I know there are many applications to re-distribute or package website applications as Apps. Here is one of them that seems to have a lot of popular companies participating.
I’m wondering if this route to a Desktop App for a Mac, Windows, or Linux might be a time-saving approach for certain needs or clients or developers’ own home-office environments –
I have a Metabase Business Analysis application setup at my url, running on a Linodes Virtual server account.
After reading about WebCatalog an hour ago I downloaded & installed the app on my Mac M1 Desktop. After install & Start of WebCatalog I saw the option to import my Metabase application into WebCatalog.
Do WebCatalog apps work on Mac computers that use the Apple silicon?
Yes, All WebCatalog apps (including the WebCatalog app, Singlebox, Clovery, Skywhale, Switchbar, Translatium) run natively on Apple silicon (Apple M1 chip or newer).
In less than 30 seconds my Metabase application at my domain was an App inside my self-contained WebCatalog App window. When clicked I was at my domain ready to log in. Independent of my installed Firefox and Chrome browsers.
I can take all my usual logins to accounts I must access over and over and collect them into 1 place inside one app. I don’t have to open and use my browsers with multiple tabs stringing out over use.
It might also be a way to give some clients one WebCatalog app for their desktops with just your apps to the applications you’ve built for them.
WebCatalog.app. 392.7MB for Mac
My own Online Metabase APP 35.6 MB
