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Pake by barkleesanders — Agent Skill

Name: Pake
Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Author: barkleesanders

Pake

Turn any webpage into a lightweight desktop app (~5MB) using Rust/Tauri. Use when the user wants to create a desktop app from a URL, package a web app as a native app, or build a lightweight Electron alternative. Triggers on: "make a desktop app from", "package this site", "pake", "/pake", "turn this into a desktop app", "wrap this URL".

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/pake — Web-to-Desktop App Packager

Pake turns any webpage into a native desktop app using Rust/Tauri. ~5MB output vs ~150MB for Electron.

Quick Start

# Basic — just a URL and a name
pake https://example.com --name MyApp

# With custom icon and window size
pake https://weekly.tw93.fun --name Weekly --icon ./icon.icns --width 1200 --height 800

# Frameless Mac app (hidden title bar)
pake https://chat.openai.com --name ChatGPT --hide-title-bar

# Full screen app
pake https://youtube.com --name YouTube --fullscreen

# Universal Mac binary (Intel + Apple Silicon)
pake https://example.com --name MyApp --multi-arch

All Options

Flag	Description
`--name <string>`	Application name
`--icon <string>`	App icon path (`.icns` for Mac, `.ico` for Windows, `.png` for Linux)
`--width <number>`	Window width in pixels
`--height <number>`	Window height in pixels
`--fullscreen`	Launch in fullscreen mode
`--hide-title-bar`	macOS: frameless window with traffic lights
`--multi-arch`	macOS: build universal binary (Intel + M1)
`--use-local-file`	Package a local HTML file instead of a URL
`--inject <files>`	Inject local CSS/JS files into the page
`--debug`	Debug build with extra output
`--targets <string>`	Cross-compile target format

Inject Custom CSS/JS

Create custom styles or scripts and inject them:

# Inject custom CSS to restyle the app
echo "body { font-family: 'SF Pro' !important; }" > custom.css
pake https://example.com --name MyApp --inject custom.css

# Inject JS to add functionality
echo "console.log('Pake app loaded');" > init.js
pake https://example.com --name MyApp --inject custom.css,init.js

Local HTML Apps

Package a local HTML file as a desktop app:

pake ./index.html --name MyApp --use-local-file

Prerequisites

Pake requires Rust and system build tools:

# macOS
xcode-select --install  # Xcode command line tools
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh  # Rust

# Verify
rustc --version

If Rust is not installed, Pake will prompt to install it.

Output

The built app appears in the current directory as:

macOS: MyApp.app (inside a .dmg)
Windows: MyApp_x64.msi
Linux: MyApp.AppImage or .deb

Instructions

When this skill is invoked:

Confirm the URL and desired app name with the user
Check if Rust is installed (rustc --version), install if needed
Run pake <url> --name <name> with any requested options
The first build takes longer (compiling Rust/Tauri); subsequent builds are faster
Report the output file location when done

---name: pakedescription: Turn any webpage into a lightweight desktop app (~5MB) using Rust/Tauri. Use when the user wants to create a desktop app from a URL, package a web app as a native app, or build a lightweight Electron alternative. Triggers on: "make a desktop app from", "package this site", "pake", "/pake", "turn this into a desktop app", "wrap this URL".---# /pake — Web-to-Desktop App PackagerPake turns any webpage into a native desktop app using Rust/Tauri. ~5MB output vs ~150MB for Electron.## Quick Start```bash# Basic — just a URL and a namepake https://example.com --name MyApp# With custom icon and window sizepake https://weekly.tw93.fun --name Weekly --icon ./icon.icns --width 1200 --height 800# Frameless Mac app (hidden title bar)pake https://chat.openai.com --name ChatGPT --hide-title-bar# Full screen apppake https://youtube.com --name YouTube --fullscreen# Universal Mac binary (Intel + Apple Silicon)pake https://example.com --name MyApp --multi-arch```## All Options| Flag | Description ||------|-------------|| `--name <string>` | Application name || `--icon <string>` | App icon path (`.icns` for Mac, `.ico` for Windows, `.png` for Linux) || `--width <number>` | Window width in pixels || `--height <number>` | Window height in pixels || `--fullscreen` | Launch in fullscreen mode || `--hide-title-bar` | macOS: frameless window with traffic lights || `--multi-arch` | macOS: build universal binary (Intel + M1) || `--use-local-file` | Package a local HTML file instead of a URL || `--inject <files>` | Inject local CSS/JS files into the page || `--debug` | Debug build with extra output || `--targets <string>` | Cross-compile target format |## Inject Custom CSS/JSCreate custom styles or scripts and inject them:```bash# Inject custom CSS to restyle the appecho "body { font-family: 'SF Pro' !important; }" > custom.csspake https://example.com --name MyApp --inject custom.css# Inject JS to add functionalityecho "console.log('Pake app loaded');" > init.jspake https://example.com --name MyApp --inject custom.css,init.js```## Local HTML AppsPackage a local HTML file as a desktop app:```bashpake ./index.html --name MyApp --use-local-file```## PrerequisitesPake requires Rust and system build tools:```bash# macOSxcode-select --install # Xcode command line toolscurl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh # Rust# Verifyrustc --version```If Rust is not installed, Pake will prompt to install it.## OutputThe built app appears in the current directory as:- macOS: `MyApp.app` (inside a `.dmg`)- Windows: `MyApp_x64.msi`- Linux: `MyApp.AppImage` or `.deb`## InstructionsWhen this skill is invoked:1. Confirm the URL and desired app name with the user2. Check if Rust is installed (`rustc --version`), install if needed3. Run `pake <url> --name <name>` with any requested options4. The first build takes longer (compiling Rust/Tauri); subsequent builds are faster5. Report the output file location when done

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