A web based Windows 98 desktop remake.
Includes:
Notepad (separate README)
Sound Recorder (separate README)
Paint (separate repository)
Discord
Project Browser
Minesweeper (separate README; original repository) by Jon Ziebell
Winamp 2.9 (separate README; original repository) by Jordan Eldredge
- A primitive hybrid
Windows Explorer /
Internet Explorer (separate README)
Features:
- Drop files onto the desktop, and they'll be stored in a virtual filesystem
- Easter eggs (cheat codes) 😉
- A clock that shows the actual time, wooooo
- Currently, an extremely illegitimate start menu
- Meticulous detail in many areas (altho there's obviously lots "missing")
- You can add it to your homescreen on mobile
ENTER WINDOWS 98 体験へようこそ (ORIGINAL)
Not yet licensed. This project is currently source-available / shared source, but not open source.
Apps that it would be nice to integrate:
Other online operating systems / web desktops:
Name & Link | Vague Description | Repo & License | Chat |
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another Windows 98 remake | repo here - MIT license | |
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a "fictional version of Windows" | (not open source currently) | Discord |
🏡 ZineOS | emojis everywhere | repo here - MIT license | Discord |
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emulator-focused Win9X desktop | repo here - shared source | Discord |
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a more serious web desktop | repo here - simplified BSD license | Gitter |
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another serious one | repo here - different licenses for different parts | |
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another serious one | (explicitly not open source) | |
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interesting aesthetic | repo here - shared source | Discord |
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Windows 10 like "startpage" | ||
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Windows 10 like thing | ||
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Windows XP | repo here - MIT license | |
Windows 98 - Packard Belle | Windows 98 | repo here - shared source | |
X-WebDesktop-Vue | Windows 7 | repo here - MIT license | |
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Windows 3.1 | repo here - shared source | |
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Screenshot flows, several OSes | ||
GUIdebook | Screenshots, several OSes |
Plus some other ones on Wikipedia
Libraries:
OS GUI, which is in the process of being extracted from this project
- Packard Belle, React95, and another one called React95, with similar goals!
BrowserFS, a filesystem abstraction library powering 98.js
Also:
- Awesome Attwood's Law, a curated list of JavaScript reimplementations, similar to /r/atwoodslaw/
See CONTRIBUTING
See TODO