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24 alternatives to Windows 95 in an Electron App
Windows 95 in an app. Runs on macOS, Linux, and Windows. - felixrieseberg/windows95
Windows 95 in an Electron App is a nostalgic recreation of the classic Windows 95 operating system built as a desktop application. It provides users interested in retro computing with an interactive simulation of the… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Windows 95 in an Electron App launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Windows 95▲405Windows 95 app that runs on macOS, Windows, and Linux
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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macintosh.js▲198A 1991 Macintosh in an app - for Windows, Linux, and macOS
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2015 · win95.ajf.me · its alternatives →
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Run KolibriOS, Linux or Windows 98 in your browser
2016 · copy.sh · its alternatives →
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A Lightweight Electron App Container. Contribute to thomastschurtschenthaler/electrico development by creating an account on GitHub.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A year ago, my co-founder launched Desktop Docs here on HN. It's a Mac app we built with Electron that uses CLIP embeddings to search photos and videos locally with natural language. We got positive feedback from HN and our first paying customers, but the app was almost 1GB and clunky to use. TLDR; rebuilding in Rust was the right move. So we rewrote the app with Rust and Tauri and here are the results: - App size is 83% smaller: 1GB → 172MB - DMG Installer is 70% smaller: 232MB → 69.5MB - Indexing files is faster: A 38-minute video now indexes in ~3 minutes instead of 10-14 minutes -…
2025 · desktopdocs.com · its alternatives →
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A cross platform, open source app store for Electron.js apps
2021 · its alternatives →
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RetroTick parses PE/NE/MZ binaries, emulates an x86 CPU, and stubs enough Win32/Win16/DOS APIs to run classics like FreeCell, Minesweeper, Solitaire and QBasic, entirely in the browser. Built with Preact + Vite + TypeScript. Demo: https://retrotick.com GitHub: https://github.com/lqs/retrotick
Feb 2026 · retrotick.com · its alternatives →
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A video and channel downloader that supports 110 websites, powered by Electron and youtube-dl - mayeaux/videodownloader
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Windows 96▲88A live simulation of Windows 98 in the browser
2021 · windows96.net · its alternatives →
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ToDesktop 2.0▲380All in one platform for building and releasing desktop apps
2020 · todesktop.com · its alternatives →
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2019 · deskgap.com · its alternatives →
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Desktop runtime for apps built on web technologies, using the system's own web browser engine - pojala/electrino
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Winrt APIs-node.js modules generator. Contribute to NodeRT/NodeRT development by creating an account on GitHub.
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! If you've ever tried to build a desktop app, you probably understand our frustrations with how challenging it is to build one and make it available on Mac, Windows, and Linux. Even with Electron, you still have to set up your own build pipelines, updating mechanisms, code-signing, deployments, and deal with cross-platform compatibility issues. We built EXT to make building cross-platform desktop software easier! Dog-fooding our own APIs, we ported 36 initial games and utilities to the EXT store (all free), and we've open-sourced all of them: https://github.com/extpkg If…
2024 · ext.store · its alternatives →
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Hi all, 1995 was a simpler time. There was no react, SSR, component libraries, and developers only had 4MB of RAM to work with. If you ask me, UIs have only gone downhill since then. So I created windows95jobs.com so people can experience the joy of simpler software while looking for a new SWE job. Repo: https://github.com/KyleMoore1/Win95Jobs (Built with react lol)
2025 · windows95jobs.com · its alternatives →
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Windows 9X▲148Windows 98 but all of the apps are AI generated
2024 · windows9x.com · its alternatives →
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Electron Fiddle▲247Create, run, package, and share experiments with Electron.
2018 · medium.com · its alternatives →
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Electron.NET▲84Build cross platform desktop apps with .NET Core
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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