Jeff Lindsay

handy way to download ... anything

compatible?

inside of you are two wolves but one wolf is very sad and one wolf is very tired

embrace fsys

“Win32/linux”: loss32.org

doom running in apptron

apptron is the only pure browser environment to run the complete go toolchain, capable of cross compiling to over 40 platforms

YouTube video by Jeff Lindsay DecemberCall2025.mp4

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just for fun, with apptron you can jump into linux in the browser, boot up stock apache, get a public endpoint, and browse to the default page... served from the apache running in the other tab!

Useful patterns for building HTML tools I’ve started using the term HTML tools to refer to HTML applications that I’ve been building which combine HTML, JavaScript, and CSS in a single file and use them to …

I put together a detailed collection of useful patterns I've collected after vibe-coding 150 different single-file HTML tools over the past couple of years https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/10/html-tools/

Release v0.6 · tractordev/apptron Port Endpoints and Static Site Publishing Apptron is a sophisticated browser-based cloud development environment that runs a full x86 Linux virtual machine entirely in the browser. It combines sev...

There was even a release today. New magical features! github.com/tractordev/a...

GitHub - tractordev/apptron: Local-first development platform Local-first development platform. Contribute to tractordev/apptron development by creating an account on GitHub.

"The amount of amazing technology in this project is staggering. Seriously, star this, it's amazing." github.com/tractordev/a...

GitHub - tractordev/apptron: Local-first development platform Local-first development platform. Contribute to tractordev/apptron development by creating an account on GitHub.

this wont help github.com/tractordev/a...

yea i agree in theory but its all about specific examples to determine if its actually a good fit. if you think of specific examples that might be would love to hear them!

right, it cant be a simple utility because its too slow to be worth it. i wont wait 2 seconds for a color converter to load but will wait 2 seconds to load gmail and leave it open

congrats!

i agree. but you know, my audience are technologists. i would imagine some creative ideas, even if just a few. for example, what are the few you are thinking of?

Is this really so uninteresting? I'm starting to feel like I could solve fusion and nobody would reply

What would be possible if you could run Linux and Linux software in the browser?

What would be possible if you could run Linux and Linux software in the browser?

Screenshot of a macOS app for handling email addresses.

Do you use separate email apps for work, home, school, etc? Do you copy and paste email addresses all day into your CRM, help desk software, or internal admin? Do you dread clicking on a mailto: link?

clever

Another big release of Apptron is coming up and our Discord community call is happening just the day before. Join us Thursday on Discord to see some of the huge breakthroughs made just this week: discord.gg/Hd7AgCSU?eve...

"my body is a machine that turns the pain of existence into abstractions"

It's weird. A hundred years ago, only rich people owned cars while everyone else owned horses. Now only rich people own horses while everyone else owns cars.

How the stables have turned.

Release v0.5 · tractordev/apptron Sharable Apptron Environments Apptron is the first of a new category of general-purpose compute platform with over 5 years of R&D behind it. In these early releases, Apptron is starting out as a hu...

Yes, linux-wasm is cool.

However, Wanix can already do so much more. Like powering today's release of Apptron v0.5 ... sharable full Linux dev environments that run entirely in the browser with Wasm.

github.com/tractordev/a...

Release v0.4 · tractordev/apptron Local-First Development Environment This is the first official release of Apptron deployed to apptron.dev. Still very early, but features basic project creation and Wanix-powered in-browser develop...

just gonna put this here github.com/tractordev/a...

hah! thanks for messing around with the earliest version

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