PWA

About PWA Directory

PWA Directory is a curated catalog of Progressive Web Apps. We list 774 apps across 15 categories. Discovered entries retain their public-data provenance; submitted listings are reviewed before publication.

What is a PWA?

A Progressive Web App is a website that behaves like a native application: it can be installed to your home screen, work offline, send push notifications, and access device features (camera, file system, clipboard) — all without going through an app store. Major browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge, Samsung Internet) support PWAs natively. What a PWA is, in detail.

Who runs it

PWA Directory is built and maintained by Hugo Berton, an independent developer based in Aix-en-Provence, France. It started as a personal collection of installable web apps and grew into a public catalog when we noticed how often people asked “is there a PWA for this?” on forums and social media.

We don’t take VC money, run no display ads, and have no growth target other than “the best PWAs are findable here.” Revenue comes from optional Pro Launch submissions (€49).

Editorial criteria

Every submitted listing must meet four bars:

  1. Real PWA — validmanifest.json, service worker registered, installable from at least one major browser.
  2. Genuine value — the app does something useful, not a wrapper around a marketing site or a feature that already exists in the browser itself.
  3. HTTPS + active — TLS valid, the app loads and works at the time of review. We periodically re-check listings and remove abandoned PWAs.
  4. Honest — no cryptominers, no dark patterns, no fake offline support, no listings that pretend to be free but require a credit card to even open the app.

Submitted listings are checked against these criteria. The public catalogue also includes discovered entries, and their evidence is shown only when it exists in the current data.

How to get listed

Send your PWA to /submit. Standard review is free and takes up to four weeks; Pro Launch (€49) is published within 48 h, includes a permanent in-depth listing and 30 days of clearly labelled homepage placement. The payment is refunded in full if the listing is rejected.

What makes us different

  • Submitted and paid listings are reviewed; discovered entries keep their public-data provenance.
  • Analytics coverage is disclosed on the Privacy and Cookies pages; missing events are never presented as zero activity.
  • Sponsored entries always labelled Sponsored.
  • Open submission, transparent rejection reasons.
  • /llms.txt — clean machine-readable summary for AI assistants.

Questions? Email [email protected] or see the FAQ.