https://www.solosoft.dev/tags/chromium/Recent content in Chromium on SoloSoftHugoen-usFri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.solosoft.dev/post/electron-framework-2026/Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.solosoft.dev/post/electron-framework-2026/<p>The desktop application landscape has been transformed by a single insight: what if you could build native-quality desktop apps using the same web technologies that power the internet? <strong>Electron</strong> made that vision a reality, and in doing so, it became the backbone of modern desktop software development.</p> <p>Electron is the open-source framework that combines Chromium&rsquo;s rendering engine with the Node.js runtime, allowing developers to build cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. Created initially by GitHub for the Atom editor, Electron was later handed over to the OpenJS Foundation and has since become one of the most influential open-source projects in existence.</p>