Intro

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

Pre-requisites

macOS

```bash

cargo

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

Linux

• Given example is for Ubuntu, but it should work for other distros as well with respective packages.

```bash

cargo

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

webkit2gtk

sudo apt install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev -y ```

Windows

Windows Setup (x64)

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

Install

bash cargo install web2app tauri-cli

Usages

```bash

Run with args

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

```bash

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
• [x] Custom User Agent
• [x] Desktop Notification (working for some apps)
• [x] 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

Libraries

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