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Hi HN — I built Aurora-OS.js, a lightweight, embeddable OS-style desktop UI written in plain JavaScript. It’s intended for demos, in-browser desktop experiences, and learning OS/desktop concepts without a heavy framework. The future of this project is a fully playable hacking simulator to be released on Steam and other marketplaces.

Contributors & testers wanted!

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Show HN: Aurora-OS.js – a tiny OS-like desktop in JavaScript (try demo)