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
• 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 😉)
• 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

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
• 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 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/

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING

Development Setup

• Install Git if you don't already have it.
• Install Node.js if you don't already have it.
• Open up a terminal / command prompt in the project directory, and run npm install to install dependencies.
• Run npm start to 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

TODO

See TODO