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Welcome to the OS.js (v2) Wiki
OS.js is a light-weight JavaScript based web/cloud desktop solution.
All the documentation is located in the Pages section.
If you are looking for source-code documentation see the doc/ directory.
I have a demo running on my server: http://osjsv2.0o.no
Please note that it may be unavailable at times and slightly out-of-date.
- Window Manager and Desktop Environment with Theme support
- Support for saving and restoring sessions
- File-system API to handle file manipulations etc.
- Localization and Translation support
- Easy-to-use GUI, Application and Core API for creating custom Applications
- Runs on all web-servers using PHP5 or node.js
- Uses no third-party libraries
- Light-weight and super fast
- Draw - A simple drawing application
- Calculator - Simple calculator
- File Manager - File Management
- Preview - For viewing images and videos
- Music Player - For listening to audio files
- Process Viewer - View running processes
- Textpad - A notepad-type application
- Writer - Richtext editor
You can easily add more applications by using external repositories. More information on Wiki
An example repository: OS.js-v2-extras
See the INSTALL.md file for instructions
The backend runs on Mac, BSD and Linux. Frontend only requires a modern browser with HTML5 support.
Runs in any modern browser. Tested:
- Gecko Mozilla Firefox
- WebKit Google Chrome, Opera, Safari
- Internet Explorer 10+
- Android and iOS is working, but no mobile version is implemented yet
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