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title: "PWA HTML Tags · HTML Tag Collections · zhead"
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last_updated: "2026-08-10T16:29:02.250Z"
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description: "Document metadata commonly paired with a web app manifest."
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HTML tag collections
# PWA
Document metadata commonly paired with a web app manifest.
The manifest carries most install metadata. The remaining meta tags tune browser chrome or cover older Apple and Microsoft behaviour.
## Get started
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## Explanation
### [viewport](https://zhead.dev/meta/viewport)
name
Controls the layout viewport on mobile browsers, including its width, initial zoom, and how content uses display cutout areas.
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Lets content extend into the full display area. Use safe-area inset values in CSS to protect important content.
### [manifest](https://zhead.dev/link/manifest)
rel
Links the page to a web app manifest, a JSON document that describes properties such as the app name, icons, display mode, scope, and start URL.
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Links to a same-origin web app manifest. A relative URL is valid here.
### [theme-color](https://zhead.dev/meta/theme-color)
name
Suggests a color that browsers may use around the page, such as a title bar, tab highlight, or task switcher card.
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A valid CSS hex color that browsers can use around the page.
### [application-name](https://zhead.dev/meta/application-name)
name
Gives browsers a short name for the web application represented by the page. A browser may use it instead of the page title in bookmarks or other interface labels.
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A short application name that stays useful when the page title changes.
### [apple-mobile-web-app-capable](https://zhead.dev/meta/apple-mobile-web-app-capable)
name
Legacy Apple extension that makes a Home Screen web app open without Safari controls when set to yes. Prefer a web app manifest for a modern PWA.
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The only value that enables this legacy standalone mode.
### [apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style](https://zhead.dev/meta/apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style)
name
Legacy Apple extension that sets the iOS status bar style for a Home Screen web app. It only works when apple-mobile-web-app-capable enables standalone mode.
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Uses the normal status bar. This is also the default value.
### [apple-mobile-web-app-title](https://zhead.dev/meta/apple-mobile-web-app-title)
name
Legacy Apple extension that sets the title shown for a Home Screen web app. Without it, iOS uses the page title.
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A short Home Screen title.
### [msapplication-TileColor](https://zhead.dev/meta/msapplication-tilecolor)
name
Legacy Internet Explorer metadata for the background color of a website tile pinned to the Windows 8 Start screen. Modern Chromium-based Edge does not use it.
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A valid hexadecimal tile color.
### [msapplication-TileImage](https://zhead.dev/meta/msapplication-tileimage)
name
Legacy Internet Explorer metadata for the image on a website tile pinned to the Windows 8 Start screen. Modern Chromium-based Edge does not use it.
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A root-relative path to the legacy 144 × 144 tile image.
### [msapplication-config](https://zhead.dev/meta/msapplication-config)
name
Legacy Internet Explorer metadata that points to browserconfig.xml for Windows pinned-site tiles. Modern Chromium-based Edge does not use it.
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Points to the configuration file at the site root.
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