Converts your favorite web apps into desktop apps with their own dedicated launcher icon.
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Note: Applicationize is no longer supported. Google Chrome has officially stopped running Packaged Apps, rendering Applicationize unusable. Google Chrome now comes with a built-in feature called Application Shortcuts. It basically makes it possible to convert any web page (or web app) into a desktop app by clicking the hamburger icon in the top right -> More Tools -> "Create Shortcut" and ticking "Open as window". It is recommended to migrate to using this built-in feature, or consider an alternative solution such as nativefier.
Applicationize converts your favorite web apps into desktop apps with their own dedicated launcher icon.
It generates a Google Chrome extension that embeds your favorite SPA web app and places a custom shortcut icon in your app launcher when you install it.
Here's a screenshot of Facebook Messenger (messenger.com) running as an applicationized desktop app:
Enter
and download the generated Chrome extensionchrome://extensions/
.crx
file from its download folder to the extensions page to install itThat's it! Your applicationized web app is now available via your app launcher. We recommend pinning it to your application dock or system taskbar!
Run the following commands in the root directory of this project:
npm install
npm start
Then, visit http://localhost:8080/ to browse to your local instance of Applicationize.
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Apache 2.0