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24 alternatives to exaequOS - a new OS running in a web browser

exaequOS, your browser is your computer

exaequOS is an operating system that runs within a web browser, launched in September 2023. It provides a desktop-like computing environment accessible through any standard web browser without requiring installation.… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. exaequOS - a new OS running in a web browser launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    WebOS▲10

    A full operating system in your browser

    2025 · webos.ct.ws · its alternatives →

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    Your browser is the new operating system

    2022 · neverinstall.com · its alternatives →

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    Demo: https://dustinbrett.com Hey HN! I've been building my passion project daedalOS for over 4 years now. The original idea was to give visitors to my website the experience as if they had remotely connected to my personal machine. To do this I decided I would attempt to recreate as much of the functionality as possible. My hope is to keep working on this project for the rest of my life and continue to evolve it's capabilities as technologies progress. Thanks for checking it out!

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Sacred OS▲155

    Retro OS in your browser

    2024 · sacred.neocities.org · its alternatives →

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    The newest Mac software from Apple

    2024 · apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Run KolibriOS, Linux or Windows 98 in your browser

    2013 · copy.sh · its alternatives →

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    All new OS for your Mac

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    https://lisagui.com/info.html This is a web OS I wrote in vanilla JS that looks like the Apple Lisa Office System (1983-85), with other contemporaneous influences and additional improvements and features. It's currently in alpha and isn't remotely bug free. I had been holding off on posting this here until it was somewhat presentable and useful. Please note; the Lisa conforms more literally to the desktop metaphor than most modern GUIs - some of the important differences are mentioned in the readme. This is a complete recreation of the UI in JS; it all renders to a single…

    2025 · alpha.lisagui.com · its alternatives →

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    Windows 95 app that runs on macOS, Windows, and Linux

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Run KolibriOS, Linux or Windows 98 in your browser

    2016 · copy.sh · its alternatives →

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    The operating system for smart frames. Runs on a Raspberry Pi or ESP32, renders on e-ink, HDMI and LCD displays. Standalone, self-hosted, or managed from FrameOS Cloud - everything renders on the device.

    2024 · frameos.net · its alternatives →

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    daedalOS▲106

    Desktop environment in the browser

    2022 · dustinbrett.com · its alternatives →

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    Move beyond the browser - The operating system for the web!

    2023 · qebot.com · its alternatives →

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    0xWebOS openOS

    2025 · programwebos.netlify.app · its alternatives →

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    Run OS on your browser!

    Nov 2025 · web--os.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    A pretty simple Operating System for my High School Project - aswinmohanme/ultronOS

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A Simple Unix-like operating system. Contribute to ozkl/soso development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    An operating system written in JavaScript. Contribute to haileys/jsos development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2012 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Sava OS▲139

    A desktop interface for your web browser

    2024 · savaos.com · its alternatives →

  21. 21VM

    2013 · blog.grunseid.com · its alternatives →

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    A full web OS running right inside your browser

    Aug 2026 · its alternatives →

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    A multitasking monolithic Kernel based x86 targeting Operating System written in C# from scratch aiming for high-level implementation of drivers in managed environment. - amaneureka/AtomOS

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN! We're Nithin and Nikhil, twin brothers building BrowserOS (YC S24). We're an open-source, privacy-first alternative to the AI browsers from big labs. The big differentiator: on BrowserOS you can use local LLMs or BYOK and run the agent entirely on the client side, so your company/sensitive data stays on your machine! Today we're launching filesystem access... just like Claude Cowork, our browser agent can read files, write files, run shell commands! But honestly, we didn't plan for this. It turns out the privacy decision we made 9 months ago accidentally positioned us for this…

    Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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