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Unite overview

Unite 3 lets you turn websites into apps on your Mac and change the way you use your computer forever

Creating your app

It all starts with the new Unite creation tool. Simply enter a name for your app, enter a URL, pick an icon, and launch your app.

In addition to using a custom icon, Unite can automatically grab the HQ site favicon for you.

Lastly, you can choose some additional settings for your Unite app: status bar mode, compact mode, and intelligent whitelisting.

A full browser in every app

Every Unite app is powered by the Unite browser, which uses WebKit 2 to enable support for virtually all web standards and plugins.

It also supports custom features tailored specifically for Unite, like shortcuts, whitelisting, customization, and more - all in an incredibly lightweight package.

What’s new in version 5.2

Updated on May 17 2024

  • Revamped App Library: Experience the improved App Library, now featuring built-in macOS style icons for the most popular services and a dedicated AI-tools section, enhancing accessibility and user experience.
  • Ad Blocker Enhancements: Our built-in ad blocker has received significant upgrades. Ads are now blocked more effectively, with blank spaces generally eliminated, providing a cleaner browsing experience.
  • Light Mode Selection: Responding to user feedback, we've reinstated the option to select light mode for individual sites, offering more control over your visual experience.
  • Flexible Window Sizing: Introducing additional options for default app window sizes to better accommodate your preferences and workflow.
  • Persistent Toolbar Selections: Toolbar configurations are now retained between sessions. If you show the toolbar and quit your Unite app, it will remain visible upon relaunch, ensuring a consistent user interface.
  • Icon Customization Improvements: The customize icon window has been improved, making it easier to personalize your app icons.
  • Compact App Minimum Width: We've introduced a new, smaller minimum width for compact apps, allowing for more flexible arrangement of your workspace.
  • Bookmark Manager Manual Sorting: Bookmarks in the bookmark manager can now be manually sorted, offering you full control over the organization of your saved sites.
  • Microsoft Copilot Backspace Key Fix: Resolved an issue preventing the use of the backspace key in Microsoft Copilot.
  • Redirect URLs Issue Fixed: Fixed a bug where windows would not automatically redirect when redirect URLs was enabled, enhancing the app's navigational efficiency.
  • Tab Navigation Shortcuts: Implemented shortcuts (Cmd+Shift+[ and Cmd+Shift+]) to switch between tabs, improving app navigation.
  • General Improvements: Numerous bug fixes and general improvements have been made to ensure a smoother, more stable Unite experience.
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Information

