A web based Windows 98 desktop remake.
Includes:
Notepad (separate README)
Sound Recorder (separate README)
Paint (separate repository)
3D Pipes (separate repository)- 3D FlowerBox (original repository) by Kevin Shannon
Minesweeper (separate README; original repository) by Jon Ziebell
Solitaire (original repository) by Radovan Janjic
Winamp 2.9 (separate README; original repository) by Jordan Eldredge
Windows Explorer / 
Internet Explorer (separate README)
Help Viewer
Features:
- Drop files onto the desktop, and they'll be stored in a virtual filesystem
- Load Windows themes! Many are included in the Themes folder on the desktop.
- Easter eggs (try a famous cheat code ๐)
- Meticulous detail in many areas (altho there's obviously lots "missing")
- Help > Help Topics in Paint, Sound Recorder, Notepad, and Minesweeper
- You can add the site to your homescreen on mobile
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Not yet licensed. This project is currently source-available / shared source, but not open source.
Apps that it would be nice to integrate:
Windows Classic theme designer
Win95 Media Player
Other online operating systems / web desktops:
| Name & Link | Vague Description | Repo & License | Chat |
|---|---|---|---|
 ย Rahul.io |
another Windows 98 remake | repo here - MIT license | |
 ย Windowsย 93 |
a "fictional version of Windows" | (not open source currently) | Discord |
| ๐ก ZineOS | emojis everywhere | repo here - MIT license | Discord |
 ย EmuOS |
emulator-focused Win9X desktop | repo here - shared source | Discord |
 ย OS.js |
a more serious web desktop | repo here - simplified BSD license | Gitter |
 ย Friend |
another serious one | repo here - different licenses for different parts | |
 ย CloudDesk |
another serious one | (explicitly not open source) | |
 ย AaronOS |
interesting aesthetic | repo here - shared source | Discord |
 ย Webย Desktop |
Windows 10 like "startpage" | ||
 ย System |
Windows 10 like thing | ||
 ย WinXP |
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 | |
 ย vue win3.1 |
Windows 3.1 | repo here - shared source | |
 ย VirtualDesktop |
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
- Install Git if you don't already have it.
- Install Node.js if you don't already have it.
- Clone the repository.
- Open up a terminal / command prompt in the project directory, and run
npm installto install dependencies. - Run
npm startto start up a live-reloading development web server.
When pulling changes from git, run npm install again in case there are any new or updated dependencies.
(If you know package-lock.json hasn't changed, you shouldn't need to do this.)
Some dependencies are versioned with npm, but pulled into the repo with npm run pull-libs
See TODO