Alternatives

Products that do what I built a retro Macintosh desktop in the browser does

1. 1IA
   I am building a next-gen browser▲68

   2011 · ashraful.org

2. 2IB
   I built a 4kb alternative to React, Vue, etc for building web UIs.▲343

   2021 · synergyjs.org

3. 3W9
   Windows 98 in browser▲356

   2016 · copy.sh

4. 4AN
   A new hobby OS from “scratch” in C#▲310

   2017 · github.com

5. 5IW
   I wrote an Enigma machine emulator for the Web▲83

   2019 · enigma.lh.mk

6. 6AW
   A Windows 7 web desktop recreation▲74

   2021 · desk.glitchy.website

7. 7CB
   CyberWeb – Building a Web Browser from Scratch on Windows 2000 [video]▲91

   2019 · youtube.com

8. 8IB
   I built an iOS remake of that old windows game SkiFree▲107

   2015 · thewaterbear.com

9. 9IW
   I was drowning in browser tabs, so I built this▲9

   Jun 2026 · microsoftedge.microsoft.com

10. 10
    macintosh.js▲198

    A 1991 Macintosh in an app - for Windows, Linux, and macOS

    2020

11. 11IB
    I built a full-size arcade machine from scratch (CAD-files + images)▲35

    2020 · github.com

12. 12RM
    Revived my personal website to join the nostalgia▲116

    2020 · gasoved.github.io

13. 13BM
    Built my resume as an interactive website, version-controlled on Github▲82

    2012 · github.com

14. 14TI
    Tux.io – a (now working) Linux desktop in your browser▲64

    2017 · tux.io

15. 15PB
    PC Builder Tool (My 1 year old side project)▲13

    2014 · assembleyourpc.net

16. 16AP
    Arcade – Play retro games streamed inside a browser▲26

    2015 · arcadeup.io

17. 17JC
    JS Cloud/Web Desktop I made in my spare-time▲5

    2013 · andersevenrud.github.com

18. 18IB
    I built a GUI version of htop/top for your Mac's menu bar▲6

    2024 · apps.apple.com

19. 19BA
    Bunny – An Ephemeral Desktop in the Browser▲15

    2021 · bunny.lucy.sh

20. 20AA
    An Apple-like computer with a built-in BASIC interpreter in my game▲9

    2025 · reprobate.site

21. 21NA
    Nostalgia – A shareable Windows 98 desktop builder▲9

    Jul 2026 · nostalgia-stilloo.zocomputer.io

22. 22MH
    My humble little side project to support OSS and developer happiness▲16

    2011 · rubypair.com

23. 23IB
    I built a “Task Quick Add” desktop modal▲7

    2021 · cln.sh

24. 24MF
    My first platformer game (Mac, Demo)▲10

    2014 · blog.helftone.com

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