Nativefier Snap

You want to make a native-looking wrapper for WhatsApp Web (or any web page).

nativefier 'web.whatsapp.com'

You're done.

Introduction

Nativefier is a command-line tool to easily create a “desktop app” for any web site with minimal fuss. Apps are wrapped by Electron (which uses Chromium under the hood) in an OS executable (.app, .exe, etc) usable on Windows, macOS and Linux.

I built this because I grew tired of having to Alt-Tab to my browser and then search through numerous open tabs when using Messenger or Whatsapp Web (HN thread). Nativefier features:

• Automatically retrieval of app icon / name
• Injection of custom JS & CSS
• Many more, see nativefier --help

Installation

Install the snap with sudo snap install nativefier

Usage

To create a desktop app for medium.com, simply nativefier 'medium.com'

Nativefier will try to determine the app name, and well as lots of other options. If desired, these options can be overwritten. For example, to override the name, nativefier --name 'My Medium App' 'medium.com'

Run nativefier --help to learn about command-line flags usable to configure your app.

To have high-quality icons used by default for an app/domain, please contribute to the icon repository.

More

To learn more, visit: https://github.com/nativefier/nativefier