The Electron website is a static site generator built with Docusaurus that serves the official documentation and blog for the Electron framework.
The project solves the problem of maintaining a centralized, searchable documentation hub for Electron developers. It uses Docusaurus to generate a modern static website from Markdown sources. English documentation is automatically mirrored from the main Electron repository through a webhook system, so changes in the latest stable release branch flow into the website without manual intervention. Translations are managed through Crowdin, allowing the community to localize content across multiple languages. Search functionality is powered by Algolia DocSearch, providing free documentation search for the open source project.
Developers maintaining Electron-related projects or contributing to Electron's documentation should use this repository. It suits teams that need to keep documentation synchronized with a rapidly evolving codebase and want to support multiple languages. The setup is straightforward: Node.js 22 is required, and the standard workflow uses yarn for installation and development. Local development supports pulling documentation from a local Electron repository for preview before publishing. Blog posts can be added as Markdown files in the blog folder with standard Docusaurus frontmatter options.
The project receives regular contributions focused on documentation updates and localization improvements. Maintenance activity centers on keeping the documentation pipeline synchronized with Electron releases and managing the translation workflow through Crowdin. The codebase is actively maintained to support the website's core functionality of mirroring documentation changes and serving localized content to a global audience.
