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37 mentions on Hacker News by 9 people: 3 stories, 34 comments · first 2022-01-03 · latest 2026-08-22

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  1. I did a port of this on https://github.com/DustinBrett/daedalOS#desktopfly You can go to https://dustinbrett.com/?app=terminal and type "fly" to spawn one, or many. I also took the raw FlyWire data and increased the neuron count to 1,275.
    comment by DustinBrett · 2026-08-22 · in Show HN: A desktop fly drawn to the scent of vibecode
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    Show HN: A fruit fly on the web powered by the real FlyWire connectome
    story by DustinBrett · 2026-08-22 · 0 comments
  3. I did a port of this on https://github.com/DustinBrett/daedalOS#desktopfly You can go to https://dustinbrett.com/?app=terminal and type "fly" to spawn one, or many. I also took the raw FlyWire data and increased the neuron count to 1,275.
    comment by DustinBrett · 2026-08-22 · in A 3D fruit fly on macOS desktop powered by the real FlyWire connectome
  4. …run in the browser with the likes of jslinux + wine. eg. https://github.com/lrusso/WinAppRunner or https://github.com/DustinBrett/daedalOS If you get that working, that'd be really exciting.
    comment by fowl2 · 2026-03-27 · in Ask HN: Running legacy IE/ActiveX clients without local admin rights?
  5. …working on my own personal website which is also a desktop environment in the browser. Source @ https://github.com/DustinBrett/daedalOS
    comment by DustinBrett · 2026-01-15 · in Ask HN: Share your personal website
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    Show HN: DaedalOS – Desktop Environment in the Browser
    story by DustinBrett · 2025-05-25 · 79 comments
  7. https://github.com/DustinBrett/daedalOS
    comment by lazylion2 · 2024-06-26 · in Ball: A ball that lives in your dock
  8. Found the GitHub repo: https://github.com/DustinBrett/daedalOS
    comment by paradite · 2024-01-01 · in DaedalOS – Desktop environment in the browser
  9. …something functional. I've been working on one myself for nearly 3 years now, called daedalOS ( https://github.com/DustinBrett/daedalOS ). The WASM kernel idea is very cool and I hope one day to be able to add something similar to my…
    comment by DustinBrett · 2023-09-16 · in Show HN: exaequOS - a new OS running in a web browser
  10. …like desktop environments maybe you'd like to check mine out too as I've spent a ton of time on it. https://github.com/DustinBrett/daedalOS
    comment by DustinBrett · 2023-08-25 · in Os.js – open-source JavaScript web desktop platform with a window manager
  11. Here is the GitHub link to the source code: https://github.com/DustinBrett/daedalOS
    comment by DustinBrett · 2023-08-25 · in Os.js – open-source JavaScript web desktop platform with a window manager
  12. …working on mine for several years now. Also open source if anyone is interested in checking it out. https://github.com/DustinBrett/daedalOS
    comment by DustinBrett · 2023-08-07 · in Orb is a free and open source web desktop
  13. …is fully functional as far as desktop environments in the browser go. Feel free to check it out. https://github.com/DustinBrett/daedalOS
    comment by DustinBrett · 2023-05-11 · in Windows 11 in Svelte
  14. https://github.com/DustinBrett/daedalOS My passion project is building an OS in the browser. I've been at it for 2 years now. I've had interest from people who want to turn a profit with it, but I am happy to just keep adding features and…
    comment by DustinBrett · 2023-01-27 · in Ask HN: Those making $0/month or less on side projects – Show and tell
  15. I'd love to integrate this into my desktop environment in the browser "OS" ( https://github.com/DustinBrett/daedalOS ). I already have v86 ( https://github.com/copy/v86 ) for running general x86 iso/bin files and BoxedWine (…
    comment by DustinBrett · 2023-01-13 · in A 116kb WASM of Blink that lets you run x86_64 Linux binaries in the browser
  16. …environment in the browser as it's open source, if anyone is interested in checking out. Code: https://github.com/DustinBrett/daedalOS Demo: https://dustinbrett.com/
    comment by DustinBrett · 2022-12-03 · in Puter
  17. …have to go the service worker route, or perhaps a web worker if possible. Nothings exploded so far: https://github.com/DustinBrett/daedalOS/commit/eb958836f1f5e...
    comment by DustinBrett · 2022-11-24 · in Wasmer 3.0
  18. …him a bit and say that I actually did want to do this and have a bug report out to do just this ( https://github.com/DustinBrett/daedalOS/issues/70 ). But I also see what you are saying about inconsistent sorting. That being said I do have…
    comment by DustinBrett · 2022-11-20 · in Ask HN: Again: The “I want to do everything but end up doing nothing” dilemma
  19. …off cause nobody ever mentioned this except you. Thanks for pushing me on this! The existing bug: https://github.com/DustinBrett/daedalOS/issues/70
    comment by DustinBrett · 2022-11-20 · in Ask HN: Again: The “I want to do everything but end up doing nothing” dilemma
  20. …2 years. I streamed most of it on my YouTube channel as I was making it and it's open source ( https://github.com/DustinBrett/daedalOS ) if you're interested.
