Intro

Turn any web page into a desktop app (but, lightweight <1MB)

• The bundle will be less than 1MB
• Demo: https://i.imgur.com/BLr03oF.mp4

Requirements

• cargo

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

• imagemagick

```sh

macOS

brew install imagemagick

apt

sudo apt install imagemagick ```

• Linux Specific

```sh

arch

sudo pacman -S webkit2gtk

debian

sudo apt install -y webkit2gtk ```

Install

sh cargo install web2app

Usages

```sh

Run with args

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

```sh

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):

```

Output

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

Roadmap

• [x] Zoom In/Out
• [x] Reload
• [x] Standard Copy/Paste
• [ ] Dark Reader Extension (already there but, not fully working)
• [x] Custom User Agent
• [ ] Desktop Notification (useful for Discord like app)
• [ ] Custom url navigation
• [ ] Github Action to build binary
• [ ] Separate native_tauri_apps repo to host common built apps through Github Action
• [ ] Retain window size and position after restart
• [ ] File download support
• [ ] Automatically fetch icon from website
• [ ] Docs in crates.io

Libraries

• Tauri
• wry
• home