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Orb v1.0 has been released (alien.top)
submitted 1 year ago by Shendryl@alien.top to c/main@selfhosted.forum
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Orb is a free and open source web desktop, which simulates a Windows-like desktop in a web browser. You can use it to access files on a server or a NAS in an easy and secure way.

I've posted about Orb a few times in the past, but this time it's about the v1.0 release. With this release, I consider this project more or less done. That doesn't mean that there will be no more new releases, but for now I will focus more on another open source project that I'm working on.

Orb was created to have a user friendly web interface to access my files on my server. A friend of mine runs it on a Raspberry Pi to access the files on his NAS at home while he's at work. The explorer application is therefore the most important application. It also allows you to share files or directories with other people. File viewers for PDF, Word and Excel files, text files, images, videos and ZIP files make it all more user friendly. But this wouldn't be a hobby project if I didn't some fun stuff. So, there is of course minesweeper, a DOS and C64 emulator and last but not least, Wolfenstein 3D! And yes, it's a nerd project, so it has a terminal.

Download Orb from Gitlab or give the demo account a try. Have fun with it!

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[โ€“] Sn0-0zE@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

This looks awesome ๐Ÿ‘Œ. Would it be possible to introduce a total commander like file browser?

[โ€“] lvlint67@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Docker is really ruining you kids....

Dockerizing this app would be trivial.. but so many people here saying, "I can't run this because it's not in docker"....

[โ€“] jmwtac@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Docker version would be awesome

[โ€“] s_91@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

How does this differ from Kasm?