Sure, but even for that kind of app, if you were looking to reduce the bloat then I'd look to try to cut down the runtime you were shipping (i.e. maybe you can build some stripped-down version of electron that contains only the parts you need) before trying to cut your own code, because the runtime is where most of the bloat is.

> maybe you can build some stripped-down version of electron that contains only the parts you need

if you're using electron in the first place, I think its safe to assume that re-inventing electron is not within your skillset.

Build in the sense of "compile" more than in the sense of "write"; I'm not advocating reinventing it from scratch, just customizing it a little.

That would be a neat option, but I don't think its possible at the moment. you have to take all or nothing.

You raise a good point though. If they could make electron more modular it would save on a lot of that bloat everyone always complains about. I bet half the apps could make do without audio, image processing etc