Electron App Detector

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system-monitoringdesktop-apputility
Idea

A utility that scans your Mac or Windows machine and identifies all Electron apps installed, showing storage usage and details. Developers and power users want to understand their system bloat from Electron apps.

Why this is interesting

Electron fatigue is real and well-documented in developer circles, with apps like Slack, VS Code, and Discord each consuming hundreds of megabytes of RAM and gigabytes of storage — frustration that surfaces regularly on Hacker News and Reddit. No clear incumbent owns this specific niche, though general disk analyzers like DaisyDisk (Mac) or WinDirStat (Windows) serve as loose substitutes without the Electron-specific framing. The revenue band is listed as unknown for a reason: this is almost certainly a one-time purchase or freemium utility at best, with a ceiling somewhere around $5–10, which makes it a side project rather than a business. The biggest risk is that detection logic is brittle — Electron apps don't always self-identify cleanly, and a utility that misclassifies popular apps will get savaged in reviews and abandoned fast.

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