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24 alternatives to I wrote a website in 6502 assembly
This project is a website built entirely in 6502 assembly language, the processor architecture used in classic computers like the Commodore 64 and Apple II. It demonstrates how web applications can be constructed using… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. I wrote a website in 6502 assembly launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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2021 · tejotron.com · its alternatives →
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Yet another 6502 emulator that one day dreams of being an Atari 2600. - haldean/x6502
2013 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Learn how classic game hardware worked. Write code and see it run instantly.
2016 · 8bitworkshop.com · its alternatives →
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Finally got my hobby OS up and running on real hardware. I love the old IBM thinkpads, so thought it was the perfect machine to get it working on. Been working on it for quite some time now, but this has been a big milestone!
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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This is ymawky, a static file web server for MacOS written entirely in ARM64 assembly. It supports GET, PUT, DELETE, HEAD, and OPTIONS requests, and supports Range: bytes=X-Y headers (which allows scrubbing for video streaming). It decodes percent-encoded URLs, strictly enforces docroot, serves custom error pages for any HTTP error response, supports directory listing, and has (some) mitigations against slowloris-like attacks. I’ve also written a more detailed writeup here: https://imtomt.github.io/ymawky/
May 2026 · github.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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2025 · carimbo.run · its alternatives →
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Lots of fun to do. I would have not taken the time without the speedup provided by Claude. https://andyrosa.github.io/Sinclaude/simulator.html
2025 · its alternatives →
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A clock app for my Apple ][ clone in 6502 assembly, using interrupts generated by an inductive proximity sensor and a physical pendulum clock. I wanted to polish the code a bit more before sharing (I especially dislike the self modifying code part), but the computer seems to have developed a hardware problem lately and it keeps crashing (bad RAM chip most likely), so I am sharing as is.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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An assembler for the LC-3 fictitious computer. Contribute to cellularmitosis/lc3as.py development by creating an account on GitHub.
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hello, World! written in seemingly "gibberish" x86 assembly using obfuscation on the assembly and machine code -level - phoreverpheebs/gibberish
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2012 · assembly.ynh.io · its alternatives →
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the BLAKE3 hash function implemented in 6502 assembly - oconnor663/blake3-6502
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Feb 2026 · particlefield.com · its alternatives →
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2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I have been working on this game somewhat sparsely for the past three years or so. However, it is still in a very early stage, and there is a lot of work to do. One of my friends encouraged me to post about it here, since he felt people might find interesting how I don’t use any libraries for it. The game can be played on a browser by virtue of WebAssembly. There are native ports using either MiniFB or SDL2, but you have to build those yourself. I decided to write the game in C because I feel like it is a simple language that a lot of people can understand well enough, and I didn’t think I…
2023 · zamfofex.neocities.org · its alternatives →
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WebAssembly▲86New binary format for compiling applications for the web
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Turing Pi is a compact ARM cluster that provides a secure and scalable compute in the edge. It is designed to make web-scale edge computing easier for developers.
2020 · turingpi.com · its alternatives →
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Disclaimer, I have not yet placed the order. But JLCPCB have so far excepted all files and config so I have 1 more button to press. If anyone see some obvious mistake please send feedback. This project grew out of curiosity. Loved the https://monster6502.com/ project but that is on another level. Here I tried to stay "reasonable" and added a Raspberry Pico 2 W on the back to drive it all. But also, was curious if Claude could pull this off. Guess I will have to place that order to call the cards.
Jul 2026 · epatel.github.io · its alternatives →
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Tiny assembler for 8086/8088, able to run over DOS for 8086/8088 machines. - nanochess/tinyasm
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hi everybody! Due to Covid 19 pandemic I was forced in my home, so I revamped my book https://8bit.gioorgi.com It is a huge collection of information about the 8bit comnputer era (1980-1985) up to the NES console. I collected information from various source including “The 8bit Guy” videos and specific site (like C64 wiki, nesdev etc). I am using docusaurus to give a pleasnt look to the whole site. Please give me you feedback (and happy new year btw)!
2021 · its alternatives →
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2019 · mardix.github.io · its alternatives →
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As a personal project I wrote a really tiny Wat 2 Wasm compiler in Go. Mainly for demonstrative and educational purposes. It was tough: I didn't know anything about WebAssembly internals and I'm a newbie with Go... so I tried to document it as much as I could for anyone that would like to approach the quest in the future! It misses a lot of features (that will be gradually implemented). Any feedback is welcomed!! Demo: https://luna-demo.vercel.app
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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