thedogecraft/chromeless

Official Chromeless app

Chromeless

macOS

Deprecation

Deprecated: Chromeless is deprecated legacy software and will no longer receive feature updates. Nevertheless, the app will continue working and receiving maintainance updates.

If you're looking for an alternative, check out WebCatalog.

Introduction

Chromeless is a free Mac app which lets you create Chromium-based, Firefox-based or WebKit-based apps (also known as site-specific browsers) from any websites.

How It Works

Chromeless is a free and open-source app for Mac that lets you create a site-specific browser (also known as Chromium-based app, chromeless app, etc) out of any website or web application, effectively turning your favorite web apps into self-contained, distraction-free desktop apps, all powered by your daily web browsers.

Supported Browser Engines:

• Google Chrome
• Microsoft Edge
• Brave
• Opera
• Vivaldi
• Chromium
• Cốc Cốc
• Yandex Browser
• Mozilla Firefox
• WebKit

Browser Instances

Chromeless also lets you create traditional browser instances (also known as tabbed-style apps) that behave just like normal browsers but with their own cookies and storage.

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Source Code

On the other hand, the source code is freely available for use, modification and distribution under the permissions, limitations and conditions listed in the Mozilla Public License 2.0.

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Development

This repository only contains the source code of the Chromeless app. If you'd like to contribute to the code that powers WebKit-based app, check out https://github.com/webcatalog/webkit-wrapper.

For the app to be fully functional, set these environment variables:

REACT_APP_ELASTIC_CLOUD_APP_SEARCH_SEARCH_KEY=
REACT_APP_ELASTIC_CLOUD_APP_SEARCH_API_ENDPOINT=
REACT_APP_ELASTIC_CLOUD_APP_SEARCH_ENGINE_NAME=

Then, run:

# clone the project:
git clone https://github.com/webcatalog/chromeless.git
cd chromeless

# install the dependencies
yarn

# run the app
yarn electron-dev

# Build for production
yarn dist