98.js

A web based Windows 98 desktop remake.

Includes:

• Notepad (separate README)
• Sound Recorder (separate README)
• Paint (separate repository)
• Calculator (separate README)
• 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
• Pinball (original repository) ported by Muzychenko Andrey and Alula
• Winamp 2.9 (separate README; original repository) by Jordan Eldredge
• Windows Explorer / Internet Explorer (separate README)
• Help Viewer
• 📎 Clippy (original repository)

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 😉)
• Meticulous detail in many areas (although 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

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:

• Windows Classic theme designer
• Win95 Media Player

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 many more web desktops on Wikipedia, awesome-web-desktops, and awesome-OS.

Libraries:

• OS-GUI, which grew out of this project
• Packard Belle, React95, and another one called React95, with similar goals to OS-GUI
• BrowserFS, a filesystem abstraction library powering 98