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Is electron safe to use?

Based on the latest brin safety scan, no vulnerabilities or threats were detected for electron v40.5.0. Trust score: 75/100. No known CVE vulnerabilities, no detected threat patterns, and no suspicious capabilities identified. This is an automated, point-in-time assessment.

Install (safety-checked)

electron Passed Security Checks

No security concerns detected

clean
CVEs

0

Threats

0

Install Scripts

1

Install Scripts Detected

postinstall

This package runs scripts during installation. Review these scripts before installing.

No Concerns Detected

No security concerns detected in the latest brin assessment. This is an automated, point-in-time evaluation — security posture may change.

This is an automated, point-in-time assessment and may contain errors. Findings are risk indicators, not confirmed threats. Security posture may change over time. Maintainers can dispute findings via the brin review process.

electron Capabilities & Permissions

What electron can access when installed. Review these capabilities before using with AI agents like Cursor, Claude Code, or Codex.

Filesystem Access

Reads and writes to the filesystem.

/usr/ (r).env (r)node_modules (r)/usr/ (rw).env (rw)

Process Spawning

This package can spawn child processes.

Environment Variables

Accesses the following environment variables.

ELECTRON_OVERRIDE_DIST_PATHELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOADelectron_config_cacheelectron_use_remote_checksumsforce_no_cachenpm_config_archnpm_config_electron_use_remote_checksumsnpm_config_platform

AGENTS.md for electron

Good instructions lead to good results. brin adds electron documentation to your AGENTS.md so your agent knows how to use it properly—improving both safety and performance.

brin init

Vercel's research: 100% accuracy with AGENTS.md vs 53% without →

electron Documentation & Source Code

For the full electron README, API documentation, and source code, visit the official package registry.

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Frequently asked questions about electron safety

Weekly Downloads

2.2M

Version

40.5.0

License

MIT

Other Versions

40.6.0
40.4.1
40.4.0
40.3.0
40.2.1

Last Scanned

2 days ago

Trust Score

75/100·Legitimacy signals, not safety

Install Scripts

This package has install scripts that run automatically:

postinstall

Capabilities

Filesystem

Reads & Writes files

Process

Spawns child processes

Environment

Accesses: ELECTRON_OVERRIDE_DIST_PATH, ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD, electron_config_cache...