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## The fastest way to build beautiful Electron apps using simple HTML and CSS

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Desktop photo by Bill Couch

## Powered by Electron

Underneath it all is Electron. Originally built for GitHub's Atom text editor, Electron is the easiest way to build cross-platform desktop applications.

If you can write a bit of HTML, CSS, and JS, you can build full featured applications. Companies like Microsoft, Facebook, and Slack are using it – why aren't you?

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## Become a contributor

There's still a lot to do before Photon reaches version 1.0. If you're interested in working towards that goal, be sure to head over to the GitHub project and look over the open issues and pull requests.

Have something specific in mind? Open a pull request and tell everyone why it's awesome.

View the GitHub project