nativefier_tauri

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

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

• imagemagick

# macOS
brew install imagemagick

# apt
sudo apt install imagemagick

• Linux Specific

# arch
sudo pacman -S webkit2gtk

# debian
sudo apt install -y webkit2gtk

Install

cargo install nativefier_tauri

Usages

# Run with args

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

# Run with interactive mode

nativefier_tauri 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/nativefier_tauri_apps/<name> directory.

Roadmap

• Zoom In/Out
• Reload
• Standard Copy/Paste
• Dark Reader Extension (already there but, not fully working)
• 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