Ask HN: Again: The “I want to do everything but end up doing nothing” dilemma

1. daedalOS

   1 213 10,003 9.7 JavaScript

   Desktop environment in the browser

   

   Haha thanks, much appreciated! The original idea came out of laziness and thinking it would be easier to just give users RDP access to my computer than actually design a cool site for my blog/pics/etc. I also give credit to Windows 10's UI for being so simplistic that I got inspired to thinking I could recreate it with CSS/HTML/JS. The code itself did have a bit of an evolution as my career in software development evolved and I moved from working with Angular to working in React. Over the last 4 years I've re-made the project 3 times, my latest iteration being named daedalOS and taking almost 2 years. I streamed most of it on my YouTube channel as I was making it and it's open source (https://github.com/DustinBrett/daedalOS) if you're interested.

2. SaaSHub

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   SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

   

3. awesome-web-desktops

   2 17 1,467 8.9

   Websites, web apps, portfolios which look like desktop operating systems

   

   Thanks glad you liked it! There other "desktop environments" in the browser (https://github.com/syxanash/awesome-web-desktops), but I tried my best to be one of the more accurate/functional ones.

4. js-dos

   3 18 1,088 8.8 TypeScript

   The best API for running dos programs in browser

   

   Thanks glad you liked it! It's actually not a port but is running on DOS via https://js-dos.com/, same as Doom and Jazz Jackrabbit. I actually have my 8 favorite Shareware games on my website which can all be played.

   https://dustinbrett.com/?app=FileExplorer&url=/Users/Public/...

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