Show HN: Browse the (old) web with emulated browsers running in the browser

• oldweb-today

  22 238 4.2 JavaScript

  Browse emulated browsers connected to old web sites in your browser!

  

https://github.com/oldweb-today/oldweb-today

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• picotcp.js

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I'm excited to share the latest update from Webrecorder project, the release of a new OldWeb.today (https://oldweb.today), now running emulated browsers using JS/WASM entirely in your browser!

This is an update to the previous version (discussed 5 years ago at: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10653033)

This builds on much previous work, including two excellent emulators, v86 (previously discussed at: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11155203) and Basilisk in JS (mentioned here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20632843) running in the browser. These were modified to support a browser-based network stack, an Emscripten build of picotcp created by the bwFla Emulation-as-a-Service team (https://gitlab.com/emulation-as-a-service/picotcp.js)

The IE and Netscape browsers support older versions of Flash and Java. For good measure, there is also an option to run just the Ruffle emulator (discussed at: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25242115) for Flash-only emulation in your current browser.

The system can browse live web pages as well as archived pages from Internet Archive's Wayback Machine.

• SurveyJS

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  Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

  

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