FIXED SCOPEone-off build
Ship an Electron app, end to end.
Fixed scope, fixed price, no juniors rotating through. RFC to signed release, typically 8-14 weeks.
FIXED SCOPE
- Zero juniors on client work
- Fixed quote in week 1
- Code, infra, runbook — yours
Electron Development Services.Built to Ship.
Every Electron project we inherit has the same faults — nodeIntegration left on, unvalidated IPC, an auto-updater nobody retested. None of that is the framework's fault. Electron runs 8,000+ Mac App Store apps today with sub-500ms cold starts. Our Electron development services close the gap between "it runs" and "it's signed, hardened, and shipped."
- Electron 34
- Context-isolated
- Auto-updating
- Code-signed
Why Entalogics for Electron
Four decisions that separate
a solid Electron app
from a liability.
Basics every Electron development company should cover, and most quietly skip.
Performance01
Nobody profiled it, so nobody knows what's actually slow.
We profile production builds, not dev mode. Lazy windows, deferred imports, V8 code cache — 40–60% faster cold starts on codebases we inherit.
Architecture02
Renderer and main process got treated as one trust zone.
Context isolation on, node integration off, sandboxing enabled, every IPC payload Zod-validated. The renderer is attacker territory — main process owns disk, network, and database.
State03
One storage tool was doing three jobs badly.
SQLite for structured data, Keytar for secrets, electron-store for preferences. No auth tokens sitting in plain JSON next to a theme setting.
Type safety04
IPC had no contract, so nothing caught mismatches early.
Every channel typed end-to-end via electron-trpc or Zod-validated wrappers. A signature change breaks the build — not a user's session.
When Electron, when not
Electron is a tool,
not a default choice.
The most battle-tested cross-platform desktop framework there is — and a full Chromium bundle in every install. We'll tell you honestly if that trade-off fits.
PICK ELECTRON WHEN
- Your team writes TypeScript and React — fastest real path from web skills to shipped desktop
- The feature needs native APIs only mature in Electron's larger package ecosystem
- Identical rendering across platforms matters more than install size
- You want proof it scales: VS Code, Slack, 1Password
CONSIDER TAURI WHEN
- Sub-10MB installer and sub-50MB memory are hard requirements
- Attack surface smaller than a bundled browser runtime matters
- Your team writes Rust, or will invest to get there
WE SAY NO WHEN
- "Electron for a menu bar clock" — that's a 150MB clock
- "We don't care about code-signing" — your users' OS will
- "Three platforms in two weeks" — the math doesn't work
What we build with Electron
Electron development
services we deliver.
Six ways this work shows up. Each ends signed, auto-updating, and running on machines we don't control.
- S01
Custom Electron development
Custom Electron developmentProcess boundary set correctly from commit one. Typed IPC before the first feature, not bolted on after something breaks.
ELECTRONREACTSQLITEAUTO-UPDATE - S02
Electron app UI/UX design
Electron app UI/UX designInterfaces built around system tray, native menus, and keyboard-first workflows — not a web layout dropped into a window.
ELECTRONREACTTAILWINDSHADCN/UI - S03
Electron API integration
Electron API integrationThird-party services and internal APIs wired through the main process, not scattered across the renderer as single points of failure.
ELECTRONNODE.JSZODREST/GRAPHQL - S04
Electron migration and upgrade services
Electron migration and upgrade servicesOld versions with nodeIntegration on and broken auto-update, upgraded one major version at a time. The app keeps shipping throughout.
ELECTRON 34CONTEXT ISOLATIONELECTRON-BUILDER - S05
Electron support and maintenance
Electron support and maintenanceDependency drift, unpatched Chromium CVEs, memory creep — caught before they become incidents, not after.
SENTRYGITHUB ACTIONSPLAYWRIGHT - S06
Electron for AI and enterprise tools
Electron for AI and enterprise toolsLocal LLM inference via Ollama, on-device embeddings via ONNX, SSO-integrated internal tools replacing VPN-gated portals.
OLLAMAONNXSSOSQLITE
The playbook
Electron development patterns
we ship on repeat.
What shows up on nearly every production Electron engagement.
P01
Context isolation by default.
nodeIntegration off, contextBridge for exposed APIs, sandbox on every window.
P02
IPC gets a schema first.
Zod-validated channels. A signature change breaks the build, not a support ticket.
