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# Nativefier
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👋 dear users / contributors! Public service announcement!
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Nativefier is maintained by YOU. It's reasonably sane to hack on nowadays,
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it fits the use cases needed by the original author and the current maintainer,
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so _we_ are not doing any active development.
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But it's alive! It at least follows Electron releases with maintenance patches,
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and if YOU use it and want to see juicy features & fixes, PR welcome!
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Help welcome in particular on our [pinned issues](https://github.com/nativefier/nativefier/issues),
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or any issue / feature that motivates you 🙂.
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Thanks! Take care.
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---
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[](https://github.com/nativefier/nativefier/actions?query=workflow%3Aci)
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[](https://www.npmjs.com/package/nativefier)
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You want to make a native wrapper for WhatsApp Web (or any web page).
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```bash
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nativefier web.whatsapp.com
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```
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You're done.
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## Introduction
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Nativefier is a command-line tool to easily create a desktop app for any web site
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with minimal configuration. Apps are wrapped by [Electron](https://www.electronjs.org/)
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(which uses Chromium under the hood) in an OS executable (`.app`, `.exe`, etc)
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for use on Windows, macOS and Linux.
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I did this because I was tired of having to `⌘-tab` or `alt-tab` to my browser and then search
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through the numerous open tabs when I was using [Facebook Messenger](https://messenger.com) or
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[Whatsapp Web](https://web.whatsapp.com) ([HN thread](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10930718)). Nativefier features:
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- Automatically retrieval of app icon / name.
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- JavaScript and CSS injection.
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- Many more, see the [API docs](docs/api.md) or `nativefier --help`
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## Installation
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- macOS 10.9+ / Windows / Linux
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- [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/) `>= 10` and npm `>= 6`
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- Optional dependencies:
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- [ImageMagick](http://www.imagemagick.org/) to convert icons.
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Make sure `convert` and `identify` are in your system `$PATH`.
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- [Wine](https://www.winehq.org/) to package Windows apps under non-Windows platforms.
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Make sure `wine` is in your system `$PATH`.
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Then, install Nativefier globally with `npm install -g nativefier`
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## Usage
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To create a native desktop app for [medium.com](https://medium.com),
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simply `nativefier "medium.com"`
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Nativefier will try to determine the app name, and well as lots of other options.
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If desired, these options can be overwritten. For example, to override the name,
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`nativefier --name 'My Medium App' 'medium.com'`
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**Read the [API documentation](docs/api.md) or run `nativefier --help`**
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to learn about other command-line flags usable to configure the packaged app.
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To have high-resolution icons used by default for an app/domain, please
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contribute to the [icon repository](https://github.com/nativefier/nativefier-icons)!
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## Usage with Docker
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Nativefier is also usable from Docker.
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- Pull the latest stable image from Docker Hub: `docker pull nativefier/nativefier`
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- ... or build the image yourself: `docker build -t local/nativefier .`
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(in this case, replace `nativefier/` in the below examples with `local/`)
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By default, the command `nativefier --help` will be executed.
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To build e.g. a Gmail nativefier app to a writable local `~/nativefier-apps`,
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```bash
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docker run --rm -v ~/nativefier-apps:/target/ nativefier/nativefier https://mail.google.com/ /target/
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```
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You can pass Nativefier flags, and mount volumes to provide local files. For example, to use an icon,
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```bash
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docker run --rm -v ~/my-icons-folder/:/src -v $TARGET-PATH:/target nativefier/nativefier --icon /src/icon.png --name whatsApp -p linux -a x64 https://web.whatsapp.com/ /target/
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```
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## Development
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Help welcome on [bugs](https://github.com/nativefier/nativefier/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Abug) and
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[feature requests](https://github.com/nativefier/nativefier/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Afeature-request).
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[Developer / build docs](docs/development.md), [API documentation](docs/api.md),
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[Changelog](CHANGELOG.md).
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## License
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[MIT](LICENSE.md)
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