# How viable is a lightweight desktop app for Discourse, and could it improve engagement and/or notification awareness?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-viable-is-a-lightweight-desktop-app-for-discourse-and-could-it-improve-engagement-and-or-notification-awareness/301373>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [March 28, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-viable-is-a-lightweight-desktop-app-for-discourse-and-could-it-improve-engagement-and-or-notification-awareness/301373 "2024-03-28T16:32:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 12:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-viable-is-a-lightweight-desktop-app-for-discourse-and-could-it-improve-engagement-and-or-notification-awareness/301373/4 "2024-04-02T12:44:29Z")

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Have you installed the Discourse web app as a PWA on Windows? It will show a notification number badge on the Task Bar icon. This works out of the box.

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