Run webapps from the desktop

Display any website as web app using the Qt5. Simple: Just the app and title!

Watch demo

Requires python 3.x

Run using:

qt5webview.py -u https://hckrnews.com/
qt5webview.py -u https://ventusky.com
qt5webview.py -u https://arstechnica.com --nojavascript
qt5webview.py -u https://chat.cloudron.io/home -c  (enable caching)

Add a desktop icon

Example launcher on XFCE Desktop:

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=HN
Exec=qt5webview.py -u https://hckrnews.com/
Icon=/usr/share/icons/webapps/hn.png
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false
Name[en_US]=HNews

Installation

sudo apt install python3-pyqt5
sudo apt-get install libqt5webkit5-dev python3-pyqt5.qtsvg python3-pyqt5.qtwebkit
sudo apt install git
git clone github.com/Maarten08/webapps.git
cd webapps/
sudo apt-get install python3-setuptools
sudo python3 setup.py install
qt5webview.py -u https://hckrnews.com
qt5webview.py -u https://evernote.com