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How to install Pake on macOS (tw93/Pake) · gitmanual

How to install on macOS

tw93/Pake

Turn any website into a lightweight desktop app with one command, on macOS, Windows and Linux.

Node.jsTauriVite#chatgpt#claude#cli#desktop

Difficulty: Easy
Time: about 5 min
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License: GPL-3.0
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Website ↗pake.runThe project's own site.

Will it work on my device?

Yes, it installs on your macOS

A ready-made macOS download is in the latest release.

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Download for macOS

V3.18.0 Haven · 11/4/2026 ↗

WeRead.dmg

dmg · 8.7 MB · 453 downloads · best match

Drag the app into Applications.

curl -LO "https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/download/V3.18.0/WeRead.dmg"
open "WeRead.dmg"

Other macOS downloads (15)

ChatGPT.dmg

dmg · 9.9 MB · 35 downloads

Drag the app into Applications.

curl -LO "https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/download/V3.18.0/ChatGPT.dmg"
open "ChatGPT.dmg"

DeepSeek.dmg

dmg · 9.8 MB · 35 downloads

Drag the app into Applications.

curl -LO "https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/download/V3.18.0/DeepSeek.dmg"
open "DeepSeek.dmg"

Excalidraw.dmg

dmg · 8.7 MB · 21 downloads

Drag the app into Applications.

curl -LO "https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/download/V3.18.0/Excalidraw.dmg"
open "Excalidraw.dmg"

Flomo.dmg

dmg · 9.5 MB · 14 downloads

Drag the app into Applications.

curl -LO "https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/download/V3.18.0/Flomo.dmg"
open "Flomo.dmg"

Gemini.dmg

dmg · 9.3 MB · 41 downloads

Drag the app into Applications.

curl -LO "https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/download/V3.18.0/Gemini.dmg"
open "Gemini.dmg"

Grok.dmg

dmg · 11.5 MB · 28 downloads

Drag the app into Applications.

curl -LO "https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/download/V3.18.0/Grok.dmg"
open "Grok.dmg"

LiZhi.dmg

dmg · 14.1 MB · 16 downloads

Drag the app into Applications.

curl -LO "https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/download/V3.18.0/LiZhi.dmg"
open "LiZhi.dmg"

Notion.dmg

dmg · 9.6 MB · 21 downloads

Drag the app into Applications.

curl -LO "https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/download/V3.18.0/Notion.dmg"
open "Notion.dmg"

ProgramMusic.dmg

dmg · 9.3 MB · 18 downloads

Drag the app into Applications.

curl -LO "https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/download/V3.18.0/ProgramMusic.dmg"
open "ProgramMusic.dmg"

Qwerty.dmg

dmg · 12.2 MB · 11 downloads

Drag the app into Applications.

curl -LO "https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/download/V3.18.0/Qwerty.dmg"
open "Qwerty.dmg"

Twitter.dmg

dmg · 8.8 MB · 40 downloads

Drag the app into Applications.

curl -LO "https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/download/V3.18.0/Twitter.dmg"
open "Twitter.dmg"

WeChat.dmg

dmg · 9.7 MB · 6 downloads

Drag the app into Applications.

curl -LO "https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/download/V3.18.0/WeChat.dmg"
open "WeChat.dmg"

XiaoHongShu.dmg

dmg · 11.9 MB · 33 downloads

Drag the app into Applications.

curl -LO "https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/download/V3.18.0/XiaoHongShu.dmg"
open "XiaoHongShu.dmg"

YouTube.dmg

dmg · 8.4 MB · 30 downloads

Drag the app into Applications.

curl -LO "https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/download/V3.18.0/YouTube.dmg"
open "YouTube.dmg"

YouTubeMusic.dmg

dmg · 15.4 MB · 27 downloads

Drag the app into Applications.

curl -LO "https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/download/V3.18.0/YouTubeMusic.dmg"
open "YouTubeMusic.dmg"

Install with a package manager

npm

pnpm install -g pake-cli

From the README, exactly as the maintainers wrote it.

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Parts list

1×Node.js >=20.9.0runtime
1×Rust 1.95.0runtime
1×pnpm pnpm@10.26.2package manager

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Good to know

Tauri desktop app: it also needs Tauri's system prerequisites (Xcode Command Line Tools on macOS, WebView2 and the C++ build tools on Windows, webkit2gtk on Linux). See https://tauri.app/start/prerequisites/
Dockerfile available (base image: rust:latest).
Has AGENTS.md — instructions for coding agents. You can open Claude Code (or another agent) in the cloned folder and ask it to do the setup for you.
Nested projects: src-tauri/Cargo.toml

package.json scripts (16)

startpnpm run dev
devpnpm run tauri dev
buildtauri build
build:debugtauri build --debug
build:mactauri build --target universal-apple-darwin
analyzecd src-tauri && cargo bloat --release --crates
tauritauri
clicross-env NODE_ENV=development rollup -c -w
cli:devcross-env NODE_ENV=development rollup -c -w
cli:buildcross-env NODE_ENV=production rollup -c
testpnpm run cli:build && cross-env PAKE_CREATE_APP=1 node tests/index.js
formatprettier --write . --ignore-unknown && find tests -name '*.js' -exec sed -i '' 's/[[:space:]]*$//' {} \; && cd src-tauri && cargo fmt --verbose
format:checkprettier --check . --ignore-unknown
release:checknode scripts/check-release-version.mjs && pnpm run format:check && npx vitest run && pnpm run cli:build && npm pack --dry-run --ignore-scripts
updatepnpm update --verbose && cd src-tauri && cargo update
prepublishOnlypnpm run cli:build

Files we read (11)

.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml

.github/workflows/pake-cli.yaml

.github/workflows/quality-and-test.yml

.github/workflows/release.yml

.github/workflows/single-app.yaml

.github/workflows/update-contributors.yml

Dockerfile

README.md

docs/getting-started.md

package.json

rust-toolchain.toml

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