Application starting method and device, electronic device and storage medium

The embodiment of the invention provides an application starting method and device, an electronic device and a storage medium. The method comprises the steps of obtaining the operation state information of a target application, wherein the target application comprises a main application and a plug-in application; when the target application is in a to-be-operated state, starting a specified plug-in process, wherein the to-be-operated state is a state in which the main application is started, but an operation instruction is not received; caching the plug-in data according to a specified plug-inprocess, so that the plug-in process can be created in advance before the application is started, and the cached data is obtained, and accordingly the starting time is shortened, the starting speed of the application is increased, and the user experience effect is improved. 本申请实施例提供的一种应用启动方法、装置、电子设备及存储介质，获取目标应用的运行状态信息，其中，目标应用包括主应用和插件应用；当目标应用处于待运行状态时，启动指定插件进程，其中，待运行状态为主应用启动但未接受到操作指令的状态；通过指定插件进程进行插件数据的缓存，可以在应用启动之前提前创建插件进程，