web2app

Convert any web page into a desktop app (but, lightweight ~3MB)

• The bundle size will be around 3MB
• Demo: https://i.imgur.com/BLr03oF.mp4

# cargo
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

You should first install the Rust toolchain

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

Then you need to install some dependencies, which depends on your Linux distribution.

sudo apt install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev -y

sudo zypper in -y webkit2gtk3-soup2-devel

Windows Setup (x64)

• Setup Tauri Pre-Requisities for windows: https://tauri.app/v1/guides/getting-started/prerequisites#setting-up-windows

# downgrade to old rust version
# a PR to upgrade the rust and tauri version will be welcomed
rustup default 1.71

cargo install tauri-cli --version '1.6.6'

cargo install web2app

# Run with args

web2app args -n Notion -u https://www.notion.so -i icon.png

# Run with interactive mode

web2app interactive

# 🍀 Enter Name (TestApp):
# 🍀 Enter URL (https://trello.com):
# 🍀 Enter Description (An example application.):
# 🍀 Enter Version (0.1.0):
# 🍀 Enter Author (John Doe):
# 🍀 Enter Identifier (com.example.testapp):
# 🍀 Enter Icon (icon_path.png):
# 🍀 Enter User Agent (Mozilla/5.0):

• The output will be saved in $HOME/web2app_apps/<name> directory.

• Zoom In/Out
• Reload
• Standard Copy/Paste
• Custom User Agent
• Desktop Notification (working for some apps)
• Back and forward navigation
• Automatically fetch icon from website
• Dark Reader Extension (already there but, not fully working)
• Retain window size and position after restart
• Separate web2app_apps repo to host common built apps through Github Action
• File download support

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