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Serwist

Free
Development Tools

A set of JavaScript libraries described as a Swiss Army knife for service workers, with this site hosting its documentation. Serwist helps web developers add precaching, runtime caching, and offline behavior to their sites, continuing the approach popularized by Google's Workbox.

Catalogued August 3, 2026 · Curated by PWA Directory team
Online Only
Installable
Cross-Platform
Free

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Tags
service-workersjavascriptlibrarydocumentationcachingoffline-firstopen-sourcepwa

How to install Serwist as a PWA

Chrome / Edge
Menu (⋮) → Add to Home screen
Safari (iOS)
Share (↑) → Add to Home Screen
Firefox
Menu (⋮) → Install

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