Why is Claude an Electron App?
Feb 21, 2026 AI SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT SPEC DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT Why is Claude an Electron App? If code is free, why aren’t all apps native? The state of coding agents can be summed up by this fact Claude spent $20k on an agent swarm implementing (kinda) a C-compiler in Rust, but desktop Claude is an Electron app. If you’re unfamiliar, Electron is a coding framework for building desktop applications using web tech, specifically HTML, CSS, and JS. What’s great about Electron is it allows you to build one desktop app that supports Windows, Mac, and Linux. Plus it lets developers use existing web app code to get started. It’s great for teams big and small. Many apps you probably use every day are built with Electron: Slack, Discord, VS Code, Teams, Notion, and more. There are…
