https://github.com/kevin-roark/socket.io-computer

a collaborative virtual machine
https://github.com/kevin-roark/socket.io-computer

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a collaborative virtual machine

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/kevin-roark/socket.io-computer
• Owner: kevin-roark
• Created: 2014-04-18T06:42:28.000Z (almost 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-01-02T06:44:07.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-01-19T09:06:28.736Z (7 days ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage: http://socket.computer
• Size: 670 KB
• Stars: 421
• Watchers: 31
• Forks: 129
• Open Issues: 5
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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# socket.io-computer

A collaborative virtual machine where players take turns in

controlling it.

It works by running [qemu](http://wiki.qemu.org/Main_Page) on the

server-side and streaming the image binary data to the browser.

![](https://i.cloudup.com/eLzCA3vYK5.gif)

## Dependencies

In order to run `socket.io-computer` you must have the following

dependencies installed:

- `qemu`

- `redis-server`

On the mac, all of the above are available on [homebrew](http://brew.sh/).

## How to run

First you should create an image onto which you'll load (install) the

operating system ISO. We'll call it for this example `winxp.img`.

```bash

$ qemu-img create -f qcow2 winxp.img 3G

```

Then you can run the additional needed processes:

```bash

# web server

$ node app.js

# io server

$ node io.js

# qemu instance

$ COMPUTER_ISO=winxp.iso COMPUTER_IMG=winxp.img node qemu.js

# emulator communication process

$ COMPUTER_IMG=winxp.img node emu-runner.js

```

Then point your browser to `http://localhost:5000`.

## License

MIT