Electron Quick Startを試しました。
$ npm --version
2.1.5
$ npm install electron-prebuilt -g
$ mkdir hello
$ cd hello
$ vi package.json
$ vi main.js
$ vi index.html
$ cd ..
$ electron hello
package.json{
  "name"    : "hello-app",
  "version" : "0.1.0",
  "main"    : "main.js"
}main.js// http://electron.atom.io/docs/latest/tutorial/quick-start/
var app = require('app');
var BrowserWindow = require('browser-window');
require('crash-reporter').start();
var mainWindow = null;
app.on('window-all-closed', function() {
  if (process.platform != 'darwin') {
    app.quit();
  }
});
app.on('ready', function() {
  mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({width: 800, height: 600});
  mainWindow.loadUrl('file://' + __dirname + '/index.html');
  mainWindow.openDevTools();
  mainWindow.on('closed', function() {
    mainWindow = null;
  });
});index.html<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Hello World!</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>Hello World!</h1>
    <p>
    <a href="http://electron.atom.io/docs/latest/tutorial/quick-start/">QuickStart</a>
    </p>
    <p>
      We are using io.js <script>document.write(process.version)</script>.
    </p><p>
      We are using Electron <script>document.write(process.versions['electron'])</script>.
    </p>
  </body>
</html>