daedalOS Documentation

🌌 **daedalOS** 🌌 Copy Chapter

_Desktop environment in the browser_ Copy Chapter

Feature Overview Copy Section

System 🧠

[File System](https://github.com/jvilk/BrowserFS) Copy Section

• File Explorer
  • Back, Forward, Recent locations, Up one level, Address bar, Search
  • Thumbnail & Details Views
• Drag & Drop File Support (internal & external)
  • Loading progress dialog
• ZIP (write support), ZIP/ISO read support, 7Z/GZ/RAR/TAR/etc. extract support
• Writes to IndexedDb
• Group selection/manipulation & drag to sort/arrange
• Dynamic and auto cached icons for music, images, video & emulator states
• Context Menus
  • Cut, Copy, Create shortcut, Delete, Rename
  • Add file(s), Map directory
  • Open with options/dialog, Open file/folder location, Open in new window, Open Terminal here
  • Download, Add to archive, Extract here, Set as wallpaper, Set as mouse pointer, Convert audio/video/photo/spreadsheets, Properties (w/Details)
  • Sort by, New Folder, New Text Document
  • Screen Capture
• Keyboard Shortcuts
  • CTRL+C, CTRL+V, CTRL+X, CTRL+A, Delete
  • F2, F5, Backspace, Arrows, Enter
  • SHIFT+CTRL+R, SHIFT+F10, SHIFT+F12
  • In Fullscreen: Windows Key, Windows Key + R
• File information tooltips
• Allow sorting by name, size, type or date
  • Persists icon position/sort order

Windows Copy Section

• Resizable and Draggable
• Minimize, Maximize & Close
• Persists size/position/maximized states
• Animates opening and closing

Start Menu Copy Section

• Expandable Sidebar
  • Apps list, Documents/Pictures/Videos shortcuts, Power (clears session)
• Spotlight visual effect
• Folder support
• Keyboard shortcut opens with SHIFT+ESC
  • Or Windows Key when in fullscreen

Taskbar Copy Section

• Peek hover preview of windows
• Focused window indicator
• Search menu (w/Recent files)
• AI Chat Agent (Prompt API & WebLLM) (w/Summarize & Image Generation)

Clock Copy Section

• Runs in a Web Worker
  • Drawn in an OffscreenCanvas
• NTP server time mode (ntp.js)
• Synced to system clock on load
• Date tooltip
• Calendar popup

Background & Screensaver Copy Section

• Dynamic animated wallpapers (OffscreenCanvas/Web Worker)
  • Waves
  • Hexells
  • Matrix
  • Coastal Landscape
• Set via image/video (Fill, Fit, Stretch, Tile, Center)
• Picture Slideshow
• Astronomy Picture of the Day
• Art Institute of Chicago
• Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Lorem Picsum
• AI Generated Wallpapers Stable Diffusion
• Custom screen saver file support
  • 3D FlowerBox
  • 3D Maze
  • Pipes

Run Dialog Copy Section

• Launch apps by alias or paths
• Opens ipfs: & nostr: URIs

URL Copy Section

• Query parameter loading
  • Examples:
    • /?url=/CREDITS.md
    • /?app=Browser

Apps 🧪

[BoxedWine](http://www.boxedwine.org/) (**_.exe, .zip_**) Copy Section

• Runs 16/32-bit Windows applications

Browser (**_.htm, .html_**) Copy Section

• Loads websites (w/CORS support)
• Bookmark bar with favicon support
• Proxy support (Wayback Machine & The Old Net)
• Back/Forward & Reload
• Google search via Address bar
• IPFS protocol support
• chrome://dino game

[DesktopFly](https://github.com/DenisSergeevitch/desktop-fly) Copy Section

• Fruit fly pets driven by a live spiking simulation of 1,275 real FlyWire connectome neurons, with escape, backward retreat, grooming, sleep & circadian rhythm
• Every fly has its own brain & senses: window edges are walkable terrain, dragged windows & the cursor loom, clicks swat, and a takeoff startles nearby flies
• Spawn via fly in Terminal or Run dialog

[DevTools](https://eruda.liriliri.io/) Copy Section

• Console, Elements, Network, Resources, Sources, DOM
• Activate from Start Menu or SHIFT+F12

[EmulatorJS](https://github.com/ethanaobrien/emulatorjs) (**_.32x, .a26, .a52, .a78, .gb, .gba, .gbc, .gen, .gg, .j64, .jag, .lnx, .n64, .nds, .nes, .ngc, .ngp, .pce, .sfc, .smc, .smd, .sms, .v64, .vb, .vboy, .ws, .wsc, .z64_**) Copy Section