    comment by DustinBrett · 2022-11-20 · in Ask HN: Again: The “I want to do everything but end up doing nothing” dilemma
  21. …what my site might be in 20-30 years. If you want to check out the source code it's open source, https://github.com/DustinBrett/daedalOS . Thanks!
    comment by DustinBrett · 2022-11-20 · in Ask HN: Again: The “I want to do everything but end up doing nothing” dilemma
  22. …on in the year 2050. Getting feedback does indeed give me that feeling of connection. The Code: https://github.com/DustinBrett/daedalOS The Site: https://dustinbrett.com/ Great post, thanks for asking!
    comment by DustinBrett · 2022-11-06 · in Ask HN: Comment here about whatever you're passionate about at the moment
  23. …integrated into https://github.com/captbaritone/webamp within my desktop environment in the browser https://github.com/DustinBrett/daedalOS . I listen to soma.fm streaming on my website every day with MilkDrop running in Desktop Mode.
    comment by DustinBrett · 2022-10-21 · in ProjectM: LGPL Reimplementation of Ryan Geiss' Milkdrop from Winamp/Kodi
  24. My desktop environment in the browser which is also my personal website and my life long project. - https://github.com/DustinBrett/daedalOS - https://dustinbrett.com/
    comment by DustinBrett · 2022-10-16 · in Digital Gardening
  25. I use BoxedWine ( http://www.boxedwine.org/ ) on my desktop environment in the browser ( https://github.com/DustinBrett/daedalOS ) to run exe's directly. Works quite good for things like SkiFree or even Notepad++. Happy to see projects…
    comment by DustinBrett · 2022-10-14 · in Retrowin32, a Win32 emulator
  26. Andreas and his project SerenityOS was a huge inspiration for me to start my side project daedalOS ( https://github.com/DustinBrett/daedalOS ) which I've almost been doing for 2 years now. I really enjoy watching his monthly updates on his…
    comment by DustinBrett · 2022-10-10 · in The 4th Year of SerenityOS
  27. …self-hosted EmulatorJS ( https://github.com/EmulatorJS/EmulatorJS ) into my Web Desktop daedalOS ( https://github.com/DustinBrett/daedalOS ). Has worked really well with controls on mobile and added a ton of emulator support to my "OS".…
    comment by DustinBrett · 2022-09-25 · in webЯcade – WASM based retro emulation on any device
  28. The browser is just an iframe, so tail call optimization isn’t relevant. https://github.com/DustinBrett/daedalOS/blob/b1681546a2ce990...
    comment by rafram · 2022-06-12 · in The Winamp Skin Museum is powered by a SQLite3 database with 1.2GB of metadata
  29. …into /Users/Public/Snapshots. For networking I am using the same WebSocket proxy that v86 uses. https://github.com/DustinBrett/daedalOS
    comment by DustinBrett · 2022-05-05 · in V86: x86 virtualization in the browser, recompiling x86 to WASM on the fly
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    Daedalos – Desktop Environment in the Browser
    story by maydemir · 2022-04-12 · 0 comments
  31. …which thing? Also if you are interested in how something on it is done, all the code is here https://github.com/DustinBrett/daedalOS
    comment by DustinBrett · 2022-04-07 · in Ask HN: Share your personal site
  32. …proof of concept as the underlying tech is not yet at desktop speeds. I have a decent list in the https://github.com/DustinBrett/daedalOS/blob/main/README.md .
    comment by DustinBrett · 2022-04-07 · in Ask HN: Share your personal site
  33. …side project to build a functional desktop environment in the browser. Here is the source code: https://github.com/DustinBrett/daedalOS
    comment by DustinBrett · 2022-04-07 · in Ask HN: Share your personal site
  34. …employment. It's just for fun and I hope that never changes. Site: https://dustinbrett.com/ Code: https://github.com/DustinBrett/daedalOS
    comment by DustinBrett · 2022-02-11 · in Ask HN: What is your “I don't care if this succeeds” project?
  35. …multiple browsers. This gives you multitasking in such a scenario. Github was a bit hard to find: https://github.com/DustinBrett/daedalOS
    comment by aidog · 2022-01-04 · in DaedalOS: Desktop Environment in the Browser
  36. …that might be different, if locally installed. Btw. it took me some time, to find the github link https://github.com/DustinBrett/daedalOS
    comment by hutzlibu · 2022-01-03 · in DaedalOS: Desktop Environment in the Browser
  37. https://github.com/DustinBrett/daedalOS
    comment by IronWolve · 2022-01-03 · in DaedalOS: Desktop Environment in the Browser