Features
Main features:
- A start menu lets you launch applications without installation
- See how applications work by clicking their Edit Source button
- Develop new applications right away from the browser
- Mac OS users can write C# / .NET / Silverlight applications without a PC
- Start developing an application and then let the community finish it
- Copy/paste source code from other apps or quickly reuse components
- Share applications by embedding them into web pages
Overview:
Access your applications and data from any computer
Wiki-OS simulates an operating system inside your web browser. It lets you to launch rich-client applications without installation and access your data from any computer connected to the Internet. Applications are executed in a sandbox that securely isolates them from the rest, so that your computer is always protected.
Embed applications on your website or blog.
Similarly to how you can put a YouTube video on a website or blog, you can put a Wiki-OS application inside any web page. Just click the "embed" button at the top-right corner of any application and copy/paste the code snippet.
Collaboratively develop applications using the online development environment
Wiki-OS includes all the tools to get started writing Silverlight and .NET applications in seconds. It provides a built-in source control to work collaboratively. The code editor supports C# 2.0 (VB.NET will be supported soon) and provides syntax highlighting and auto-completion. The WPF-based version of Wiki-OS provides an easy-to-use User Interface designer.
Deploying an application is as simple as sharing a URL
Just append the name of a project and a class to the Wiki-OS.org address and you have a direct link (e.g. www.wiki-os.org/CalculatorProject/Calculator to launch the calculator).
Contribute to applications as easily as a wiki
Wiki-OS includes patent-pending technologies by Userware to make contributing to an application as easy as modifying an article of a wiki.
(the screenshots in the diagram above are taken from the WPF-based version of Wiki-OS.org)
Wiki-OS is currently available in two versions:
- Silverlight-based version (enter): this is the recommended version of Wiki-OS. It is cross-platform PC and Mac (Linux soon). It provides unique features such as the ability to embed applications into web pages.
- WPF-based version (enter): this version allows launching and developing full-featured rich-client applications that leverage the power of the .NET Framework 3.0+, including hardware-accelerated 3D graphics. No installation is required on IE under Vista and Win 7.