Pake
by tw93
Pake turns any website into a small desktop app for macOS, Windows or Linux using a single command. It is built on Tauri rather than Electron, so the apps are much smaller and lighter.
- Stars
- 62.3k
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
- Runs on
- Your computer
- Setup
- Moderate
- Language
- Rust
- Age
- 1474 days
What you can do with it
- Package a website such as ChatGPT, Notion or YouTube as a standalone desktop app with one command
- Customise the app's icon, window size, shortcuts and styling, or remove ads
- Build apps online through GitHub Actions without setting up a development environment
Make money with it
A freelancer could offer to package clients' web apps as branded desktop apps for Mac, Windows and Linux as a fixed-fee service.
An idea, not financial advice. Check the licence before charging for anything built on it.
Ways a business could use it
- Give staff a dedicated desktop app for a web-based tool such as a CRM or helpdesk, so it opens in its own window instead of a browser tab
- Wrap your own web app or client portal as a branded desktop app without paying for or maintaining a full Electron project
Can you use it commercially?
Free to use. Anything you distribute that includes it must be open-sourced under the same licence.
Not legal advice. Read the project's licence file before building a product on it.
Getting it running
Download a ready-made package from the releases page, or install the command-line tool (via npm) to build your own; online building through GitHub Actions is also available.
Follow the official instructions in the project README.
Things to check
- GPL-3.0 licence may restrict how you can reuse or distribute modified code in closed-source products
- Wrapping third-party sites may breach their terms of service or trademark rules if redistributed
- Building from source needs a Rust toolchain, which can be fiddly
- Wrapped apps are only as capable as the website they load, and need an internet connection
Checked 27 Oct 2026. Summary drafted by AI from the project's README.
