MicroWeb
DOS Web browser for 8088 class machines (by jhhoward)
puppy-browser
An example implementation of a tiny Web browser for educational purposes. (by lmt-swallow)
| MicroWeb | puppy-browser | |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | 4 | |
| 419 | 619 | |
| - | - | |
| 8.9 | 0.0 | |
| 11 days ago | over 1 year ago | |
| C++ | Rust | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | MIT License |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
MicroWeb
Posts with mentions or reviews of MicroWeb.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-06.
- MicroWeb 2.0 – DOS web browser for Intel 8088
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NetSurf Web Browser
MicroWeb[0] similarly provides a DOS web browser that works on CGA today.
0. https://github.com/jhhoward/MicroWeb
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Browsing the web on my turbo xt
Microweb, a browser designed to be run on 8088 machines
- Web browsing over WiFi with an HP 95LX palmtop computer
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Hacker News top posts: Dec 31, 2021
MicroWeb DOS web browser – for 8088 systems\ (7 comments)
- MicroWeb DOS web browser – for 8088 systems
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Browsing Reddit on an Intel 8088, using a modem from the 1960s
Thanks to jhhoward for their work on [Microweb](https://github.com/jhhoward/MicroWeb)
Thanks to jhhoward for their work on Microweb
- I made it work!!
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Checking Reddit on an Intel 8088 running Windows 1.04 on a modem from the 1960s
In another video I have the laptop connect directly to Reddit using a browser called Microweb instead, though in that case it's actually connecting to a proxy running on the server that handles translation of https to http.
puppy-browser
Posts with mentions or reviews of puppy-browser.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-10-24.
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New browsers
There are: Flow Browser, Stack Browser, Nux, Holla, MicroWeb, Puppy Browser and my Qt Ultralight Browser (WIP).
- Puppy Browser: a tiny Rust web browser implementation
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Hacker News top posts: Jul 11, 2021
Show HN: A tiny Web browser implementation with V8 JavaScript engine and Rust\ (0 comments)
- Show HN: A tiny Web browser implementation with V8 JavaScript engine and Rust
What are some alternatives?
When comparing MicroWeb and puppy-browser you can also consider the following projects:
retro-proxy - A https to http proxy that allow old browsers to access modern sites, with conversion and compression options.
qt-ultralight-browser - Ultra-lightweight web browser based on Qt Ultralight webview, powered by Ultralight HTML renderer
eurorack-cpu - A CPU implemented in a modular synthesizer
kosmonaut - A web browser engine for the space age :rocket:
hicolor - 🎨 Convert images to 15/16-bit RGB color with dithering