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tw93/Pake

🤱🏻 Turn any website into a tiny, fast desktop app.

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README.md

<div align="center">
  <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tw93/Pake/main/assets/logo.png" width="138" />
  <h1>Pake</h1>
  <p><b>Turn any webpage into a desktop app with one command. Supports macOS, Windows, and Linux.</b></p>
  <p>English · <a href="README_CN.md">中文</a> · <a href="README_TW.md">繁體</a> · <a href="README_JA.md">日本語</a> · <a href="README_KR.md">한국어</a> · <a href="README_DE.md">Deutsch</a> · <a href="README_FR.md">Français</a></p>
  <a href="https://twitter.com/HiTw93" target="_blank"><img alt="twitter" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/follow-Tw93-red?style=flat-square&logo=Twitter"></a>
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## Features

- 🎐 **Lightweight**: Installer is nearly 20 times smaller than Electron packages, typically under 10 MB on disk
- 🚀 **Fast**: Built with Rust Tauri, much faster than traditional JS frameworks with lower memory usage
- ⚡ **Easy to use**: One-command packaging via CLI or online building, no complex configuration needed
- 📦 **Feature-rich**: Supports shortcuts, immersive windows, drag & drop, style customization, ad removal

## Getting Started

- **Beginners**: Download ready-made [Popular Packages](#popular-packages) or use [Online Building](docs/github-actions-usage.md) with no environment setup required
- **Developers**: Install [CLI Tool](docs/cli-usage.md) for one-command packaging of any website with customizable icons, window settings, and more
- **Advanced Users**: Clone the project locally for [Custom Development](#development), or check [Advanced Usage](docs/advanced-usage.md) for style customization and feature enhancement
- **Troubleshooting**: Check [FAQ](docs/faq.md) for common issues and solutions

## Popular Packages

<table>
    <tr>
        <td>WeRead
            <a href="https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/latest/download/WeRead.dmg">Mac</a>
            <a href="https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/latest/download/WeRead_x64.msi">Windows</a>
            <a href="https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/latest/download/WeRead_x86_64.deb">Linux</a>
        </td>
        <td>Twitter
            <a href="https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/latest/download/Twitter.dmg">Mac</a>
            <a href="https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/latest/download/Twitter_x64.msi">Windows</a>
            <a href="https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/latest/download/Twitter_x86_64.deb">Linux</a>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td><img src=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tw93/static/main/pake/WeRead.jpg width=600/></td>
        <td><img src=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tw93/static/main/pake/Twitter.jpg width=600/></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>Grok
            <a href="https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/latest/download/Grok.dmg">Mac</a>
            <a href="https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/latest/download/Grok_x64.msi">Windows</a>
            <a href="https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/latest/download/Grok_x86_64.deb">Linux</a>
        </td>
        <td>DeepSeek
            <a href="https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/latest/download/DeepSeek.dmg">Mac</a>
            <a href="https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/latest/download/DeepSeek_x64.msi">Windows</a>
            <a href="https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/latest/download/DeepSeek_x86_64.deb">Linux</a>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td><img src=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tw93/static/main/pake/Grok.png width=600/></td>
        <td><img src=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tw93/static/main/pake/DeepSeek.png width=600/></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>ChatGPT
            <a href="https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/latest/download/ChatGPT.dmg">Mac</a>
            <a href="https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/latest/download/ChatGPT_x64.msi">Windows</a>
            <a href="https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/latest/download/ChatGPT_x86_64.deb">Linux</a>
        </td>
        <td>Gemini
            <a href="https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/latest/download/Gemini.dmg">Mac</a>
            <a href="https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/latest/download/Gemini_x64.msi">Windows</a>
            <a href="https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/latest/download/Gemini_x86_64.deb">Linux</a>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td><img src=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tw93/static/main/pake/ChatGPT.png width=600/></td>
        <td><img src=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tw93/static/main/pake/Gemini.png width=600/></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>YouTube Music
            <a href="https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/latest/download/YouTubeMusic.dmg">Mac</a>
            <a href="https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/latest/download/YouTubeMusic_x64.msi">Windows</a>
            <a href="https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/latest/download/YouTubeMusic_x86_64.deb">Linux</a>
      </td>
      <td>YouTube
            <a href="https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/latest/download/YouTube.dmg">Mac</a>
            <a href="https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/latest/download/YouTube_x64.msi">Windows</a>
            <a href="https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/latest/download/YouTube_x86_64.deb">Linux</a>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td><img src=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tw93/static/main/pake/YouTubeMusic.png width=600 /></td>
        <td><img src=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tw93/static/main/pake/YouTube.jpg width=600 /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>LiZhi
            <a href="https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/latest/download/LiZhi.dmg">Mac</a>
            <a href="https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/latest/download/LiZhi_x64.msi">Windows</a>
            <a href="https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/latest/download/LiZhi_x86_64.deb">Linux</a>
        </td>
        <td>ProgramMusic
            <a href="https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/latest/download/ProgramMusic.dmg">Mac</a>
            <a href="https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/latest/download/ProgramMusic_x64.msi">Windows</a>
            <a href="https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/latest/download/ProgramMusic_x86_64.deb">Linux</a>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td><img src=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tw93/static/main/pake/LiZhi.jpg width=600/></td>
        <td><img src=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tw93/static/main/pake/ProgramMusic.jpg width=600/></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>Excalidraw
            <a href="https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/latest/download/Excalidraw.dmg">Mac</a>
            <a href="https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/latest/download/Excalidraw_x64.msi">Windows</a>
            <a href="https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/latest/download/Excalidraw_x86_64.deb">Linux</a>
        </td>
        <td>XiaoHongShu
            <a href="https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/latest/download/XiaoHongShu.dmg">Mac</a>
            <a href="https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/latest/download/XiaoHongShu_x64.msi">Windows</a>
            <a href="https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/latest/download/XiaoHongShu_x86_64.deb">Linux</a>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td><img src=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tw93/static/main/pake/Excalidraw.png width=600/></td>
        <td><img src=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tw93/static/main/pake/XiaoHongShu.png width=600/></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>Notion
            <a href="https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/latest/download/Notion.dmg">Mac</a>
            <a href="https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/latest/download/Notion_x64.msi">Windows</a>
            <a href="https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/latest/download/Notion_x86_64.deb">Linux</a>
        </td>
        <td>Flomo
            <a href="https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/latest/download/Flomo.dmg">Mac</a>
            <a href="https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/latest/download/Flomo_x64.msi">Windows</a>
            <a href="https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/latest/download/Flomo_x86_64.deb">Linux</a>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td><img src=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tw93/static/main/pake/Notion.png width=600/></td>
        <td><img src=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tw93/static/main/pake/Flomo.png width=600/></td>
    </tr>
</table>

