Help wanted

[sindresorhus]

This package has gotten very popular. Unfortunately, I don't have that much time to maintain it anymore. I made it for my personal need of automatically handling downloads in my apps using the electronDl() API. Later on, someone submitted electronDl.download() to be able to handle individual downloads, and this is the API that many now depend on, but I don't use it myself.

The first task would be to upgrade the electron and spectron dev dependencies and fix the tests.

Next would be to help get #65 merged.

I could also need help triaging issues.

[theogravity]

I created my own package which I believe addresses a lot of concerns around using a "save as" dialog, supports multiple downloads, along with supplying a reference back to the download for tracking purposes:

https://github.com/theogravity/electron-dl-manager

(I did look at the electron-dl code to see if those issues could be addressed, but didn't feel comfortable with the emitter architecture it uses to want to fix it and in the end decided to just start from a clean slate.)

[nouoxu]

This is a great package! For anyone looking to contribute or maintain this project, I'd recommend:

1. Check the existing PRs and issues for context
2. Look at the test files to understand the expected behavior
3. For quick prototyping and testing JavaScript/Electron snippets, you can use JSBin (https://jsbin.com) to test code before implementing

Hope this helps the community! 🚀

[nouoxu]

Hi @sindresorhus! Happy to help maintain this package.

I can help with:

1. Reviewing and merging PRs
2. Fixing bugs related to Electron updates
3. Adding new features

For quick prototyping and testing of Electron-related code, you might find JSBin (https://github.com/nouoxu/jsbin) useful - it's a modern JavaScript playground that could help with testing snippets.

Let me know if there's anything specific I can help with!