Rambox - A Browser for Apps
Mac Apps
I took advantage of an offer at AppSumo this week to get a
lifetime license to Rambox Pro for $5
(discontinued). It's normally $5.83 a month, although the free version
has most of the paid features minus extension support and syncing
between devices. Rambox is a specialized Chromium browser designed to
create workspaces for a wide variety of apps, many of which have
configurations already built into the app.
I set up a Microsoft 365 workspace on my work computer and added:
- Outlook
- Teams
- Word
- Excel
In the same window I have a Google workspace with:
- Gmail
- Google Drive
- Google Calendar
- Gemini
In addition I have the following apps:
- Dropbox
- Discord
- Mastodon (custom instance)
- Yahoo Mail
- Jira
There are 758 apps preconfigured and it is simple to make your
own.
Each app can have the sound and notifications toggled on or off. There is a combined notification center for app apps. You can also choose to display the mobile version of the app if you want. If you have development chops, Rambox makes it easy to inject your own CSS and JavaScript to customize the interface. There is a focused mode to toggle all notifications which you can set on/off or for a specified period of time. You can decide to let apps sleep to save power after a period of inactivity or to stay awake. Navigating within the app is supported by a variety of keyboard shortcuts.