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Desktop App Boilerplate Documentation

Step-by-step guides for setting up, customizing, and shipping your desktop app. Written for builders new to Electron — and friendly to AI coding tools like Claude Code and Cursor.

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Getting Started 3 pages
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Quickstart (5 minutes)

Clone, install, and run the boilerplate with hot reload — in under five minutes.

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Rebranding to Your App

Replace "Electron Starter Template" with your own app name, identifier, and brand in one command.

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Project Structure

A short tour of the folders, what belongs where, and why.

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Distribution 2 pages
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Auto-Update with GitHub Releases

Push updates to every installed user with one publish command — using GitHub Releases or any S3-compatible host.

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Code-Signing for Windows & macOS

Stop SmartScreen and Gatekeeper from scaring your users away. What you need, what it costs, how to wire it up.

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Integrations 1 page
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AI Integration (Claude + OpenAI)

Use the pre-wired Anthropic and OpenAI SDKs, with secure key storage and streaming responses — or swap in your own provider.

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