<details>
<summary>🏂 You can download more applications from <a href="https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases">Releases</a>. <b>Click here to expand the shortcuts reference!</b></summary>

<br/>

| Mac                                                       | Windows/Linux                                       | Function                            |
| --------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------- |
| <kbd>⌘</kbd> + <kbd>[</kbd>                               | <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>[</kbd>                      | Return to the previous page         |
| <kbd>⌘</kbd> + <kbd>]</kbd>                               | <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>]</kbd>                      | Go to the next page                 |
| <kbd>⌘</kbd> + <kbd>↑</kbd>                               | <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>↑</kbd>                      | Auto scroll to top of page          |
| <kbd>⌘</kbd> + <kbd>↓</kbd>                               | <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>↓</kbd>                      | Auto scroll to bottom of page       |
| <kbd>⌘</kbd> + <kbd>R</kbd>                               | <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>R</kbd>                      | Refresh page                        |
| <kbd>⌘</kbd> + <kbd>W</kbd>                               | <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>W</kbd>                      | Hide window, not quit               |
| <kbd>⌘</kbd> + <kbd>-</kbd>                               | <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>-</kbd>                      | Zoom out                            |
| <kbd>⌘</kbd> + <kbd>=</kbd>                               | <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>=</kbd>                      | Zoom in                             |
| <kbd>⌘</kbd> + <kbd>0</kbd>                               | <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>0</kbd>                      | Reset zoom                          |
| <kbd>⌘</kbd> + <kbd>L</kbd>                               | <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>L</kbd>                      | Copy current page URL               |
| <kbd>⌘</kbd> + <kbd>⇧</kbd> + <kbd>⌥</kbd> + <kbd>V</kbd> | <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>V</kbd>   | Paste and match style               |
| <kbd>⌘</kbd> + <kbd>⇧</kbd> + <kbd>H</kbd>                | <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>H</kbd>   | Go to home page                     |
| <kbd>⌘</kbd> + <kbd>⌥</kbd> + <kbd>I</kbd>                | <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>I</kbd>   | Toggle developer tools (debug only) |
| <kbd>⌘</kbd> + <kbd>⇧</kbd> + <kbd>⌫</kbd>                | <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>Del</kbd> | Clear cache and restart             |
| <kbd>⌃</kbd> + <kbd>⌘</kbd> + <kbd>F</kbd>                | <kbd>F11</kbd>                                      | Toggle native window fullscreen     |

