d8q8 / 98

💿 Web-based Windows 98 desktop recreation 💾

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
• Cheat codes ;)
• A clock that shows the actual time, woo
• Currently, an extremely illegitimate start menu
• Meticulous detail in many areas (altho there's obviously lots "missing")
• Icons for various browsers, for home screens, for the Windows 10 start menu, even a Safari pinned tab icon, theoretically

Try it out

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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:

• Pipes
• JavaScript Solitaire Game
• Windows Classic theme designer

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 "legit" 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

Plus some other ones on Wikipedia

Libraries:

• OS GUI, which is in the process of being extracted from this project
• 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