Fluid

Are you a Gmail, Facebook, Campfire or Pandora fanatic? Do you have 20 or more browser tabs open at all times? Are you tired of some random site or Flash ad crashing your browser and causing you to lose your (say) Google Docs data in...

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Mac OS X

are you a gmail, facebook, campfire or pandora fanatic? do you have 20 or more browser tabs open at all times? are you tired of some random site or flash ad crashing your browser and causing you to lose your (say) google docs data in another tab?if so, site specific browsers (ssbs) provide a great solution for your webapp woes. using fluid, you can create ssbs to run each of your favorite webapps as a separate cocoa desktop application. fluid gives any webapp a home on your mac os x desktop.

creating a fluid app out of your favorite website is simple. enter the website's url, provide a name, and optionally choose an icon. click "create", and within seconds your chosen website has a permanent home on your mac as a real mac application that appears in your dock.

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Franz

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GNOME Web

GNOME Web is the web browser for the GNOME desktop, based on the popular WebKit engine. It offers a simple, clean, beautiful view of the Web featuring first-class GNOME desktop integration. Its code name is Epiphany.

Free Open Source Linux BSD

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Rambox

Free, open source and cross platform messaging and emailing app that combines common web applications into one.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

Portable Multiple Account support Slack integration Skype integration Multiple protocols Configurable
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Fogger

Fogger turns your cloud apps into regular desktop apps. Fogger acts as a bridge between web applications and the linux desktop. It exposes an easy to use JS API to webapps which can be used to interact with the host desktop environment.

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Coherence

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Commercial

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Free Open Source Mac

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Station unifies all your web apps in one neat & productive interface Browsers aren't the most effective way to go about your work. We decided to start from...

Free Mac OS X Windows

App integration Nice graphical interface
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WebCatalog lets you create a real desktop app out of any website or web application, helping you to work more efficiently & protect your privacy.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux
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WebShell

WebShell is an OS X WebView shell, which help you easily bundle the Web Apps to native OS X app without coding. Features - Standard Notification API support -...

Free Open Source Mac OS X
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Bulldock Browser

Convert any website into an app for your dock Why have a tab open for each of your important websites when you can have a Mac App that sits in your dock for each one....

Commercial
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Convert your HTML, CSS, JS and all other web content into an Android App within seconds.

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With Web2App you can turn your favorite websites and internet services into real desktop apps. Just type the URL, the app name and your website will become a real...

Commercial
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All-in-One Messenger combines chat and messaging services into one simple application. Use messengers like WhatsApp, Telegram, Messenger, Skype and many more in one...

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Unite

Websites have become incredibly powerful tools, often more powerful than traditional desktop apps. However, despite their usefulness, they still live as tabs in our...

Commercial

Place websites on desktop Based on Webkit engine

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