# Electron application example## How to useDownload the example [or clone the repo](https://github.com/zeit/next.js):```bashcurl https://codeload.github.com/zeit/next.js/tar.gz/master | tar-xz--strip=2 next.js-master/examples/with-electroncd with-electron```Install it and run:```bashnpm installnpm start```## The idea behind the exampleThis example show how you can use Next.js inside an Electron application to avoid a lot of configuration, use Next.js router as view and use server-render to speed up the initial render of the application.For development it's going to run a HTTP server and let Next.js handle routing. In production it use `next export` to pre-generate HTML static files and use them in your app instead of running an HTTP server.You can create the production app using `npm run dist`.