# nativefier/nativefier

Make any web page a desktop application

Repository: https://github.com/nativefier/nativefier
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nativefier
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: nodejs, electron, linux, windows, macos, desktop-application
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-09-29T13:45:16+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4077, "days_push": 1069, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 35287, forks 2234 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:00.781406+00:00)

## What it is
Nativefier is a command-line tool that wraps any web page into a native-looking desktop application using Electron, producing executables for Windows, macOS, and Linux. It auto-detects app names and icons and supports injecting custom JS/CSS.

## Use cases
- turn whatsapp web into a desktop app
- wrap a website as a native desktop application
- create an electron app from a url
- make a standalone app for gmail or messenger
- convert web page to macos .app or windows .exe
- build site-specific browser app from command line

## When to choose
- you want a quick one-command wrapper for a website as a desktop app
- you need cross-platform executables from a single tool
- you want to inject custom JS/CSS into a wrapped site

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained tool - the project is officially unmaintained
- you need deep native OS integration beyond what Electron provides
- you want a lightweight wrapper without bundling Chromium

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: cli, developer-tools, gui
- domain: developer-tools, web-development, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cli, cross-platform
- tags: electron-wrapper, web-to-desktop, site-specific-browser, unmaintained, nodejs, electron, linux, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- nativefier/nativefier (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:00.781406+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:27:03.457013+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nativefier/nativefier (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:00.781406+00:00, sha dad48f9d0502)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.