GitHub – tw93/Pake: 🤱🏻 Turn any webpage into a desktop app with one command.

**Turn Any Webpage Into a Desktop App, Seriously**

Have you ever wished you could take a website you use every day and just… make it its own app?

Not another browser tab. Not something buried between 27 open pages. A real, clickable desktop app sitting right there in your dock or taskbar.

That’s exactly what Pake on GitHub lets you do.

**One command. That’s it.**

Pake is an open source project that turns *any webpage* into a lightweight desktop application for **macOS, Windows, and Linux**. You run a single command, and it packages the site as a standalone app. No heavy browser chrome. No distractions. Just the site, wrapped neatly like a native program.

The first time you build an app, it takes a bit longer because it sets up the environment. After that, it’s fast. Really fast. You’ll need **Rust 1.85 or higher and Node 22 or higher**, since Pake is built on Tauri. If that sounds intimidating, don’t worry. There’s a CLI guide, plus even an online GitHub Actions build option if you’d rather not mess with local setup.

What I like is how polished it feels. You can double click the title bar to go full screen. On Mac, you can swipe between pages and drag the window around like any native app. There’s even a proper menu for navigation, zoom, and window controls.

It reminds me of the first time I turned a project management tool into its own desktop app. Suddenly it felt… intentional. Like I wasn’t just browsing. I was working inside a dedicated space.

And if you want more than the basics, Pake supports advanced customization, style tweaks, and container communication features. So it can grow with you.

We’re moving into a world where the line between “web app” and “desktop app” keeps fading. Tools like Pake make that shift practical, not theoretical.

And honestly, I think we’re going to see more people shaping their own software environments like this. Not waiting for official apps. Just building exactly what they need.