Acrylic is, put simply, an OS that runs in your browser.
Despite not being an actual OS which runs on top of hardware, it acts basically as an OS. You can install apps, edit files, etc.
Note
Note that Acrylic is currently in alpha, so a lot of things are broken or just haven't been implemented yet.
Full guides are available on the wiki, but basically:
Trying Acrylic
- If you're lazy, just go to https://acrylic.anpang.lol/stable
- For a local environment, do
git clone
then opencore/index.html
with Live Server or any local server of your choice
Making an Acrylic extension
- Get a local environment
- Copy the
extensions/example-app
folder and modify it to your liking - Install it in Acrylic's Settings -> Extensions
Since Acrylic is open-source (actually source-available), everyone, including you, can contribute.
If you find a bug, want to make a feature request, or anything in between, feel free to make an issue. If you know just a bit of frontend web development and have something to contribute, also feel free to make a PR.