A web browser that looks and feels like Windows 95.
Built with Electron. No frameworks, no bundlers — just vanilla JavaScript and pixel-perfect CSS.
Browser
- Full Chromium-based web browser inside a retro desktop
- Tabs as separate draggable windows
- Address bar with search (type words to Google, URLs to navigate)
- Favorites, browsing history, downloads manager
- Find on page, zoom, print, view source
- Right-click context menu with open in new window, copy link, search selection
- HTTPS padlock indicator
- Persistent cookies, logins, and cache across sessions
- Session restore — reopens your tabs on restart
- Chromium extension support
- Configurable home page
Desktop
- Draggable desktop icons with grid snapping
- Create folders and website shortcuts
- Right-click context menu (new folder, new shortcut, properties)
- Wallpaper picker with built-in wallpapers
- UI scaling (75% to 200%)
- Rename and delete items
Apps
- Internet Explorer — the main browser
- Minesweeper — classic
- Winamp — via Webamp, the HTML5 Winamp reimplementation
- GTA 2 — via js-dos browser emulator
Window Manager
- Drag windows by title bar
- Resize from any edge or corner
- Minimize, maximize, close
- Taskbar with window list and clock
- Start menu
Download the DMG from releases, drag to Applications, done.
npm install
npm start
npm run build
Outputs dist/Cool 95-1.0.0-arm64.dmg.
- Electron 33 — Chromium + Node.js desktop runtime
- Webamp — Winamp 2 in the browser (github.com/captbaritone/webamp)
- js-dos — DOS emulator (js-dos.com)
- electron-builder — macOS packaging
MIT