• Plays console game roms

[IRC](https://kiwiirc.com/) Copy Section

• Internet Relay Chat Client
• Connects over WebSockets

[js-dos](https://js-dos.com/) (**_.exe, .jsdos, .zip_**) Copy Section

• DOS emulator
• Automatic save states on close
  • /Users/Public/Snapshots
• Automatic window resize

[Marked](https://marked.js.org/) (**_.md_**) Copy Section

• Markdown Viewer

Messenger Copy Section

• Encrypted direct messaging client
• Utilizes Nostr Protocol (NIP-04)
• Automatic public/private key creation

[Monaco Editor](https://microsoft.github.io/monaco-editor/) Copy Section

• Code/text editor
• Supports all file types
• Save files via CTRL+S
• Line count, cursor position, language id
• Prettier formatting
  • json, js/ts, css/sass/less, html, markdown

[OpenType](https://github.com/opentypejs/opentype.js) (**_.otf, .ttf, .woff_**) Copy Section

• Font viewer

[Paint](https://github.com/1j01/jspaint) (**_.bmp, .gif, .ico, .jpg, .png, .tiff, .webp,_**) Copy Section

• Create & edit images

[PDF](https://mozilla.github.io/pdf.js/) (**_.pdf_**) Copy Section

• Render/Print PDF's
• Page current/count & Zoom

Photos Copy Section

• Supported Formats
  • HEIF (.heic, .heif)
  • JPEG XL (.jxl)
  • QOI (.qoi)
  • TIFF (.tif, .tiff)
• Fullscreen & Zoom

[Ruffle](https://ruffle.rs/) (**_.swf, .spl_**) Copy Section

• Flash Player emulator

[Stable Diffusion](https://stability.ai/stable-diffusion) Copy Section

• Creates 512x512 images using artificial intelligence
• Runs locally using WebSD

[Terminal](https://xtermjs.org/) Copy Section

• File system support
• Autocomplete & history
• Pipe commands together
• Command list via help
• Git support (checkout & clone)
• Python support (.py)
• WebAssembly Package Manager
  • Ex: wapm cowsay moo (#)
• Weather information
• eSheep
• Activate from Start Menu or SHIFT+F10
• Neofetch
• FFmpeg & ImageMagick conversion

[TIC-80](https://tic80.com/) (**_.tic_**) Copy Section

• Runs "fantasy computer" games

[TinyMCE](https://www.tiny.cloud/tinymce/) (**_.rtf, .whtml_**) Copy Section

• Read & WYSIWYG modes
• File save support

[Virtual x86](https://copy.sh/v86/) (**_.img, .iso_**) Copy Section

• x86 emulator
• Automatic save states on close
  • /Users/Public/Snapshots
• Automatic window resize

[Video Player](https://videojs.com/) Copy Section

• Supported Formats (codecbox.js)
• Plays YouTube videos/shortcuts
• Keyboard Shortcuts (Volume, Seek, Scale, Fullscreen)

[Vim](https://github.com/coolwanglu/vim.js) Copy Section

• Code/text editor
• Supports all file types

[Webamp](https://webamp.org/) (**_.mp3, .wsz_**) Copy Section

• Winamp audio player
• Skin support (w/random skins via Winamp Skin Museum)
• Playlist & streaming support
• Visualization support ("Milkdrop")

Games 🎮

[Chess](https://github.com/jhlywa/chess.js) (**_.pgn_**) Copy Section

• Play against stockfish.js, a friend, or watch CPU vs CPU
• Load PGN games w/move navigation

[ClassiCube](https://www.classicube.net/) Copy Section

• Minecraft Classic compatible client

[DX-Ball](https://habr.com/en/post/147339/) Copy Section

• Block breaker arcade game like Arkanoid

[Space Cadet Pinball](https://github.com/alula/SpaceCadetPinball) Copy Section

• Reverse engineering of 3D Pinball from Windows

[Quake III Arena](https://github.com/lrusso/Quake3) Copy Section

• Port of the classic first-person shooter

Try It 🚀

Requirements

• Node.js
• Yarn

Development

yarn install
yarn build:prebuild
yarn dev

Production

yarn install
yarn build
yarn serve

Docker

docker build -t daedalos .
docker run -dp 3000:3000 --rm --name daedalos daedalos

Notes

• If during yarn install you receive the error digital envelope routines::unsupported, you need to set NODE_OPTIONS to --openssl-legacy-provider (1, 2, 3)