I didn't find any apps in the repository. This works for apps you write yourself. You just run "electron ." in the directory with the app's source code.

You can probably unbundle thirdparty apps, becuase what electron apps are, are basically "electron" + "other code/resources". But I've never even seen someone else's electron app distribution package, so I don't know how hard/easy it would be. And I wouldn't trust it anyway, if the code is transpiled/minified/unreadable.

I run all my electron apps using a shared runtime.

Thanks for the response, then we need to ask developers to offer a download option without electron, If I remember right when I download Intellij products there is an option to download with or without a bundled Java.

Developers would not probably like it, because they would have to care for backwards compatibility and more uncertainty.