P03
Auto-update tested, not assumed.
Signed releases, delta updates, rollback on failure — verified in CI on all three platforms.
P04
Code-signing runs in CI.
macOS notarization, Windows Authenticode, Linux AppImage signing — no manual release-day steps.
P05
Memory watched between releases.
Heap snapshots compared build to build, regressions flagged before ship.
P06
Native modules sit behind an interface.
better-sqlite3, keytar, node-pty wrapped in typed services — swap the implementation, not every caller.
Signature case
A SaaS desktop companion,
hardened from Electron 22 to Electron 34.
A B2B project management tool on Electron 22 — nodeIntegration on, no context isolation, 380MB idle memory, auto-update failing for 22% of Windows users due to expired code-signing certificate, and three CVEs in bundled Chromium. Upgraded to Electron 34 with full hardening in 8 weeks. Memory dropped 45%. Auto-update success hit 100%.
Before
Electron 22 · nodeIntegration on · 380MB idle · 22% update failure · 3 Chromium CVEs
After
Electron 34 · context-isolated · 210MB idle · 100% update success · 0 CVEs
- Idle memory−45%
- Auto-update success100%
- To fully upgraded8wk
- Shipped regressions0
Industries we serve
Where Electron still
earns its place.
The kinds of Electron projects that keep coming back to us — usually because a browser tab wasn't enough.
- Developer Tools & IDEs
- Enterprise Collaboration
- Internal Enterprise Tools
- AI-Native Desktop Apps
- SaaS Desktop Companions
- Regulated Industries
Engagement shape
Eight to ten weeks
on Electron.
Signed test builds from week two — not one release at the end that either works or doesn't.
- W01
Audit + RFC
Memory profiling, IPC audit, security review, update pipeline check. A ranked plan with real numbers.
- W02–03
Foundation + first window
Electron 34 baseline, context isolation, typed IPC, code-signing wired in. Signed build across all three platforms.
- W04–08
Feature by feature
Each window shipped behind a flag. Signed beta releases weekly.
- W09+
Release + handoff
Signed production release, auto-update confirmed working. Runbook handed over, or we stay on retainer.
Stack
Tools we
Tools we reach
reach for for first.
Our default Electron development stack — picked for production, not boilerplate.
Framework
Electron 34 · Electron Forge · electron-builder
Language
TypeScript (strict) · Zod · electron-trpc
Data
better-sqlite3 · electron-store · keytar
UI
React · Tailwind · shadcn/ui · Monaco
Testing
Playwright · Vitest · Spectron · Electron Fiddle
Infra
GitHub Actions · Sentry · PostHog · S3 (update hosting)
Engagement
Three ways to hire
Electron developers
at Entalogics.
No hourly billing for thinking time. Fixed quote or transparent monthly rate.
DEDICATED TEAMmonthly
Hire dedicated Electron developers.
Senior engineers in your Slack and standups for the engagement's length. Scale, pause, or exit with 30 days' notice.
PER ENGINEER
- Same senior bar as fixed-scope
- Embedded in your team
- Founder-direct escalation
ENGAGEMENTcustom
Strategic Electron development partnership.
A standing architecture partner for security hardening, update infrastructure, and hiring — across quarters, not one project.
PROCUREMENT-FRIENDLY
- Multi-quarter roadmap
- Architecture and hiring partner
- Procurement-friendly paper
FAQ
Questions we get on almost
every Electron call.
Framework choice, memory, upgrades, cost — in roughly the order people actually ask.Often, yes. Electron's ecosystem is unmatched and its production track record is a decade deep. Tauri wins on bundle size and memory. We'll tell you which fits your actual constraints.
By profiling, not guessing. Lazy windows, deferred imports, V8 code cache, and batched IPC bring idle memory down to something competitive with native apps.
Yes — one major version at a time, fixing native module breakage as we go, enforcing context isolation, rewiring auto-update. The app keeps shipping throughout.
Depends on scope and how much legacy code exists. The week-one audit gives us real numbers — you get a fixed quote from that, not a range that grows.
Yes. Whoever writes the RFC ships the code. No mid-project handoff, no account manager in between.
Founder-direct
Tell us whatyou're building.
Thirty minutes with the founder — a senior Electron developer, the relevant playbook, and an honest read on whether Electron, Tauri, or a PWA actually fits.