Double-click the title bar to toggle fullscreen. On Windows and Linux, `--hide-window-decorations` gives a frameless window with a top drag region. On Mac, swipe to go back or forward and drag the title bar to move the window, and the menu bar has navigation, zoom and window controls.

</details>

## Command-Line Packaging

![Pake](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tw93/static/main/pake/pake1.gif)

```bash
# Install Pake CLI
pnpm install -g pake-cli

# Basic usage, fetches the website icon automatically
pake https://github.com --name GitHub

# Advanced usage, custom options
pake https://weekly.tw93.fun --name Weekly --icon https://cdn.tw93.fun/pake/weekly.icns --width 1200 --height 800 --hide-title-bar
```

The first build sets up the environment and takes a while, later builds are fast. See the [CLI Usage Guide](docs/cli-usage.md) for every option, or try [GitHub Actions Online Building](docs/github-actions-usage.md) if you'd rather skip the command line.

Using Pake from a script or AI agent? Pass `--json` for machine-readable results, describe apps declaratively with `--config app.json` ([schema](schema/pake.schema.json)), and package local build output directly with `pake ./dist --name MyTool`. See [llms.txt](llms.txt) for the full agent contract. The official skill installs like this:

```text
# Claude Code
/plugin marketplace add tw93/Pake
/plugin install pake@pake

# Codex
codex plugin marketplace add tw93/Pake
codex plugin add pake@pake
```

Copy this to your AI agent to get started:

```text
Use Pake (npm i -g pake-cli) to package webpages as desktop apps. Read https://unpkg.com/pake-cli@latest/llms.txt first; always run pake with --json and parse stdout as a single JSON object. Package <url-or-local-dist> into an app named <AppName>.
```

## Development

Requires Rust `>=1.85` and Node `>=22` (recommended LTS; `>=20.9` also works), see the [Tauri documentation](https://v2.tauri.app/start/prerequisites/) for setup. If you are new to this toolchain, the CLI is the easier path.

```bash
# Install dependencies
pnpm i

# Local development [right-click to open debug mode]
pnpm run dev

# Build application
pnpm run build
```

For style customization, feature enhancement, container communication and other advanced features, see [Advanced Usage Documentation](docs/advanced-usage.md).

## Developers

Pake wouldn't be possible without these incredible contributors. ❤️

## Support

- The most direct way to support me is getting [Mole for Mac](https://mole.fit), my paid Mac cleanup app
- If Pake helped you, give it a star, [share it](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://github.com/tw93/Pake&text=Pake%20-%20Turn%20any%20webpage%20into%20a%20desktop%20app%20with%20one%20command.%20Nearly%2020x%20smaller%20than%20Electron%20packages,%20supports%20macOS%20Windows%20Linux), or open an issue or PR, including sites that would make good desktop apps
- I have two cats, TangYuan and Coke, and if Pake makes your life a little easier, feel free to treat them to <a href="https://cats.tw93.fun?name=Pake" target="_blank">canned food 🥩</a>

<details>
<summary>These lovely people already did 🐱</summary>
<br/>
<a href="https://cats.tw93.fun?name=Pake"><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/tw93/sponsors@main/assets/sponsors.svg" width="1000" loading="lazy" /></a>
</details>

## License

Pake is open source under GPL-3.0, see [LICENSE](./LICENSE) and [Pake Output Exception](./LICENSE-EXCEPTION); apps you build with Pake are entirely yours to use and distribute. If you fork Pake into your own product, to avoid confusion please give it a different name and credit Pake as the source.

Repository info

Default branch: main
Latest version: V3.17.3
Created: 2022-10-14
Last activity: 2026-10-11
License: GPL-3.0
Open issues: 1
Watchers: 276

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