Floppyy is a browser desktop built on pure nostalgia. Boot up, click around, remember everything — minus the dial-up wait. Mostly.
The web you grew up on.
Floppyy is a retro computer in your browser.
It brings back the feeling of old desktop systems, pixel windows, floppy disks, BIOS boot screens, Winamp vibes, classic games, and the early web — rebuilt as a playful browser experience.
Not an emulator.
Not a productivity tool.
Just a small machine for good old internet memories.
- BIOS POST → boot sequence → desktop
- Draggable desktop icons with grid snapping
- Right-click context menu (Arrange Icons, Line Up, Refresh, Properties)
- Window management — open, close, minimize, maximize, drag, resize, z-order
- Start Menu with program list and Shut Down
- Taskbar with Start button, quick launch, window buttons, system tray clock
- Keyboard shortcuts — Ctrl+Esc, Alt+F4, Enter to open
- Notepad — text editor with File/Edit/Search/Format menus, word wrap
- Paint — full drawing app with pencil, brush, eraser, fill, shapes, color palette, undo
- Internet Explorer — loads real 1998 websites via Wayback Machine
- MS-DOS Prompt — command-line interface with working commands
- Calculator — functional calculator
- Outlook Express — email client UI
- Norton Commander — dual-pane file manager
- Windows Media Player — video playback
- Winamp — music player (frameless, authentic skin)
- Screensavers — Starfield, Pipes
- Doom — 3D raycasting FPS with enemies, weapons, 3 levels
- Minesweeper — classic mine-clearing puzzle
- Solitaire — card game
- Snake — arcade snake game
- Sound effects via Web Audio API with oscillator fallback
- Screensaver activation after idle timeout
- Service worker for offline support
- Safe Mode boot option
- Shut Down with "It's now safe to turn off your computer" screen
- Share dialog for social sharing
- Next.js 16 — App Router, Turbopack
- React 19 — latest concurrent features
- TypeScript 5.9 — strict type safety
- Tailwind CSS 4 — utility-first styling + custom Win98 CSS
- Web Audio API — sound effects
- Canvas API — Paint app, Doom renderer
- HTML5 Video — Media Player
- Service Worker — offline caching
# Install dependencies
npm install
# Development server
npm run dev
# Production build
npm run build
npm startOpen http://localhost:3000 in your browser.
Works in all modern browsers. Best experienced on desktop at 1024×768 or higher.
MIT