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I made an app to install websites as desktop applications on Linux (codeberg.org)

submitted 6 months ago by eyekay@lemmy.world to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 6 months ago

Did you just re-invent Progressive Web Applications?

[-] morrowind@lemmy.ml 20 points 6 months ago

Don't think so, websites themselves have to implement pwa's, you can't force it client side

[-] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 16 points 6 months ago

[-] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 months ago

WebKit

[-] TootSweet@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

Not saying I disagree, but what specifically would you prefer? Gecko? Or is there something better? (Maybe I'm just engaging in wishful thinking asking if there's something better.)

[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev 2 points 6 months ago

I don't wish the pain of Gecko upon any non-Mozilla dev. That shit is terrible (and terribly documented).

Anti Commercial-AI license

[-] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 10 points 6 months ago

Can you share some info about it? I don't get any info on the page on codeberg without reading the code. What engine does it use?

[-] TheOneCurly@lemm.ee 9 points 6 months ago

Made with Gtk4, WebKitGTK, libadwaita and Flatpak.

WebKit based, which is interesting. I don't have much experience with WebKit on Linux.

[-] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

thank you. I must've been sleeping.

WebKit

[-] aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 months ago

Gecko is very difficult to adapt to standalone apps and servo isn’t ready yet. what would you rather they use? Chromium?

[-] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml -2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

why can't I see my comment when I browse lemmy.ml without being logged in?

The post got upvoted so someone must have been able to see it.

There is even another post from someone on lemmy.zip

[-] estebanlm@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago

lol, I was doing exactly the same, mostly because the gnome app for it (webapp-manager) does not do one thing I badly want : open all non-app links in the default browser and not on instances of itself. Also, I love the webkitgtk project and this allows me to give it an usage.
I will give a look at your project, I think is better contribute to it than have two (or more) projects doing the same 😜