Turn your favorite websites into Mac desktop applications.

Version 0.9.6   |   3.6 MB

Mac OS X 10.5 or later

4.5 mice rating from Macworld

Web applications like Gmail, Facebook, Campfire and Pandora are becoming more and more like desktop applications every day. Running each of these web apps in an individual tab in your browser can be a real pain.

Fluid lets you create a Site Specific Browser (SSB) out of any website or web application, effectively turning your favorite web apps into desktop apps.

Using Fluid to create an SSB out of your favorite website is simple. Enter the website's URL, provide a name, and optionally choose an icon. Click "Create", and within seconds your chosen website has been converted into a fully native Mac desktop application that appears in your Dock.

(Shown here: Fluid, Campfire, Flickr, Fluther, Gmail, FriendFeed, github, Google Reader, Yahoo! Messenger, Muxtape, Tumblr, YouTube)

Features

  • Open Plug-in Architecture
  • Built-in Userscripting
  • Userstyles
  • Global Keyboard Shortcut
  • Single-Window Browsing Mode
  • BrowsaBrowsa Plug-in for Sidebars
  • TinyURL creation/expansion
  • Full-Screen Mode
  • Customizable URL Shortcuts
  • Hidden "Closed" Windows
  • Twitter Timeline Plug-in
  • Thumbnail Plug-in for CoverFlow
  • Session Restore
  • Full WebInspector
  • Custom User-Agent Strings
Screencasts

Plug-in Sample Code is available for developers.

Fluid is developed and maintained by Todd Ditchendorf, creator of Cruz, ParseKit, and HTTP Client.

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Copyright © 2009 Todd Ditchendorf. All rights reserved.