OS.js Version 2.0

OS.js is a light-weight JavaScript based web/cloud desktop solution.

Current version: Alpha

Application API is stable. FS and Handler API is subject to change.

If you find any bugs report them back to me and I'll have them squashed

Changes

Completely rewritten (API breakage)
Easier to extend core and deploy custom builds
Easier to create custom applications
Smaller and faster
Tons of improvements
Dropped support for legacy browsers
Runs standalone on any web-server (Filesystem APIs requires using the PHP or Node backend)
Very simple setup
No 3rd party libraries (runs on native browser libs)

Features

Window Manager
Desktop Environment
Session Handling (Support for resuming previous workspaces)
Package Management (User-installable applications)
User Management (Custom login and settings storage)
GUI Library (With Drag-and-drop support)
Dialog Library
Supports both Applications and Background-services
File System functions
A basic Theme implementation (icons, sounds and CSS styles)
Multi-user environment support
Localization and translations

Comes bundeled with the default theme and some applications:

Draw - A simple drawing application
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

Demo

You can have a look here: http://osjsv2.0o.no

This site may not always be up to date, and can be unavailable at times.

Documentation

Installation

See the INSTALL.md file

General

Source documentation and examples are located in the doc/ folder.

Everything else is in the GitHub Project Wiki pages (linked below).

Compability

Can run on anything that can host web-pages. Currently only Apache has been tested on Mac and Linux.

Browser 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

Videos

Screenshots

License

OS.js -- Copyright (c) 2011-2013, Anders Evenrud <andersevenrud@gmail.com> All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

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