Reframe
Turn your Mac into a time machine.
Reframe launched on June 20, 2026 with 268 votes, #97 of 22,647 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches.
In plain words
Reframe is an open-source browser for macOS built on Electron that recreates the visual design and interface of classic web browsers from the late 1990s and early 2000s, including Safari 1.0, Netscape 4.8, Firefox 1.0, and Internet Explorer 5.0. It includes a Wayback Mode feature for browsing archived versions of websites. The browser is designed for users nostalgic for early internet aesthetics who want to experience modern web browsing through a retro interface.
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Reframe is an open-source browser based on Electron for macOS that brings back the look & feel of Safari 1.0, Netscape 4.8, Firefox 1.0 and Internet Explorer 5.0, with a built-in Wayback Mode.
Reframe is an open-source Electron browser for macOS that brings back the look & feel of Safari 1.0, Netscape 4.8, Firefox 1.0 and Internet Explorer 5.0, with a built-in Wayback Mode.
A real Chromium browser with swappable retro chrome, Wayback time travel and 56k feel. See the modern web through the eyes of 1999. Here's how the first three themes look on modern macOS, with a real website loaded. Reframe is a desktop browser for macOS that looks exactly like Netscape, Internet Explorer, Firefox or Safari did back then: including toolbar icons, status bar and the spinning “throbber” in the top right. Under the hood it runs a modern browser engine, so you can actually browse the real web. Electron is a framework for building desktop apps out of web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript). Apps like VS Code, Slack and Discord are built with Electron. Chromium is the…from myretromac.app
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