file-system-access
daedalOS
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Bikeshed | JavaScript | |
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | MIT License |
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file-system-access
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The web just gets better with Interop 2024
You can read about the privacy concerts the community group published [1].
[1]: https://wicg.github.io/file-system-access/#privacy-considera...
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I spent two years building a desktop environment that runs in the browser, it's finally in beta!
WHATWG File System Standard provides a means to write directories and files to the private origin storage associated with a Web page origin. If you want you can use WICG File System Access API to write data directly to your filesystem in the browser. WHATWG File System Standard uses the same FileSystemDirectoryHandle and FileSystemFileHandle defined by File System Access API.
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How to execute arbitrary dynamic shell scripts from and read output in the browser
Chromium-based browsers support File Systeam Access API.
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"Can't open files in this folder because it contains system files"
We have stopped using the file system access API: https://github.com/WICG/file-system-access/issues/401
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SQLite WASM in the Browser Backed by the Origin Private File System
Where file handling is concerned, there are at least
- File System Access API, https://wicg.github.io/file-system-access/
- File Handling, https://github.com/WICG/file-handling/blob/master/explainer....
- Origin Private File System, https://github.com/WICG/file-system-access/blob/main/AccessH...
There was also Storage Foundation API to which the reaction was "I don't think it's an acceptable outcome for the web platform to have that many ways to work with files" :) https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/481 This one never saw the light of day.
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Learn Postgres at the Playground
Huh. Disregard what I wrote entirely, then. Reading through https://github.com/WICG/file-system-access/blob/main/AccessH..., I can see how they’ve bypassed most of the problems I saw—I was making unnecessary assumptions.
Thank you for correcting me.
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The State of WebAssembly 2022
> Browsers have never let anything (not even JS) have raw access to the host FS
I'm not sure what you mean by "raw access", but the File System Access API certainly allows web applications to do a lot of things.
> The File System Access API (formerly known as Native File System API and prior to that it was called Writeable Files API) enables developers to build powerful web apps that interact with files on the user's local device, like IDEs, photo and video editors, text editors, and more.
https://web.dev/file-system-access/
> After a user grants a web app access, this API allows the app to read or save changes directly to files and folders on the user’s device. Beyond reading and writing files, this API provides the ability to open a directory and enumerate its contents. Additionally, web apps can use this API to store references to files and directories they’ve been given access to, allowing the web apps to later regain access to the same content without requiring the user to select the same file again.
> Additionally this API also makes it possible for websites to get access to some directory without having to first prompt the user for access.
https://wicg.github.io/file-system-access/
It's not just a draft, it's been part of Chrome since version 78 in 2019.
> After a user grants access, this API allows web apps to read or save changes directly to files and folders on the user's device. It does all this by invoking the platform's own open and save dialog boxes.
https://blog.chromium.org/2019/09/chrome-78-beta-new-houdini...
Discussion at the time:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21032537
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How to Persist Web App Data in the User File System?
In the post, the Vite webserver is only used to serve the HTML and JS static files to the browser. When the user saves or opens text files, the code uses the web File System Access API (https://wicg.github.io/file-system-access/) to interact with the user file system.
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The road to universal JavaScript
Have you heard of Project Fugu and their idea of a File System Access API in the browser? https://wicg.github.io/file-system-access/
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What's your prefered way to allow end user to rename multiple text files?
I don't know a C++ equivalent of HTML , prompt(), or File System Access API (https://wicg.github.io/file-system-access/; https://web.dev/file-system-access/) using JavaScript in the browser window.
daedalOS
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3 YEARS On My Side Project!
I've learned so much while making this project into my personal website (dustinbrett.com). It's made me a much better web developer as I have tried to emulate a desktop environment with pixel perfect accuracy using CSS, HTML & JavaScript.
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How I got nominated for a Webby Award
I'm very happy to announce that my personal website has once again been nominated for a Webby Award!
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Windows 3D Pinball (Space Cadet)
This has also been ported to the web via Emscripten. I host it on my website if anyone wants to play. https://dustinbrett.com/?app=SpaceCadet
- Show HN: 3 years and 1M users later, I just open-sourced my "Internet OS"
- Website Impersonating a Desktop Environment
- FLaNK Weekly 18 Dec 2023
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The Ultimate Web Desktop Environment (3,500 commits over 3 years)
Demo: https://dustinbrett.com/
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Unpopular Opinion: Desktop GUI is the most efficient and fulfilling way of Human-Computer Interaction
As someone who built a website around this idea, I agree! The desktop metaphor is powerful. If anyone wants to check it out it's at https://dustinbrett.com
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Show HN: ExaequOS, a new OS running in a web browser
Very cool! It's always refreshing to see the "OS in the browser" projects that try and actually make something functional. I've been working on one myself for nearly 3 years now, called daedalOS (https://github.com/DustinBrett/daedalOS).
The WASM kernel idea is very cool and I hope one day to be able to add something similar to my project. I think you are onto something and I am excited to see your progress as you implement the GUI.
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Os.js – open-source JavaScript web desktop platform with a window manager
If you want some Browserception, my desktop environment (https://dustinbrett.com/) can indeed do this. But after a few levels in Chromium you need to add a random query string (/?a=1) to the URL otherwise it stops working.
What are some alternatives?
datasette-lite - Datasette running in your browser using WebAssembly and Pyodide
eruda - Console for mobile browsers
brave-browser - Brave browser for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows.
music-metadata-browser - Browser version of music-metadata parser Supporting a wide range of audio and tag formats.
webusb - Connecting hardware to the web.
BrowserFS - BrowserFS is an in-browser filesystem that emulates the Node JS filesystem API and supports storing and retrieving files from various backends.
fs - File System Standard
js-dos - The best API for running dos programs in browser
standards-positions
v86 - x86 PC emulator and x86-to-wasm JIT, running in the browser
construct-stylesheets - API for constructing CSS stylesheet objects
SpaceCadetPinball - Emscripten port of 3D Pinball for Windows – Space Cadet decompilation