License

Free

Size

17.9 MB

Developer’s website

https://www.bzgwebs.com/unite

Downloads

2951

App requirements

  • Intel 64
  • Apple Silicon
  • macOS 12 or later
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Evgin
Evgin
Jan 24 2021
4.0
2.0
Jan 24 2021
2.0
Version: 4.0
Problem downloading a PDF file !!! I am currently testing Unit 4 and found that it is not possible to download PDFs correctly by the created application. I have tried several times, but all I get is an encoded file, with no .pdf extension in my Downloads folder.
Helmo-Hass
Helmo-Hass
Jan 22 2021
4.0
0.0
Jan 22 2021
0.0
Version: 4.0
I would just point out how smart the dev is, making an application with requirements: macOS 10.12.0 or later to just find out once used, the produced apps ONLY runs on 10.14+, SO FUnny... still LMAO...
dave-246
dave-246
Dec 20 2020
4.0
5.0
Dec 20 2020
5.0
Version: 4.0
Super handy and easy.
pekarskiy88
pekarskiy88
Dec 11 2020
4.0
5.0
Dec 11 2020
5.0
Version: 4.0
Slick, smooth, seamless, dead-simple, beautiful, convenient. After using it for about a month now, I can't imagine my workflow without this app. Highly recommended.
teerev
teerev
Dec 10 2020
4.0
5.0
Dec 10 2020
5.0
Version: 4.0
I started using Unite 3 just a few weeks before the Unite 4 release. I thought Unite 3 was a good program but with the addition of Keychain support in Unite 4 I now consider it an excellent program. I have personal and business accounts with services like Amazon, Ebay, etc. and this app prevents me from having to use two different browsers or to pay attention to which account I'm signed in to when browsing. I had previously tried to use the Automator utility of macOS to accomplish what Unite does in a much better way.
camiel-1
camiel-1
Dec 9 2020
4.0
5.0
Dec 9 2020
5.0
Version: 4.0
This app works like a charm and help me adapt my browser tools into my workflow and makes it easy. A great feature is the ability to use the app as status item in the topbar. This way I can easily look into something without changing browser tabs etc. Must have!
waryuser
waryuser
Dec 8 2020
4.0
1.0
Dec 8 2020
1.0
Version: 4.0
Charging for a "major upgrade" from a version that's been out less than a year. It would literally be cheaper to find a subscription version of this where the developer actually has respect for their customer.
roger-105
roger-105
Dec 8 2020
4.0
4.0
Dec 8 2020
4.0
Version: 4.0
With UNITE, I have a direct link to the websites related to the subject, I am teaching to my students actually. You can determine the folder, where you want to store the »website-apps« (default folder is the App-Folder). Very useful, thank you!
ahmedhatata-ah
ahmedhatata-ah
Dec 8 2020
4.0
5.0
Dec 8 2020
5.0
Version: 4.0
wonderful app since first release, used it a lot for continue visiting websites , the developer always update it with a whole new features and great options that are so useful like compact mode , menubar item and adblocking , the app is so intuitive and easy to use , did not realize how convenient and useful it was until used it .
Mjchrisler
Mjchrisler
Dec 7 2020
4.0
5.0
Dec 7 2020
5.0
Version: 4.0
New user of Unite, and I'm loving it! I have a few websites that I use daily for work, and this allows me to quickly create an app for them so I can launch them when I launch all my other apps. Sounds minor, but it's a big time saver for me!
Robio
Robio
Jul 16 2020
3.1
2.0
Jul 16 2020
2.0
Version: 3.1
I've tested a handful of apps that turn web pages into stand-alone apps (including Fluid 2 and Microsoft Edge's peel-off "apps"), and this comes up short in a lot of respects: It's apps are larger (in MB) than others, its tab handling is poor, it lacks standard keyboard navigation (no back/forward, no switching between tabs), there are no favicons on tabs (can't tell your open Google Docs tabs from your Google Sheets tabs), and it doesn't remember its previous state between uses (defaulting to only one tab open on every launch). It's also bigger (MB) and slower than similar apps. I hope these features improve because Unite seems to be the only app of its kind in active development.
RJC.NJNYC
RJC.NJNYC
Jan 22 2020
2.1
0.0
Jan 22 2020
0.0
Version: 2.1
Unite v3 is out
Maru88
Maru88
May 22 2019
2.0
5.0
May 22 2019
5.0
Version: 2.0
