# Electron

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Electron, formerly known as Atom Shell, is an application developed by GitHub to build cross platform desktop apps using web technologies. The most famous example of desktop apps built on Electron is the Atom text editor.

## Installation

Electron can be installed with either:

- the electron package from the Official repositories or
- the electron package from the unofficial atom repository, which uses a different build method.

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