I know we don't like it, but it is objectively the most cost-efficient way to make a cross-platform desktop app.
Nothing else even comes close, unfortunately.
Maybe someday.
Nothing else even comes close, unfortunately.
Maybe someday.
Bear in mind that there are alternatives: JavaFX and Compose for Desktop are the ones I know best. They can be used from high level and popular languages. JavaFX is particularly good for desktop apps and can be compiled down to purely native code that starts as fast as an app written in C++ (likewise for Compose but the experiments with that are newer).
There are some downsides: fewer people know them than with HTML. There are a few tweaks like window styles on macOS it could use to be more modern. On the other hand, it's easy to learn and you benefit from a proper reactively bindable widget library, like table and tree views if you need those. For developer tools such widgets can be useful.
There's a modern theme for JavaFX here:
https://github.com/mkpaz/atlantafx
CfD uses Material Design of course, but you can customize it.
Having written desktop apps of varying complexity in all these frameworks, I can't say Electron is clearly superior. It is in some cases (e.g. if I was wanting to write a video conferencing app then it makes sense to re-use Google's investment into Hangouts/Meet for that), but it's also worse in some cases. For instance the multi-process model constantly gets in the way, but you can't disable it as otherwise XSS turns into RCE.
The days of multi-stack-skill devs are gone.
Electron gets the job done, and you can tap a huge pool of devs.
It is slowly happening, lawsuits against failed consulting projects, returns in digital stores, fixes free of charges due to warranties and security regulations changes,....
It's likely easier if you assume the same starting skill level since dotnet build system is way simpler to deal with.