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Best Productivity ResourcesBy Shushant LakhyaniVerified creator

Desktop App

Pake

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

Visit Pake4.5

  • Rating

    4.5 / 5

  • Pricing

    Free

  • Difficulty

    Intermediate

  • Works on

    macOS, Windows, Linux

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What is Pake?

Pake is a free, open-source tool that wraps any website into its own small desktop app. Give your most-used web tools a dock icon, their own window and keyboard shortcuts without the weight of a full browser, so the apps you rely on stop getting lost among dozens of tabs.

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Pros: what Pake does well

  • Apps are far smaller than Electron builds
  • Ready-made builds for popular sites
  • Free and open source

Cons: where it falls short

  • Custom apps are built from the command line
  • Some sites lose browser extensions

Who Pake is for

People who want their favourite web tools as separate desktop apps.

Who can skip it

Anyone comfortable keeping everything in browser tabs.

Pake alternatives

Not sold on Pake? These do a similar job, and each card says what it has in common.

All Organization resources

Atuin

Focus: shell history, terminal and command line. Shares open source and github with Pake. Rated 4.7 (Pake: 4.5).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Linux
4.7Visit

Bruno

Focus: api client, api testing and postman alternative. Shares open source and github with Pake. Rated 4.6 (Pake: 4.5).

Desktop AppFreeWindows, macOS
4.6Visit

massCode

Focus: code snippets, developer notes and http client. Shares open source and github with Pake. Rated 4.6 (Pake: 4.5).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.6Visit

Zellij

Focus: terminal multiplexer, developer tool and workspace. Shares open source and github with Pake. Adds Offline. Rated 4.6 (Pake: 4.5).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Linux
4.6Visit

Zen Browser

Focus: web browser, vertical tabs and workspaces. Shares open source and github with Pake. Rated 4.6 (Pake: 4.5).

Desktop AppFreeWindows, macOS
4.6Visit

AeroSpace

Focus: tiling window manager, window management and keyboard shortcuts. Shares open source and github with Pake. A Mac app, not a desktop app. Rated 4.7 (Pake: 4.5).

Mac AppFreemacOS
4.7Visit

Free alternatives to Pake

Want to spend nothing? These free picks cover similar ground.

Glance

Focus: dashboard, start page and rss. Shares open source and github with Pake. A web app, not a desktop app. Adds Web. Rated 4.7 (Pake: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.7Visit

Dashy

Focus: dashboard, start page and self-hosted. Shares open source and github with Pake. A web app, not a desktop app. Adds Web. Rated 4.6 (Pake: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.6Visit

Files

Focus: file manager, file explorer alternative and tabs. Shares open source and github with Pake. A Windows app, not a desktop app. Rated 4.6 (Pake: 4.5).

Windows AppFreeWindows
4.6Visit

Homepage

Focus: dashboard, start page and docker. Shares open source and github with Pake. A web app, not a desktop app. Adds Web. Rated 4.6 (Pake: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.6Visit

Ice

Focus: menu bar, bartender alternative and macos. Shares open source and github with Pake. A Mac app, not a desktop app. Rated 4.6 (Pake: 4.5).

Mac AppFreemacOS
4.6Visit

Arc Browser

Focus: Browser, Productivity and Design. Also in Digital Minimalism and Workflows, like Pake. Adds iOS. Same 4.5 rating.

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.5Visit
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