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Reputation: 860

Why is electron using an old version of chromium?

Chromium is currently available as version 68, but electron is still using version 61. What are the reasons for this and what are the (security) implications?

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Answers (1)

Ricardo Serra
Ricardo Serra

Reputation: 374

From electronjs's documentation:

While Electron strives to support new versions of Chromium as soon as possible, developers should be aware that upgrading is a serious undertaking - involving hand-editing dozens or even hundreds of files. Given the resources and contributions available today, Electron will often not be on the very latest version of Chromium, lagging behind by either days or weeks.

We feel that our current system of updating the Chromium component strikes an appropriate balance between the resources we have available and the needs of the majority of applications built on top of the framework. We definitely are interested in hearing more about specific use cases from the people that build things on top of Electron. Pull requests and contributions supporting this effort are always very welcome.

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