#196·bandwhich

Electron processes shown as UNKNOWN

Author: da2xCreated Nov 17, 2020Updated Sep 8, 2026
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Every Electron ap is shown as “UNKNOWN”. I’m not sure about the details. I don’t know how bandwhich determines the process names, but utilities like top and ps shows Electron process names just fine.

To reproduce:

  1. Start bandwhich
  2. Install any Electron app and run it (e.g. Joplin, Spotify, Bitwarden)

Edit: This issue previously misidentified the cause as Flatpak. However, it turns out the root cause seems to be Electron apps (either running in Flatpak or unconstrained).