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Virtual Machine for the Web

14 mentions on Hacker News by 10 people: 3 stories, 11 comments · first 2022-02-02 · latest 2025-06-29

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  1. Maybe WebVM is something you are looking for [0]. [0] https://github.com/leaningtech/webvm
    comment by s-macke · 2025-06-29 · in c4wa – C compiler for Web Assembly
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    Webvm: Virtual Machine for the Web
    story by thunderbong · 2024-11-20 · 54 comments
  3. …syscall layer of course :-) You can add your own Dockerfile and deploy a custom version on GitHub: https://github.com/leaningtech/webvm/?tab=readme-ov-file#for...
    comment by apignotti · 2024-11-14 · in WebVM 2.0: A complete Linux Desktop Environment in the browser via WebAssembly
  4. …tech but I would personally not want to dig too much into [1], because of the involved costs. -- 0: https://github.com/leaningtech/webvm?tab=readme-ov-file#lice... 1: https://www.embarcadero.com/
    comment by emmanueloga_ · 2024-07-18 · in CheerpX is x86 virtualization to run executables and OS client-side
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    WebVM: A Linux virtual machine that runs in the browser
    story by lolinder · 2024-07-13 · 0 comments
  6. …README we provide a GitHub Action workflow to convert Dockerfiles into bootable images for WebVM: https://github.com/leaningtech/webvm
    comment by apignotti · 2024-07-12 · in WebVM is a server-less virtual Linux environment running client-side
  7. …2. We had these reported from several users and we will investigate as soon as we can: https://github.com/leaningtech/webvm/issues/102 To answer you question: filesystem chunks are cached/persisted using a local IndexedDB. It provides a…
    comment by apignotti · 2024-07-12 · in WebVM is a server-less virtual Linux environment running client-side
  8. Per their docs, yes: https://github.com/leaningtech/webvm/blob/main/docs/Tailscal...
    comment by bradfitz · 2024-07-12 · in WebVM is a server-less virtual Linux environment running client-side
  9. "password", per https://github.com/leaningtech/webvm/blob/main/dockerfiles/d...
    comment by fragmede · 2024-07-11 · in WebVM is a server-less virtual Linux environment running client-side
  10. webvm has [Tailscale] sockets-over-WebSockets for networking: https://github.com/leaningtech/webvm and: > runs an unmodified Debian distribution including many native development toolchains. > WebVM is powered by the CheerpX virtualization…
    comment by westurner · 2023-08-27 · in Show HN: RISC-V Linux Terminal emulated via WASM
  11. …a fork of the WebVM Dockerfile, or is that redundant because tailscale already wg's the sockets?: https://github.com/leaningtech/webvm/blob/main/dockerfiles/d...
    comment by westurner · 2023-06-28 · in Tinc, a GPLv2 mesh routing VPN
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    Show HN: WebVM – Run, Fork, Customize and Deploy Your Linux VM in the Browser
    story by apignotti · 2023-05-24 · 0 comments
  13. …itself, it appears to be loading CheerPX's virtualisation engine and feeding it a disk image here https://github.com/leaningtech/webvm/blob/6efab7e60bf6f173a2... Assuming they wrote their own xterm interface (no idea if they did, I got as…
    comment by parksy · 2022-02-02 · in WebVM: Server-less x86 virtual machines in the browser
  14. License check without commentary. > Copyright (c) Leaning Technologies Limited. All rights reserved. https://github.com/leaningtech/webvm/commit/6efab7e60bf6f173...
    comment by iFire · 2022-02-02 · in WebVM: Server-less x86 virtual machines in the browser