tarantula
| Crates.io | tarantula |
| lib.rs | tarantula |
| version | 0.6.0 |
| created_at | 2025-10-12 05:43:00.087947+00 |
| updated_at | 2025-10-15 05:36:58.968182+00 |
| description | A tool for running web apps like desktop apps. |
| homepage | |
| repository | https://github.com/rustybucket-cloud/tarantula |
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Jacob Patton (rustybucket-cloud)
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README
Tarantula
Tarantula lets you run web apps like desktop applications. It was inspired by the web app experience on Omarchy.
Open web apps from your application launcher and from the command line.
A Chromium-based browser is required (Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc, Vivaldi) to be installed on your system.
Table of Contents
Installation
Cargo
cargo install tarantula
Build from source
git clone https://github.com/rustbucket-cloud/tarantula.git
cd tarantula
cargo build --release
cp target/release/tarantula /usr/local/bin/
AUR
(Coming soon)
Usage
Open tarantula UI:
tarantula
Run an app
Tarantula creates a .desktop file for your installed web apps.
You should be able to run your web apps from your application launcher.
Run an app from the command line:
tarantula <name>
You can also provide a URL to run a web app without installing it:
tarantula https://perplexity.ai
Add an app
tarantula install <name> <url>
Remove an app
tarantula uninstall <name>
List installed web apps
tarantula list
Update an app
tarantula update <name>
Selecting a browser
By default Tarantula will use your system's default browser.
To configure Tarantula to use a different browser, run the following command:
tarantula config -b <path to browser executable>