# Pake

Turn any website into a tiny desktop app with one command.

HTML: https://softbests.com/software/pake
Markdown: https://softbests.com/software/pake.md
Website: https://pake.run

- Category: [Developer utilities](https://softbests.com/category/developer-tools)
- Pricing: Freemium
- Platforms: macOS, Windows, Linux

## Best for

Developers and power users who want a focused desktop window for a web app without Electron's size and memory cost.

## Why it deserves attention

Pake uses Rust and Tauri to wrap a website in a native window, producing installers typically under 10 MB, roughly 20 times smaller than Electron packages. A CLI builds any URL with a custom icon and window settings, and the project ships ready-made packages for services such as ChatGPT, DeepSeek, YouTube Music, and X, plus GitHub Actions for building without a local toolchain. The repository is GPL-3.0 with about 63,000 GitHub stars and builds for macOS, Windows, and Linux; the CLI is free, while the polished desktop builder on pake.run costs $15 one-time. Because it relies on the system webview, rendering and feature support vary by OS, and it is a wrapper rather than a full browser, so multi-account isolation and extension support are limited.

## Can replace

- Nativefier
- Fluid

## Related and alternatives

- [DevToys](https://softbests.com/software/devtoys)
- [Hammerspoon](https://softbests.com/software/hammerspoon)