dew-apps

Pre-packaged app catalog for Dew. Install any app with one command.

dew install uptime-kuma

Apps

App	Description	Runtime	Port	Size
Uptime Kuma	Self-hosted monitoring	Node.js	3001	~52MB
Excalidraw	Virtual whiteboard	Static	80	~15MB
Vaultwarden	Password manager	Binary	80	~20MB
Gitea	Git service	Binary	3000	~100MB
Memos	Memo hub	Binary	5230	~30MB
PocketBase	Backend + database	Binary	8090	~15MB
Ghost	Blog platform	Node.js	2368	~80MB
Hoppscotch	API testing	Static	80	~20MB
Plausible	Privacy-friendly analytics	Elixir	8000	~100MB
AnythingLLM	AI document chat	Node.js	3001	~200MB

How it works

Each app has a manifest.json that describes:

• Runtime (Node.js, binary, static)
• Base image for container execution
• Port, volumes, environment variables
• Health check endpoint
• Upstream source + build instructions

Dew downloads a pre-built tarball (not a Docker image), uses a shared base image for the runtime, and starts the app in a container. Second app with the same runtime needs no additional download.

First Node.js app:   85MB base (one-time) + 52MB app = 137MB
Second Node.js app:  0MB base (cached)    + 30MB app =  30MB

vs Docker images:
First app:           489MB
Second app:          400MB

Contributing

Add a new app:

1. Create apps/<name>/manifest.json following the schema
2. Test with ./build.sh <name>
3. Open a PR

Build

# Build a single app tarball
./build.sh uptime-kuma

# Requires: git, jq, curl, tar
# Some apps also need: npm, docker (for binary extraction)