{"slug": "v86", "name": "v86", "category": "other", "category_name": "Other software", "description": "", "recommenders": 3, "commenters": 4, "warners": 0, "score": 2.979, "rising": -0.98, "first": "2025-12-30", "latest": "2026-07-25", "why": "", "why_is_quote": false, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 1, "compare": 0, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "", "icon": true, "domain": null, "github_repo": "github.com/copy/v86", "official_url": "https://github.com/copy/v86", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["v86"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 784836193, "item_id": 49052262, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49052262", "by": "cregy", "date": "2026-07-25", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Or this https://github.com/copy/v86", "excerpt": "Reminds me of what Fabrice bellard did a few years ago, Linux and windows in JavaScript. https://bellard.org/jslinux/ Or this https://github.com/copy/v86", "context": "", "use_case": "running OS in browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Kimi K3 built a Windows XP in browser"}, {"id": 780943216, "item_id": 48808951, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48808951", "by": "colesantiago", "date": "2026-07-06", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use and recommend this project, v86 [0] solely.", "excerpt": "I use and recommend this project, v86 [0] solely. I don't use anything else really. I find the \"alternatives\" are half baked clones of v86 or crappy sandboxes that don't really add anything. Also v86 has no ads, it is free and open source. [0] https://github.com/copy/v86/", "context": "", "use_case": "Linux in the browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What is the best version of full Linux in the browser?"}, {"id": 757692224, "item_id": 47355764, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47355764", "by": "toast0", "date": "2026-03-12", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "It's fun having your hobby OS work in a browser.", "excerpt": "> RTL8139 network driver (WIP) It's good to have support for real networking hardware, but consider virtio-net as well. A lot of VMs support it and it's more streamlined. 32-bit x86, bios boot means doing a lot of things for compatibility with systems that were old enough to drink before you were born... skipping to simplified virtualized interfaces wherever possible makes a lot of sense; even if your OS can run in 1", "context": "hobby OS developer", "use_case": "running hobby OS in browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Aurion OS \u2013 A 32-bit GUI operating system written from scratch in C"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [{"by": "toast0", "context": "hobby OS developer", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47355764", "date": "2026-03-12"}], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["running os in browser", "linux in the browser", "running hobby os in browser"], "compared": [], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49052074", "title": "Kimi K3 built a Windows XP in browser", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48808845", "title": "Ask HN: What is the best version of full Linux in the browser?", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47355213", "title": "Show HN: Aurion OS \u2013 A 32-bit GUI operating system written from scratch in C", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46436889", "title": "FediMeteo: A \u20ac4 FreeBSD VPS Became a Global Weather Service", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {"recommend": 2}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {}}, "quotes": [{"id": 784836193, "item_id": 49052262, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49052262", "by": "cregy", "date": "2026-07-25", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Or this https://github.com/copy/v86", "excerpt": "Reminds me of what Fabrice bellard did a few years ago, Linux and windows in JavaScript. https://bellard.org/jslinux/ Or this https://github.com/copy/v86", "context": "", "use_case": "running OS in browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Kimi K3 built a Windows XP in browser"}, {"id": 780943216, "item_id": 48808951, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48808951", "by": "colesantiago", "date": "2026-07-06", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use and recommend this project, v86 [0] solely.", "excerpt": "I use and recommend this project, v86 [0] solely. I don't use anything else really. I find the \"alternatives\" are half baked clones of v86 or crappy sandboxes that don't really add anything. Also v86 has no ads, it is free and open source. [0] https://github.com/copy/v86/", "context": "", "use_case": "Linux in the browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What is the best version of full Linux in the browser?"}, {"id": 757692224, "item_id": 47355764, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47355764", "by": "toast0", "date": "2026-03-12", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "It's fun having your hobby OS work in a browser.", "excerpt": "> RTL8139 network driver (WIP) It's good to have support for real networking hardware, but consider virtio-net as well. A lot of VMs support it and it's more streamlined. 32-bit x86, bios boot means doing a lot of things for compatibility with systems that were old enough to drink before you were born... skipping to simplified virtualized interfaces wherever possible makes a lot of sense; even if your OS can run in 1", "context": "hobby OS developer", "use_case": "running hobby OS in browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Aurion OS \u2013 A 32-bit GUI operating system written from scratch in C"}, {"id": 743003508, "item_id": 46437719, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46437719", "by": "Imustaskforhelp", "date": "2025-12-30", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "you can already do that by just downloading the iso of tinycore and then going to copy.sh/v86", "excerpt": "Alpine is really good for servers. Man I love alpine even though I don't use it so much but alpine does hold a special place in my heart for some reason (and i think the reasons are good) Tinycore is another one which holds a special place in my heart, partially because its the most no BS simple alpine-like os that I have seen which is rather focused on the consumer side, so you can get GUI systems super quickly and ", "context": "", "use_case": "running OS in browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "FediMeteo: A \u20ac4 FreeBSD VPS Became a Global Weather Service"}]}