I have been using Unite 2 for several months now and cannot imagine having to work without it. Therefore, I am somewhat surprised by the low rating this app receives, because for me it has been nothing less than a time-saving and productivity beast. Sure, it is not a full-fletched browser with plugin support (not sure why this is a dealbreaker, as I believe it was never meant to work as a browser replacement in the first place anyway), but it allows me to quickly launch and switch between web-apps for which no desktop app has been designed. And to the best of my ability for testing performance, it is worth noting that I notice a clear performance improvement. When running often-used (heavy) web-apps as separate Unite apps next to my general multi-tab browsing in Safari or Chrome they remain stable and fast, (suprisingly, some websites run smoother and consume less RAM in Unite 2 than in Safari or Chome). I still have to figure out how to use user scripts, but I cannot find any documentation for this. Would be great if the developer provides some more documentation for this, preferably with some examples. Also, I cannot get the bookmarks bar to work (the bar remains empty when adding bookmarks, perhaps I do something wrong), but besides, it would be great to enter multiple tabbed websites when creating the app to have it always open multiple taps at startup. Anyway, great work! Best, Maru
usmaak
usmaak
Jan 2 2019
2.0
3.0
Jan 2 2019
3.0
Version: 2.0
I really want to like this app. It's a great idea. It is functional, but it is missing the ability to use extensions. I don't use a browser without being able to install a few key extensions like an ad blocker and Roboform. The apps that I created are all light on resources, but without extensions, I have no use for it.
YHC
YHC
Dec 31 2018
2.0
0.5
Dec 31 2018
0.5
Version: 2.0
I really hate this developer! Coherence, Coherence Pro, Unite? The developer did the similar things/apps, and earned three times the money. Maybe the developer will make Unite Pro, and earn money once again. Yuck!
Scgf
Scgf
Sep 27 2018
1.1
2.0
Sep 27 2018
2.0
Version: 1.1
Still not remembering window size in Mojave. Fluid.app, Coherence, every other app I use remembers the window size. I've been looking for updates now that Mojave is officially released.
Mikail
Mikail
Dec 9 2017
1.0
0.0
Dec 9 2017
0.0
Version: 1.0
It kind of works with some of my websites, but most of them just show the front page but none of the menu options or java script buttons do not work, so pretty much a waste of money and time which is pretty disappointing to just feel like I've just thrown money away, Should have been a demo to try out in the offer, could not find one and simply trusted the MacUpdate site to be selling a product that works which has always been the case up to this product.
bambi4908
bambi4908
Dec 9 2017
1.0
0.0
Dec 9 2017
0.0
Version: 1.0
Is there a trial version? This sounds interesting, but I'm not sure what it can actually do. Trial version would let me see... but there's so much crappy software out there, I can't afford to buy it all.
mjmehring_1
mjmehring_1
Dec 9 2017
1.0
0.5
Dec 9 2017
0.5
Version: 1.0
yuck - do not like
lb3541
lb3541
Dec 8 2017
1.0
5.0
Dec 8 2017
5.0
Version: 1.0
Could not find any informational help with this app and had problems getting it to function immediately after installing and buying it. It now works as advertised and for what it does, I am well pleased.
Ervins Strauhmanis
Ervins Strauhmanis
May 17 2024
5.2
5.0
May 17 2024
5.0
Version: 5.2
Evgin
Evgin
Jan 24 2021
2.0
Jan 24 2021
2.0
Version: null
dave-246
dave-246
Dec 20 2020
5.0
Dec 20 2020
5.0
Version: null
pekarskiy88
pekarskiy88
Dec 11 2020
5.0
Dec 11 2020
5.0
Version: null
teerev
teerev
Dec 10 2020
5.0
Dec 10 2020
5.0
Version: null
camiel-1
camiel-1
Dec 9 2020
5.0
Dec 9 2020
5.0
Version: null
waryuser
waryuser
Dec 8 2020
1.0
Dec 8 2020
1.0
Version: null
roger-105
roger-105
Dec 8 2020
4.0
Dec 8 2020
4.0
Version: null
ahmedhatata-ah
ahmedhatata-ah
Dec 8 2020
5.0
Dec 8 2020
5.0
Version: null
Phillipsmn
Phillipsmn
Dec 7 2020
5.0
Dec 7 2020
5.0
Version: null
Mjchrisler
Mjchrisler
Dec 7 2020
5.0
Dec 7 2020
5.0
Version: null
Robio
Robio
Jul 16 2020
2.0
Jul 16 2020
2.0
Version: null
Maru88
Maru88
May 22 2019
5.0
May 22 2019
5.0
Version: null
usmaak
usmaak
Jan 2 2019
3.0
Jan 2 2019
3.0
Version: null
YHC
YHC
Dec 31 2018
0.5
Dec 31 2018
0.5
Version: null
Scgf
Scgf
Sep 27 2018
2.0
Sep 27 2018
2.0
Version: null
fabricant
fabricant
Jan 23 2018
5.0
Jan 23 2018
5.0
Version: null
Rick-f61f4589
Rick-f61f4589
Dec 9 2017
2.0
Dec 9 2017
2.0
Version: null
mjmehring_1
mjmehring_1
Dec 9 2017
0.5
Dec 9 2017
0.5
Version: null
lb3541
lb3541
Dec 8 2017
5.0
Dec 8 2017
5.0
Version: null
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