macOS 8 Running in the Browser

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  • SurveyJS - Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App
  • InfluxDB - Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale
  • WorkOS - The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS
  • infinite-mac

    A classic Mac loaded with everything you'd want

    Creator of the site here. There's a blog post with the technical details if you're curious about how it works and whose work it builds on: https://blog.persistent.info/2022/03/blog-post.html

    There are also a couple of variants that boot either System 7.5.3 or KanjiTalk 7.5.3 (the Japanese version of MacOS): https://system7.app/ and https://kanjitalk7.app/

  • v86

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

    > Windows 98 in a browser

    This might be a good start:

    https://copy.sh/v86/?profile=windows98

    The emulation has load/save state (.bin file), and apparently includes a floppy disk controller.

    https://github.com/copy/v86

  • SurveyJS

    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.

  • awesome-os

    A collection of all big and small open-source clones of Linux, Windows, and macOS operating system and their software. (by zriyansh)

    If you like this, check these: https://github.com/zriyansh/awesome-os

  • wrp

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

  • oldweb-today

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

    https://oldweb.today/ gives you that experience, using some of the same building blocks.

  • lunatic-fringe

    Lunatic Fringe is a game originally distributed as an AfterDark screensaver

  • kidpix

    JSKIDPIX v1.0.2021

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

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