What is Coherence?
Coherence X5 is the most powerful way to transform websites into true Mac apps.
Instead of running in a cluttered browser window, your favorite sites become standalone, lightweight apps — isolated for focus and security, yet powered by Chrome’s speed and flexibility. Each app can be customized with its own extensions, profiles, and settings, so it works exactly the way you need it to. Whether it’s email, productivity tools, or streaming services, Coherence makes the web feel like it belongs on macOS.
Create Powerful Apps in Seconds
Building a Coherence app is effortless — and smarter than ever.
Just enter a URL, pick an icon, and give it a name. In seconds, your site becomes a polished, standalone app ready for your Mac.
Extensions & Profiles
Install and manage Chrome extensions in each app
Intelligent App Names
Coherence automatically suggest names for your apps
Custom Defaults
Save your favorite settings for fast creation
Three Ways to Experience Your Apps
Whether you want a clean, single-window experience, a full browser with tabs, or complete privacy, Coherence X5 adapts to how you work.
Standard Apps
The simplest way to turn a website into a true Mac app. Standard apps open in a single, distraction-free window that feels like it was designed for macOS — no extra toolbars, no clutter, just focus.
Tabbed Apps
Need the flexibility of a browser with the isolation and customization of a standalone app? Tabbed apps bring multiple pages together with full tab support — perfect for grouping related tools like Gmail, Calendar, and Drive into a single workspace.
Incognito Apps
For privacy-first tasks, Incognito apps launch in Chrome’s private browsing mode by default. No saved sessions, no history — just a clean, secure environment every time you open it.
Your Browser, Your Rules
Why settle for just Chrome? Coherence X5 supports the most popular Chromium-based browsers, giving you the same speed and compatibility, plus the ability to pick the experience that best matches your workflow or privacy needs.
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The Coherence Extension
At the heart of every Coherence app is a powerful browser extension that turns custom Chrome apps into something that feels unmistakably Mac. From intelligent window behavior to deep link handling and seamless session recall, it’s what makes a Coherence app more than just a browser in disguise.
LINK FORWARDING
With Link Forwarding, you control which links open inside your Coherence app — and which should forward to your default browser. No more breaking out of context or juggling popups.
TAB RESTORATION
Your apps can automatically restore the tabs you had open last time. Whether you’re juggling workflows or revisiting research, everything’s ready the moment you relaunch.
QUICK RESUME
Click your app’s icon in the Dock, and it just works — reopen a minimized window or launch a fresh one with the correct content. Coherence apps behave like real Mac apps, not web shortcuts with odd quirks.
INTELLIGENT WINDOWS
The Coherence Extension understands when you want to open a new window — and when Chrome is just being Chrome. That means fewer accidental popups and a smoother, more intentional user experience.
Even More to Love
Coherence X5 is packed with thoughtful tools to help you build, manage, and customize your apps with ease. From icon design to full app library control, everything's designed to give you power without complexity.
Loved by Power Users and Minimalists Alike
From designers to developers to everyday Mac users, people are switching to Coherence for a reason. Here’s what they’re saying.
Exactly what I was looking for! The benefit of Chromium PWAs (including extensions) without having to have the browser running in the dock.
J Ryan
Does exactly what it says it will do for Chrome apps, and make sure you pair it with their Safari version called Unite. I have been using them for a year to isolate specific web apps like Gmail, Google Voice, ChatGPT, and a lot of my self-hosted applications (Plex, TrueNAS, Proxmox, etc.)
Bruce
Overall very easy to create web apps and the documentation is good.
Kenji
Useful for those platforms that are only accessed through a web browser, the possibility of simulating a native application of the system, greatly improves the visualization as well as its use.
Luis Antonio González Padilla
This is a great app that works exactly as I hoped it would.
Brad Doble
yep this is great, allowed me to have my own apps for pocketcast player, and bible.com for listening to there audio players conveniently
Alistair Hutten
Perfect
Lumumba Mutumanje
I’ve been really happy with this app. It allows much more flexibility that just using chrome to install web apps.
yeetmasjien
The app is amazing. Couldn’t live without it.
Brett
My most used app
pablco
Definitely improved over the years and is now one of my daily use apps! Well, the apps that Coherence X allows me to create!
Santiago Arene
Makes working with web-apps like Office 365, Miro, Gmail, and others much easier by making them appear as their own apps, so I can ⌘+Tab between them. Unlike the “native” offerings (which are often just kiosk mode browsers) you can install extensions and ad blockers etc. Highly recommended.
Robert Meerman
Great way to make apps out of websites. I use this for google maps and facebook.
Bill Dimarelos
Coherence works reliably... it's a browser-based application as an app on the Mac – fantastic!
Anthony-James Owen
It works pretty well. It lets me put my work Gmail in a dedicated app so I can used my ⌘+tab muscle memory when switching between it and other apps It also lets me be logged into my personal gmail in Safari, keeping it separte from my work account. It also works with my USB Yubikey for multi-factor login, which is critical.
Santiago Arene
Best in class
Coherence is the most powerful, and most native, Chrome-based SSB tool
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Chrome extension support
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Native macOS behaviors
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Curated app catalog
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Tabbed apps
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Incognito apps
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Fully edit created apps
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Icon customization tools
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Link whitelisting
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Share and export apps
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Multiple browser engine choices
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