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The best Electron React Boilerplate alternatives

3 tools that do a similar job to Electron React Boilerplate, 3 of them open source. Each entry says what it does and who it suits, so you can pick the one that fits instead of the most famous.

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Electron React Boilerplate

A starter template for building desktop apps with Electron and React in TypeScript.

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    Storybook

    Open source · MIT · ★ 91.4k

    A workshop for building, viewing, and testing UI components one at a time, outside the full app.

    Best for: Frontend teams building a shared component library or design system; Developers who want to develop a UI component without running the whole app

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    Reactide

    Open source · MIT · ★ 10.5k

    A desktop IDE for building React web apps, with a live simulator and component tree.

    Best for: Developers who build React apps and want the editor, preview, and terminal in one window; Developers who want to inspect component hierarchy and props/state visually

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    Babel

    Open source · MIT · ★ 44.1k

    A compiler that converts newer JavaScript into versions older browsers and runtimes can run.

    Best for: Web developers who want to use recent JavaScript syntax while still supporting older browsers; Teams with a build pipeline that can add a compile step

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How we pick: tools in the same category that solve the same problem, projects that name each other as alternatives, and open-source projects that describe themselves as an alternative to Electron React Boilerplate. We don't take payment for placement.