Electron AppStack

Electron AppStack is a complete starting point for building desktop apps with Electron and TypeScript .

It is not a framework or a dependency: you copy the template once with degit and the code is yours.

What’s included

Electron + electron-vite – hot reload of the renderer, automatic restart of the main process (Development)
React, TanStack Router, TanStack Query, shadcn/ui, Tailwind CSS – the renderer stack (UI and Routing)
tRPC + zod over IPC – fully typed, validated calls from the renderer to the main process (IPC with tRPC)
SQLite + Drizzle ORM – local database with migrations applied on startup (Database)
Typed app config – electron-store validated by a zod schema (App Config)
Dark mode – system, light or dark, from the native menu or the settings (Dark Mode)
Translations – i18next in the renderer and the native menu (Translations)
Biome – one fast tool for linting and formatting (Development)
Icons and images conventions – app icon, DMG background, renderer images (Icons and Images)
Releases – Changesets for versions and changelog, GitHub Actions to build, sign, notarize and publish (Releasing)
Auto update – electron-updater with GitHub Releases (Auto Update)
Licensing – license keys, activation window and update gating with licensemanager.dev (Licensing)
Source code protection – main process shipped as V8 bytecode, locked down with Electron fuses and ASAR integrity (Source Code Protection)
AI agent instructions – AGENTS.md and skills for Claude Code and other agents (AI Agents)
Secure defaults – sandboxed renderer, context isolation, strict Content Security Policy


npx degit nick-keller/electron-appstack/template my-app
cd my-app
npm install
npm run dev