively reparented. #27220 (Also in 11, 12)
- Fixed an issue where SIGINT was improperly handled in Node.js processes. #26970 (Also in 11, 12)
- Fixed an issue where draggable regions did not work exclusively on BrowserViews on Windows. #27222 (Also in 11, 12)
- Fixed an issue where non-draggable regions on BrowserViews could have incorrectly calculated bounds. #27185 (Also in 11, 12)
- Fixed an issue with audio not playing in HTML video elements. #26963
Other Changes
- Security: backported fix for 1147431, 1144462. #26953
- Security: backported fix for chromium:1123035. #26956
