I spent a year building a desktop environment that runs in the browser

In plain words

Puter is a desktop environment that runs entirely in a web browser, developed over the course of a year. It provides a familiar graphical interface similar to traditional operating systems but accessible through any browser. The project is designed for users who want a desktop-like computing experience without installing software locally. Puter combines file management, applications, and system features into a single browser-based platform.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

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  Puter2023 · puter.com · ▲240

  A computer in your browser

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  3 years and 1M users later, I just open-sourced my "Internet OS"2024 · github.com · ▲1,274

  🌐 The Internet Computer! Free, Open-Source, and Self-Hostable. - HeyPuter/puter

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  Flash Browser2025 · puter.com · ▲13

  A fast, elegant, web-based browser made for Puter OS

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  CloudTabs2024 · puter.com · ▲139

  A browser in a computer in your browser

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  Pocket Puter2018 · pocketputer.com · ▲89

  A Pocket Puter is a smartphone used as a computer.

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  Windows 952018 · github.com · ▲405

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

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  SimCity, but with Permits▲936

  A free city-building game in your browser. You are the mayor. You know what the city needs. Now get it past the zoning board, the neighbors, the appeals court and the next election.

  Life & fun · 3d ago · permit.petercai.com

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  I've been paying for a rural Tanzanian's education for 10 years▲778

  Life & fun · 15d ago · tanzaniaeducationproject.org

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  Bigwords.page – Turn any screen into a sign. The URL is the app▲728

  Turn a phone, tablet or TV into a sign. Type a message and it fills the screen: welcome signs, timers, Wi-Fi passwords and more. No app, no account, free.

  Life & fun · 16d ago · bigwords.page

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  Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard▲573

  Play a free virtual guitar online with your keyboard or by touch. Slow songs down and see every chord, string and strum. Acoustic, classic, electric and bass.

  Life & fun · 10d ago · guitoro.com

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  See *almost* any carriers phone settings▲432

  Carrier settings from iPhone, Pixel and Galaxy firmware, decoded and compared: APNs, VoLTE, 5G and Wi-Fi Calling per carrier, and what each build changed.

  Life & fun · 14d ago · carrierexplode.com

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  The whole Solar System and every tracked satellite, live in the browser▲407

  Life & fun · 24d ago · space.bl2.net

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  A friend and I spent 6 years making a simulation game, finally released▲1,157

  I've seen some interests in (simulation) video games here on HN so I thought I'd share a short version of our story. More than 6 years ago, me and my friend from university were playing around with an idea of making a game we always wanted to play. We worked on it on weekends but the progress was quite slow, especially due to so many dead ends and wasted effort. Eventually however, we solidified our direction and decided to take the risk to resign from our well paid SWE jobs and work on it full time. It took more than a year but yesterday we have finally released it on Steam:…

  Life & fun · 2022

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  A central bank simulator game with a realistic economic model▲815

  Life & fun · 2022 · benoitessiambre.com

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  I stripped DALL·E Mini to its bare essentials and converted it to Torch▲663

  min(DALL·E) is a fast, minimal port of DALL·E Mini to PyTorch - kuprel/min-dalle

  Life & fun · 2022 · github.com

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  Untitled UI Icons▲634

  1,100+ free Figma icons for modern UI design.

  Dev tools · 2022 · untitledui.com

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  MakerBox▲621

  600 tools with generous free plans for indie entrepreneurs

  Dev tools · 2022 · makerbox.club

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  Typedream CMS▲593

  Display your Notion data beautifully on your site, no-code

  Dev tools · 2022 · typedream.com