98.js
A web based Windows 98 desktop remake.
Includes:
Notepad (separate README)
Sound Recorder (separate README)
Paint (separate repository)
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
Try it out
License
Not yet licensed.
This project is currently source-available / shared source, but not open source.
Related Projects
Apps that it would be nice to integrate:
Other online operating systems / web desktops:, Name & Link, Vague Description, Repo & License, Chat, -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------, ----------------------------------, --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------, -----------------------------------------, Rahul.io, another Windows 98 remake, repo here - MIT license,
Windows 93, a "fictional version of Windows", (not open source currently), Discord, ? ZineOS, emojis everywhere, repo here - MIT license, Discord,
EmuOS, emulator-focused Win9X desktop, repo here - shared source, Discord,
OS.js, a more serious web desktop, repo here - simplified BSD license, Gitter,
Friend, another serious one, repo here - different licenses for different parts,
CloudDesk, another serious one, (explicitly not open source),
AaronOS, interesting aesthetic, repo here - shared source, Discord,
Web Desktop, Windows 10 like "startpage",
System, Windows 10 like thing,
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,
vue win3.1, Windows 3.1, repo here - shared source,
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!
- Packard Belle,
BrowserFS, a filesystem abstraction library powering 98.js
Also:
- Awesome Attwood's Law, a curated list of JavaScript reimplementations, similar to /r/atwoodslaw/
Contributing
See CONTRIBUTING
TODO
See TODO