Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Pake

A simple way to pack a web page with Rust to create Mac App

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Pake launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Tweetbot for Mac 2.0▲297
Award-winning, native Twitter client for the Mac.
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
2
Boxy for Twitter▲258
A gorgeous Twitter client for Mac 🐦💫
2018 · boxysuite.com · its alternatives →
3
I rewrote my Mac Electron app in Rust▲597
A year ago, my co-founder launched Desktop Docs here on HN. It's a Mac app we built with Electron that uses CLIP embeddings to search photos and videos locally with natural language. We got positive feedback from HN and our first paying customers, but the app was almost 1GB and clunky to use. TLDR; rebuilding in Rust was the right move. So we rewrote the app with Rust and Tauri and here are the results: - App size is 83% smaller: 1GB → 172MB - DMG Installer is 70% smaller: 232MB → 69.5MB - Indexing files is faster: A 38-minute video now indexes in ~3 minutes instead of 10-14 minutes -…
2025 · desktopdocs.com · its alternatives →
4
Twitterrific 5▲134
Twitter's oldest Mac client re-imagined from the ground up
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
5
Twitter for Mac 4.0▲306
Twitter's official Mac app with a fresh new look and feel
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
6
Typefully 2.0▲931
Effortlessly publish on Twitter and LinkedIn, now with AI
2023 · typefully.com · its alternatives →
7
DeckHub▲221
A TweetDeck style desktop client for GitHub.
2016 · getdeckhub.com · its alternatives →
8
Macaw for Twitter▲276
A free iOS app with the top-liked tweets from your network
2018 · pensiamocs.com · its alternatives →
9
Fork▲170
Fast and friendly git client for Mac and Windows
2018 · git-fork.com · its alternatives →
10
Better Window Manager▲233
A tiny window management app for the Mac
2015 · its alternatives →
11
TweetFast for Mac Menubar ⚡️▲87
Fastest way to tweet from your Mac Desktop 👩‍💻
2018 · mactweeter.web.app · its alternatives →
12
Peach for Mac▲220
Unofficial desktop client for 🍑
2016 · ummjackson.github.io · its alternatives →
13
Buffer for Mac▲293
Official Buffer app for Mac
2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
14
TinyFast▲319
I am a developer. I have been building stuff for the last 13 years. One common challenge in all my projects is compressing assets to make them as small as possible. I used to end up using online compressors, but this has a lot of privacy concerns. So, I finally set down for couple of weeks and built this simple app. I can just drag and drop assets in it and it shrinks them. It currently supports around 25 file types. I built a lot of iOS apps but this is the first time building a macOS app, so any feedback is welcome.
2025 · tinyfast.app · its alternatives →
15
Cashew▲90
A simple Github issues macOS client
2016 · its alternatives →
16
Gitfox▲129
The foxy Git client for Mac
2019 · gitfox.app · its alternatives →
17
Blocs 5.0▲181
The ultimate Mac website builder
2022 · blocsapp.com · its alternatives →
18
Blocs▲165
Mac web design app
2014 · blocsapp.com · its alternatives →
19
Stack▲210
Tweetdeck for all your social apps
2018 · stackbrowser.com · its alternatives →
20
Blocs 4.0▲237
Create responsive websites without writing code.
2020 · blocsapp.com · its alternatives →
21
Tweetbot 3 for Twitter▲11
Native 3rd-party Twitter client for the Mac.
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
22
StatusTweet▲103
Tweet from your Mac's menu bar
2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
23
TweetBar▲96
Nudges from your favorite Twitter account in your menubar
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
24
Mediunic▲137
A beautiful, minimalistic Medium client for macOS.
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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