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Fluid

Turn any website into a real Mac app.

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Fluid is a macOS application that turns a website or web application into a standalone Mac app, giving it a permanent home on the machine and an icon in the Dock. It addresses the problem of keeping multiple web apps open as tabs in a single browser.

To create an app, you enter a URL, provide a name, optionally choose an icon, and click Create. The basic version is free and lets you create unlimited Fluid Apps. A paid license unlocks additional capabilities: pinning Fluid Apps to the macOS Status Bar, using Userscripts or Userstyles within them, and Full Screen mode. Fluid is a 6.3 MB download for Intel Macs running 64-bit macOS 10.12 or later.

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