19 free desktop app and browser extension boilerplates
Electron & Chrome Extension Boilerplates
Templates and starters that do not fit the other categories: desktop app and browser extension boilerplates, docs sites and more. appsgit lists 19 desktop app and browser extension boilerplates; the most starred are Electron React Boilerplate, Vite Electron Builder and Chrome Extension TypeScript Starter.
Updated Oct 8, 2026
Electron & Chrome Extension Boilerplates
Electron React Boilerplate
electron-react-boilerplate/electron-react-boilerplate
A Foundation for Scalable Cross-Platform Apps.
OtherTypeScriptVite Electron Builder
cawa-93/vite-electron-builder
Secure boilerplate for Electron app based on Vite.
OtherTypeScriptChrome Extension TypeScript Starter
chibat/chrome-extension-typescript-starter
Chrome Extension TypeScript Starter.
OtherTypeScriptTauri UI
agmmnn/tauri-ui
Tauri + shadcn/ui app scaffolder with desktop-ready defaults and optional batteries.
OtherTypeScriptWeb Extension Starter
abhijithvijayan/web-extension-starter
Web Extension starter to build "Write Once Run on Any Browser" extension.
OtherTypeScriptBlazorStrap
chanan/BlazorStrap
Bootstrap 4 Components for Blazor Framework.
OtherHTMLElectron React App
guasam/electron-react-app
Modern desktop application starter kit with Electron, React, TypeScript, TailwindCSS & Shadcn/UI to build cross-platform apps.
OtherTypeScriptTauri Next.js Template
kvnxiao/tauri-nextjs-template
A Tauri 2.0 + Next.js (SSG) template, with TailwindCSS, opinionated linting, and GitHub Actions preconfigured.
OtherTypeScriptReact Chrome Extension
satendra02/react-chrome-extension
chrome extension boilerplate with ReactJs using inject page strategy.
OtherTypeScriptHavit.Blazor
havit/Havit.Blazor
Free Bootstrap 5 components for ASP.NET Blazor + optional enterprise-level stack for Blazor development (gRPC code-first, layered architecture, localization, auth,...).
OtherC#Extro
turbostarter/extro
Open source browser extension starter kit.
OfficialOtherTypeScriptFast Vite Nestjs Electron
ArcherGu/fast-vite-nestjs-electron
Vite + Vue + Electron + Nestjs with rolldown, crazy fast!
OtherVueModern Desktop App Template
elibroftw/modern-desktop-app-template
Tauri v2 & React v19 boilerplate for a modern desktop application.
OtherTypeScriptVutron
jooy2/vutron
Quick Start Templates for Vite + Electron + Vue 3 + Vuetify + TypeScript.
OtherTypeScriptTauri Solid Ts Tailwind Vite
AR10Dev/tauri-solid-ts-tailwind-vite
Tauri + Solid + Tailwind CSS + TypeScript + Vite + ESLint + Prettier Starter template.
OtherTypeScriptFast Vite Electron
ArcherGu/fast-vite-electron
Vite + Electron with rolldown, so fast!
OtherTypeScriptUI Tool
web-ext-labs/ui-tool
Webext.eu is a scaffolding UI tool for browser extensions.
OtherJavaScriptCreate Tauri React
MrLightful/create-tauri-react
Well-architected Tauri app template with Vite, React, and Tailwind CSS.
OtherTypeScriptElectron React Python Template
iPzard/electron-react-python-template
Multi-platform Electron template, using React & Redux Toolkit on the front-end and Python/Flask for microservices on the back-end.
OtherTypeScript
What are the best free desktop app and browser extension boilerplates?
By GitHub stars, Electron React Boilerplate is the most popular (24,252 stars), followed by Vite Electron Builder and Chrome Extension TypeScript Starter. Each page lists the tech stack, license, last commit and a live demo when the project has one.
Are these desktop app and browser extension boilerplates free for commercial use?
It depends on the license shown on each card and page. Permissive licenses such as MIT, Apache-2.0, BSD and ISC allow commercial use as long as you keep the copyright notice; CC-BY licenses need visible attribution; GPL and AGPL licenses require you to share your changes under the same license. Check the license before you ship a client project. Here, 19 of the 19 listed use a permissive license (MIT, Apache-2.0, BSD, ISC or similar).
How do I use a GitHub template repository?
When a repository is marked as a template, GitHub shows a Use this template button: it creates a new repository in your account with the same files and a fresh commit history. Pages on appsgit link that button directly when it is available. For any other repository, fork it or copy the files. degit copies the latest files of a GitHub repository into a new folder without its git history, so you start with a clean project: npx degit owner/repo my-site. It is faster than git clone and needs only Node.js. Every template page on appsgit shows the exact command. Source: docs.github.com, github.com
How are these desktop app and browser extension boilerplates chosen?
Templates come from more than 50 GitHub topics such as landing-page-template, html-template, shadcn-ui, admin-dashboard, saas-boilerplate, nextjs-template, hugo-theme, jekyll-theme, react-email and flutter-template. A repository is listed only if it has 200+ stars, a license GitHub recognises, a README and a commit in the last six months, and is not archived or a fork. Repositories found only through broad topics (for example shadcn or landing-page) must also describe themselves as a template, starter, theme, kit or component library.