https://www.solosoft.dev/tags/desktop-apps/Recent content in Desktop Apps on SoloSoftHugoen-usFri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.solosoft.dev/post/electron-builder-2026/Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.solosoft.dev/post/electron-builder-2026/<p>Shipping a desktop application to users is only half the battle &ndash; getting that application packaged, signed, and distributed across three operating systems is where the real work begins. <strong>Electron Builder</strong> (electron-userland/electron-builder) is the most widely adopted tool for solving exactly this problem, providing an all-in-one solution for packaging Electron apps for macOS, Windows, and Linux.</p> <p>Created by the Electron ecosystem maintainers, Electron Builder has become the de facto standard for Electron application distribution. It is used by thousands of production applications ranging from small utilities to enterprise SaaS tools, handling everything from installer creation to code signing to automatic updates.</p>https://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>