msdevs / electron-react-ts-boilerplate

A starter kit for electron apps using React + Typescript

electron-react-ts-boilerplate

What

A starter kit for electron apps using React + Typescript, based on Electron Forge.

It enables to use:

• React + Typescript for UI part
• Typescript for backend process part
• Jest for unit tests

It includes an example of communication between UI and Main processes (ipcRenderer and ipcMain).

How to

git clone https://github.com/euZebe/electron-react-ts-boilerplate.git your-project-name

cd your-project-name

git remote remove origin

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Many thanks to @ankitbko for its article about how to initiate an electron project with React and Typescript. A few things have been added to suggested steps, as the ability to import ipcRenderer in the UI part.