BrowserOS
Electron app turned into OS
⚠️ This project probably won't be maintained nor updated in any way. If you've found an issue or have a feature request,please keep it to yourself.don't be lazy and feel free to fork this repo and fix/implement it by yourself.
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❔ What Is This
Bare minimal JavaScript GUI for an x64 Linux OS. It uses linux.js, a debian based linux distro under the hood and an Electron app with TypeScript + SolidJS to interact and build a UI on top of it.
😕 But Why?
Because sometimes all you need is love a browser and... why not?
✨ Features
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Built with web technologies.
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No telemetry or other bloatware.
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Safe by default since everything is in a sandbox.
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Light and dark theme.
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Very minimal, Chromium based, web browser.
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Clock with date & time. But it's in JavaScript, so take it with a grain of salt.
❗ Limitations
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Built with web technologies.
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No filesystem. Could be probably implemented though.
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Does not work on Windows WSL2. Related issue.
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Electron
v9.4.4and (because of this) Chromiumv83.0.4103.122. So no scoped CSS or others (relatively) new features. 😞 Related issues: #20086, #17049 and #19847.
💾 Download
$ git clone https://github.com/UstymUkhman/BrowserOS.git
$ cd BrowserOS/
$ pnpm i # Install project dependencies
$ npx reqs # Download Linux filesystem⌨️ Develop
$ pnpm start:web # As a web application
$ pnpm start:app # As an electron application✔️ Lint
$ pnpm lint:js # Run eslint for TS and JS
$ pnpm lint:css # Run stylelint for CSS🧱 Build
$ pnpm build:web # As a web application
$ pnpm build:app # As an electron application
$ pnpm build:test # As an unpacked application
$ pnpm build:prod # As a production application🚀 Run
💻 Qemu (Linux):
$ pnpm build:app # Build as an electron application
$ pnpm build:prod # Package it to be production-ready
$ npx linuxjs # Create an ISO image and launch qemu to run it:
$ qemu-system-x86_64 -boot d -cdrom filesystem/BrowserOS.iso -m 4096👏 Credits
A special thank goes to MainSilent for this awesome package.