Electron Remote
Call main process modules from Electron renderer process.
Desktop and mobile apps npm MIT
How Electron Remote is used
Electron Remote joined the catalog on its public numbers (82,410 downloads a week on npm and 412 GitHub stars), not on our project count: it is a dependency in 5 public GitHub projects of our scan, 1 of them set up for AI coding agents. The most used alternative in our scan is Electron (66 projects). Projects that use it most often also use Prettier (80.0%), Font Awesome (60.0%), Popper (60.0%).
Electron Remote popularity over time
Gid Score 22: downloads 41, use in agent projects 7, GitHub stars 0, downloads trend 39 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with Electron Remote
| Prettier | 80.0% of Electron Remote projects · 3.8× more than average |
|---|---|
| Font Awesome | 60.0% of Electron Remote projects · 88.7× more than average |
| Popper | 60.0% of Electron Remote projects · 206.9× more than average |
| Quasar Extras | 60.0% of Electron Remote projects · 620.8× more than average |
| Axios | 60.0% of Electron Remote projects · 7.9× more than average |
| Pinia | 60.0% of Electron Remote projects · 66.5× more than average |
| sass-embedded | 60.0% of Electron Remote projects · 196.0× more than average |
| vite-plugin-checker | 60.0% of Electron Remote projects · 219.1× more than average |
How Electron Remote is funded
Open Collective: electron
| Received, last 12 months | $18,524 Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| Estimated annual budget | $35,917 Open Collective's estimate |
| Balance | $74,852 |
| Raised since the start | $105,093 · $30,242 paid out |
| Typical month median, last 12 months | $1,473 · $1,473 over 24 months |
| Last 12 months vs the 12 before | -14% |
| Contributors, last 12 months | 11 |
Top company backers all time, 42 companies in total
| Figma | $39,000 since Sep 2024 |
|---|---|
| Streamlabs | $7,500 since Jun 2022 |
| Frontend Masters | $3,640 since Dec 2018 |
| Raider.IO | $3,450 since Jan 2021 |
| White Label Communications | $2,500 since Feb 2019 |
Oct 2021Sep 2026
Money by month, last five years. First money received in Mar 2018. The typical month is the median: one big one-off donation does not move it.
The same collective is named by 5 more tools in our catalog: Electron, Electron Rebuild, Electron Forge, Electron Notarize, Electron ASAR.
Open Collective lists this collective for the electron organization on GitHub, so the money is for all of its projects, not Electron Remote alone.
USD after payment processor fees, as Open Collective reports it; fiscal host Open Source Collective. Source
Agent Skills for Electron Remote
| remote-package-installer from cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner | Install a Python package directly from an untrusted remote archive has scriptsnpx skills add cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner --skill remote-package-installer |
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| remote-from-slack from codeaholicguy/ai-devkit | AI DevKit · Connect the current agent session to an available Slack channel bridge.npx skills add codeaholicguy/ai-devkit --skill remote-from-slack |
| remote-api-footguns from maxrave-dev/kotlin-footguns | Remote API traps in Kotlin Multiplatform: Ktor clients, defensive parsing, Resource envelopes, OK responses that dropped your data, auth callbacks, retry backo…npx skills add maxrave-dev/kotlin-footguns --skill remote-api-footguns |
| remote-collection from hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor | Configure and troubleshoot CCAM Remote Data Sources that collect Claude Code and Codex history over SSH. Use when adding, editing, testing, syncing, or removin…npx skills add hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor --skill remote-collection |
Skills teach your coding agent how to use Electron Remote well. Official means the pack comes from the same GitHub account as Electron Remote. Read a skill before installing it: it can include scripts. All Agent Skills
Install
| Package | npm install @electron/remote |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (5) |
| Example projects | ever-co/ever-rec-desktop |
Alternatives to Electron Remote
Tools that do the same job, so a project picks one or the other. Add-ons and libraries used alongside Electron Remote are not listed here; they are in "Often used with".
| Tool | Gid Score | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electron npm Build cross-platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML and CSS. |
76 | 66 (1.4%) | 5M | 123K | MIT |
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