# tw93/Pake

🤱🏻 Turn any webpage into a desktop app with one command.

Repository: https://github.com/tw93/Pake
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pake
Language: Rust
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: rust, tauri, no-electron, chatgpt, youtube, gemini, claude, desktop, hight-performance, linux, macos, package, windows
Last push: 2026-08-25T06:31:12+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 96, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1419, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 25, "gap_med": 16.0, "n_releases_24m": 23}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 61086, forks 12549 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:18.995298+00:00)

## What it is
Pake is a Rust/Tauri-based tool that turns any webpage into a lightweight desktop application with a single command. It produces installers for macOS, Windows, and Linux that are far smaller and faster than Electron equivalents.

## Use cases
- turn a webpage into a desktop app
- package a website as a native app
- make a desktop app for ChatGPT or YouTube
- lightweight Electron alternative for web apps
- wrap a web app with custom icon and window settings
- build cross-platform desktop installers from a URL

## When to choose
- you want a small, fast desktop wrapper for a website without Electron overhead
- you need one-command packaging with no complex configuration
- you want ready-made packages or online building without a dev environment

## When to avoid
- you need deep native OS integration or offline functionality beyond the webpage
- you're building a full-featured desktop app with custom native UI
- the target site requires features webviews can't handle

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, desktop-framework, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, cross-platform, web-development
- platform: windows, rust, cli, cross-platform
- tags: tauri, webview, electron-alternative, web-to-desktop, packaging, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- tw93/Pake (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:18.995298+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 2026-08-29T16:17:34.906996+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tw93/Pake (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:18.995298+00:00, sha b401209f614c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.