RMrmason·Apr 15, 2026Submission
1 points · Open discussionfelixrieseberg
windows95
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felixrieseberg / windows95
windows95
Windows 95 in an app. Runs on macOS, Linux, and Windows.
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Windows 95 in an app. Runs on macOS, Linux, and Windows.
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| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 (partial) | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
19 sourcesWindows 95 in Electron. Runs on macOS, Linux, and Windows
19 points · Open discussionAzure Trusted Signing is one of the best things Microsoft has done for app developers last year, I'm really happy with it. It's $9.99/month and open both to companies and individuals who can verify their identity (it used to only be companies). You really just call signtool.exe with a custom dll.
I wrote @electron/windows-sign specifically to cover it: https://github.com/electron/windows-sign
Reference implementation: https://github.com/felixrieseberg/windows95/blob/master/forg...
In How to gain code execution on hundreds of millions of people and popular appsIf the problem to solve is piping an emacs buffer to a Windows 95 text mode binary and replacing the buffer with the text output, the solution could be
1. Run Windows 95 in an emulator, maybe a webassembly one.
2. Generate the mouse clicks and keyboard events to run that program, probably in a full screen DOS window. It must be in the %PATH%
3. In the same way type in the buffer in the input of the program.
4. OCR the output.
5. Replace the content of the buffer.
I think it is feasible.
Step 1 is for example https://github.com/felixrieseberg/windows95
I wouldn't be surprised that steps 2 to 4 are already implemented in some form.
Step 5 should be trivial.
In Swinging back to open standardsWow - this is crazy timing!
I came across this site sometime ago - but didn't bookmark it.
Just a few hours ago - I found some similar resources and wished I'd bookmarked this list.
And here it is!
Anyway, here's my list on the same theme: Systems running in a browser.
https://simone.computer/#/webdesktops
https://github.com/copy/v86
https://github.com/syxanash/awesome-web-desktops
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_desktop
https://github.com/zriyansh/awesome-os
https://github.com/jeffpar/pcjs
https://github.com/whscullin/apple2js
https://github.com/felixrieseberg/macintosh.js
https://github.com/felixrieseberg/windows95/
https://github.com/1j01/98
Thanks for supplementing my notes stranger!
In A Curated Collection of Websites That Look Like DesktopsTitle says original Windows 95 Paint.exe but readme says it uses JS Paint and the readme of that says it's a web based remake.
https://github.com/felixrieseberg/windows95 seems closer to achieving the title.
In Show HN: JSPaint.exe – Original Windows 95 Paint.exe as a cross-platform binaryA project like this is purely for fun anyway. Maybe the author thought an Electron version would be a fun side project?
Edit: interestingly, it looks like he also has a Windows95 emulator in Electron.
https://github.com/felixrieseberg/windows95
In A virtual Apple Macintosh with System 8, running in ElectronWindows 95 in Electron. Runs on macOS, Linux, and Windows
1 points · Open discussionEven better, https://github.com/felixrieseberg/windows95 open this app full screen on their computer and watch their reaction.
In Fake Windows XP SimulatorWindows 95 in Electron. Runs on macOS, Linux, and Windows
2 points · Open discussionWindows 95 OS as an Electron App for Windows 10, MacOS, and Linux
2 points · Open discussionI greatly enjoy parrot.live (https://github.com/hugomd/parrot.live).
curl parrot.live
Running Windows 95 in an Electron app is also amazing: https://github.com/felixrieseberg/windows95/releases
From stupidhackathon: "an app that orders delivery to a random location, and ubers you there...": https://twitter.com/chromakode/status/731942777131425792?lan...
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