browservice VS webone

Compare browservice vs webone and see what are their differences.

browservice

Browservice: Browse the modern web on historical browsers (by ttalvitie)

webone

HTTP 1.x proxy that makes old web browsers usable again in the Web 2.0 world. (by atauenis)
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browservice webone
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7.8 8.4
2 months ago 17 days ago
C++ C#
MIT License GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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browservice

Posts with mentions or reviews of browservice. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-16.

webone

Posts with mentions or reviews of webone. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-16.
  • Connect to internet
    4 projects | /r/VintageApple | 16 Mar 2023
    WebOne - proxy you run on another computer
  • 16 bit Netscape Navigator for Windows 3.1 still can browse the web
    2 projects | /r/vintagecomputing | 30 Jan 2023
    Check out WeBone - https://github.com/atauenis/webone - a proxy to make the modern Web somewhat more digestible to old browsers.
  • Any way to read Reddit on emulated classic Mac?
    2 projects | /r/VintageApple | 28 Jan 2023
    Now this is interesting. If the OP has a more modern computer (or even a Raspberry PI) he can use WebONE HTTP Proxy
  • MASTODON WE COME!
    3 projects | /r/VintageApple | 21 Dec 2022
    Some nerdy details:The open source app is written in MacPython 1.5.2. In order to run it there's a bunch of tinkering required. You need to enable Open Transport Networking (Apple Extras - Network Software selector). You will also need Internet Config 1.4. In there you have to play a bit around with the DNS-settings for it to actually find anything. Furthermore you need to host a WebOne HTML proxy on a modern machine to bypass the SSL-requirement of Mastodon. The latter can be assigned globally in the Internet Config too. To sign in into your Mastodon instance you also may need something like iCap which worked for me to complete the sign in process.Expect to do some troubleshooting (since nothing will work haha) or maybe don't do it altogether since OS 7 is everything but a piece of software you want to connect to the internet.
  • Retro Operating Systems
    2 projects | /r/retrocomputing | 18 Nov 2022
  • My Favourite Computer, an Old Mac
    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 7 Oct 2022
    I’ve got the Mac hooked up via an esp8266 running a SLIP server. Most of what I do on it web wise is through Gopher, it’s just the best overall solution for a computer of that age imo.

    Things like HNGopher and 68k.news are great, those kinds of services make it very usable even in the modern world. I had no idea lynx ever had a 68k release, but I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised.

    I have an HTTP proxy setup[1] which will downgrade https to http so that Netscape on the Mac can load sites, if for some reason I need to do so.

    Thanks again for the links. Someday I’d like to get a version of my site on gopher too.

    [1] https://github.com/atauenis/webone

  • Which internet-connected apps can you still get some good value outta?
    3 projects | /r/VintageApple | 7 May 2022
    As for other options, what I know of at least, for surfing the modern web, things like WRP and WebOne can help make it more smooth, though with some caveats.
  • Best way to use the internet on Windows 98?
    2 projects | /r/vintagecomputing | 14 Mar 2022
    WebOne is a great vintage web proxy for this particular era of computer. It does a pretty decent job keeping websites looking “good” and transcodes multimedia contents as well.
  • BeOS 3.1: After 24 years, I finally get to try the PPC version
    2 projects | /r/retrobattlestations | 22 Jan 2022
  • Tips for getting browsers to work semi well?
    3 projects | /r/VintageApple | 5 Jun 2021
    If you need to run something older then the web one proxy can convert modern https to http. I have it running on my home server and i use it for older browsers like classilla.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing browservice and webone you can also consider the following projects:

docker-firefox - Docker container for Firefox

wrp - Web Rendering Proxy: Use vintage, historical, legacy browsers on modern web

browsh - A fully-modern text-based browser, rendering to TTY and browsers

retronas - Use a Raspberry Pi, old computer or VM as network storage for different retro computers and consoles

retro-proxy - A https to http proxy that allow old browsers to access modern sites, with conversion and compression options.

ViewFinderJS - :camera: ViewFinder - Remote isolated browser API for security, automation visibility and interactivity. RBI. CBII. Remote browser isolation, embeddable BrowserView, secure chrome-as-a-service. Managed, variable bandwidth and co-browsing options available in Pro versions. Like S2, WebGap, Bromium, Authentic8, Menlo Security and Broadcom, but free and open-source. Integrated secure document viewing with CDR from https://github.com/dosyago/p2%2e [Moved to: https://github.com/i5ik/ViewFinder]

fox-toolkit - Unofficial Zenotech specific mirror of fox-toolkit; please refer to upstream site for latest version

docker-baseimage-gui - A minimal docker baseimage to ease creation of X graphical application containers

v86 - x86 PC emulator and x86-to-wasm JIT, running in the browser

oasis - a small statically-linked linux system

retroproxy - A reverse proxy for login and game servers of Dofus Retro.