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Userflow Updates

Official Electron support

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Sebastian Seilund

November 11, 2019

Userflow now officially supports Electron apps. Electron is a way to build cross platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.

Since it's just HTML/JS like in regular browser apps, Userflow works perfectly for Electron apps. The only thing that was missing, was the ability to preview flows in draft mode and use the element selector tool.

The only requirement is to use userflow-electron instead of userflow.js when installing Userflow.js.

When previewing flows, there's a new App type dropdown. It defaults to Browser app, which lets you enter the URL of an app running in a browser. Switch to Electron app to preview in an app running locally on your own machine.

Electron app type

It just works!

Here's a real-life example of the design documentation tool, ION, using Userflow in their Electron app:

ION modal
ION tooltip

2 min 33 sec. read

blog single image
Userflow Updates

Official Electron support

blog author
Sebastian Seilund

November 11, 2019

Userflow now officially supports Electron apps. Electron is a way to build cross platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.

Since it's just HTML/JS like in regular browser apps, Userflow works perfectly for Electron apps. The only thing that was missing, was the ability to preview flows in draft mode and use the element selector tool.

The only requirement is to use userflow-electron instead of userflow.js when installing Userflow.js.

When previewing flows, there's a new App type dropdown. It defaults to Browser app, which lets you enter the URL of an app running in a browser. Switch to Electron app to preview in an app running locally on your own machine.

Electron app type

It just works!

Here's a real-life example of the design documentation tool, ION, using Userflow in their Electron app:

ION modal
ION tooltip

2 min 33 sec. read

Userflow now officially supports Electron apps. Electron is a way to build cross platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.

Since it's just HTML/JS like in regular browser apps, Userflow works perfectly for Electron apps. The only thing that was missing, was the ability to preview flows in draft mode and use the element selector tool.

The only requirement is to use userflow-electron instead of userflow.js when installing Userflow.js.

When previewing flows, there's a new App type dropdown. It defaults to Browser app, which lets you enter the URL of an app running in a browser. Switch to Electron app to preview in an app running locally on your own machine.

Electron app type

It just works!

Here's a real-life example of the design documentation tool, ION, using Userflow in their Electron app:

ION modal
ION tooltip

About the author

Co-Founder of Userflow

Sebastian Seilund is the co-founder and former CEO of Userflow, where he built one of the leading user onboarding platforms for SaaS companies. With experience as a software engineer at Google and having founded multiple successful software companies, including Denmark's first user-friendly accounting software, Sebastian brings deep technical expertise to discussions about product-led growth and user experience.

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