Retro GitHub Repositories (2026) · Open Source Tools

Your Jellyfin or Plex library as a walkable 1990s video rental store, self-hosted

VB6 Studio Web — a browser-native classic Visual Basic IDE, form designer, source runtime and controls library in HTML, CSS and JavaScript, with a debugger, WebGPU drawing and single-file HTML app export.

Chocolate Doom is a Doom source port that is minimalist and historically accurate.

Claude Code in your pocket: an SSH client for BlackBerry OS 7, tuned for AI coding agents, tmux and voice input. Built on berryssh.

Websites, web apps, portfolios that look like desktop operating systems

Turn your Mac into a retro computer: real-time CRT/retro shaders and classic desktop themes (Mac OS 9, Windows XP, BeOS and more), as a macOS menu-bar app.

A retro Macintosh-inspired system monitor for macOS.

A modern, retro-styled terminal multiplexer built with Rust.

A fork of gym-retro with additional games, emulators and supported platforms

ENiGMA½ BBS Software

web-based IDE for 8-bit programming and Verilog development

Raise a neural network as a pet - a transparent cognitive sandbox where digital squids learn, grow, and rewire via Hebbian learning & Neurogenesis

fulton - A launcher for decomp, recomp and remake PC ports of classic games, for Windows and Mac.

Pixel art skill for Claude Code: how to make good pixel, animated game sprite out, effects etc.

The Windows themed keyboard for Android with Windows 98, XP, Vista and Windows Phone 8.1 themes. No trackers, no network, typing stays on the phone.

Retro cable TV guide for your Plex, Jellyfin or Emby library. Native Apple TV app + web tuner.