# Install electron with npm

Build cross platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. Version 43.2.0 via npm; verified 2026-07-21. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#electron.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:electron
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g electron
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:electron
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Version:** 43.2.0
- **Source summary:** Build cross platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/electron/electron#readme>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-21T18:51:06.112Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- electron (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 43.2.0

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for electron. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - electron: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: electron from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
- apk - electron - 40.10.6-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: electron from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Electron cross-platform desktop toolkit | https://github.com/electron/electron
- apk - electron-dev - 40.10.6-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: electron-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Electron cross-platform desktop toolkit (development files) | https://github.com/electron/electron
- apk - electron-lang - 40.10.6-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: electron-lang from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Electron cross-platform desktop toolkit (translations) | https://github.com/electron/electron
- pacman - electron - 1:43-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: electron from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Meta package providing the latest available stable Electron build | https://electronjs.org
- zypper - nodejs-electron - 37.10.2-3.11: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: nodejs-electron from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Build cross platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS | https://github.com/electron/electron
- Chocolatey - electron: normalized package name match | Chocolatey community package catalog: electron from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','edrawings-viewer'
- winget - OpenJS.Electron.33: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: OpenJS.Electron.33 from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix
- winget - OpenJS.Electron.34: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: OpenJS.Electron.34 from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix
- winget - OpenJS.Electron.35: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: OpenJS.Electron.35 from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix
- winget - OpenJS.Electron.36: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: OpenJS.Electron.36 from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix
- winget - OpenJS.Electron.37: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: OpenJS.Electron.37 from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix
- winget - OpenJS.Electron.38: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: OpenJS.Electron.38 from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix
- winget - OpenJS.Electron.39: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: OpenJS.Electron.39 from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix
- winget - OpenJS.Electron.40: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: OpenJS.Electron.40 from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix
- winget - OpenJS.Electron.41: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: OpenJS.Electron.41 from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph