webOS Archive
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webOSArchive (WOSA) is the unofficial repository of information, restoration efforts, and archives for Palm/HP's mobile webOS operating system.
4 Days of Christmas starts with the first new game for the HP TouchPad in... more than a decade? Check out Hacker Mystery 95 on your webOS tablet -- or any modern web browser, thanks to enyo's cross-platform capabilities, and a lot of help from Claude!
forums.weboslives.eu/d/91-hacker-...
forums.weboslives.eu/d/91-hacker-...
Hacker Mystery 95
An ode to my youth, Hacker Mystery 95 is set in a more optimistic era of computing, where Hackers were freedom fighters, and BBSes were our weapons! Built...
forums.weboslives.eu
December 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
4 Days of Christmas starts with the first new game for the HP TouchPad in... more than a decade? Check out Hacker Mystery 95 on your webOS tablet -- or any modern web browser, thanks to enyo's cross-platform capabilities, and a lot of help from Claude!
forums.weboslives.eu/d/91-hacker-...
forums.weboslives.eu/d/91-hacker-...
4 Days of Christmas for webOS Start on December 25!
Until then, stay warm and cozy by a TouchPad fireplace:
appcatalog.webosarchive.org/app/Fireplac...
Until then, stay warm and cozy by a TouchPad fireplace:
appcatalog.webosarchive.org/app/Fireplac...
Fireplace HD on webOS App Museum II
Fireplace Free is a fireplace/torch/campfire in your pocket. Simply tap the screen to switch between 3 different fires.
appcatalog.webosarchive.org
December 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
4 Days of Christmas for webOS Start on December 25!
Until then, stay warm and cozy by a TouchPad fireplace:
appcatalog.webosarchive.org/app/Fireplac...
Until then, stay warm and cozy by a TouchPad fireplace:
appcatalog.webosarchive.org/app/Fireplac...
In 2018, as a parting gift to the webOS community, a dev with the handle nizovn built us a modern (at the time) web browser for the HP TouchPad. In 2025, it is reborn with new features...
forums.weboslives.eu/d/89-qupzill...
forums.weboslives.eu/d/89-qupzill...
QupZilla Reborn!
Maybe the end is not nigh -- Claude Code to the rescue! Me and my favorite AI co-worker spent the past two weeks of background time and (expensive) foregrou...
forums.weboslives.eu
December 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
In 2018, as a parting gift to the webOS community, a dev with the handle nizovn built us a modern (at the time) web browser for the HP TouchPad. In 2025, it is reborn with new features...
forums.weboslives.eu/d/89-qupzill...
forums.weboslives.eu/d/89-qupzill...
Claude and I are vibe-coding a brand new game for webOS: Hacker Mystery 95!
Don't worry, it'll work on new browsers too. Follow along with the creative hallucinations of human and machine on GitHub: github.com/codepoet80/H...
Don't worry, it'll work on new browsers too. Follow along with the creative hallucinations of human and machine on GitHub: github.com/codepoet80/H...
December 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Claude and I are vibe-coding a brand new game for webOS: Hacker Mystery 95!
Don't worry, it'll work on new browsers too. Follow along with the creative hallucinations of human and machine on GitHub: github.com/codepoet80/H...
Don't worry, it'll work on new browsers too. Follow along with the creative hallucinations of human and machine on GitHub: github.com/codepoet80/H...
I've finalized the release of the re-created webOS SDK and included stand-alone driver installer packages for macOS:
github.com/webOSArchive...
Everything you need to connect webOS on modern computers!
github.com/webOSArchive...
Everything you need to connect webOS on modern computers!
Release 0.2 Driver and SDK Release · webOSArchive/webos-sdk-redux
This is a modernization of the original Palm/HP novacom driver and SDK for the webOS mobile platform.
This release has been tested on:
macOS Sonoma (Apple Silicon)
macOS Tahoe (Apple Silicon)
macO...
github.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I've finalized the release of the re-created webOS SDK and included stand-alone driver installer packages for macOS:
github.com/webOSArchive...
Everything you need to connect webOS on modern computers!
github.com/webOSArchive...
Everything you need to connect webOS on modern computers!
I'm happy to announce (with help from Claude) a preview release of a fully modern driver and SDK for webOS. Its intended for recent macOS (Intel or Apple Silicon) and 64-bit versions of Linux that use systemd. Other environments can continue to use the legacy installers:
github.com/webOSArchive...
github.com/webOSArchive...
Release 0.2 Preview · webOSArchive/webos-sdk-redux
This is a preview release of a complete modernization of the webOS novacom driver and SDK.
Its intended to target modern platforms only:
macOS (Intel)
macOS (Apple Silicon)
Linux 64-bit
Windows, ...
github.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I'm happy to announce (with help from Claude) a preview release of a fully modern driver and SDK for webOS. Its intended for recent macOS (Intel or Apple Silicon) and 64-bit versions of Linux that use systemd. Other environments can continue to use the legacy installers:
github.com/webOSArchive...
github.com/webOSArchive...
Did you know Palm's webOS apps were designed to be cross-platform? You can still build and update them today to run on almost any platform!
Two examples just got updates: Check Mate HD and FeedSpider 2. Check it out on your favorite modern, or retro, device!
feedspider.wosa.link
checkmate.wosa.link
Two examples just got updates: Check Mate HD and FeedSpider 2. Check it out on your favorite modern, or retro, device!
feedspider.wosa.link
checkmate.wosa.link
FeedSpider
FeedSpider is a cross platform news reader web app created by Othello Ventures, and the coolest RSS app for retro mobile devices.
feedspider.wosa.link
November 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Did you know Palm's webOS apps were designed to be cross-platform? You can still build and update them today to run on almost any platform!
Two examples just got updates: Check Mate HD and FeedSpider 2. Check it out on your favorite modern, or retro, device!
feedspider.wosa.link
checkmate.wosa.link
Two examples just got updates: Check Mate HD and FeedSpider 2. Check it out on your favorite modern, or retro, device!
feedspider.wosa.link
checkmate.wosa.link
Another 16 apps recovered for the webOS App Museum! Check out the change log (github.com/webOSArchive...) or download them for your webOS device at appcatalog.webosarchive.org
github.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Another 16 apps recovered for the webOS App Museum! Check out the change log (github.com/webOSArchive...) or download them for your webOS device at appcatalog.webosarchive.org
There's a new tool for webOS archival! The App Scanner checks apps on your device to see if they're on the Wanted list of apps missing from the Palm/HP App Catalog.
If you've got an old webOS mobile device laying around, run a quick scan to help out!
appcatalog.webosarchive.org/app/webOSApp...
If you've got an old webOS mobile device laying around, run a quick scan to help out!
appcatalog.webosarchive.org/app/webOSApp...
webOS App Scanner on webOS App Museum II
Scan your device for unarchived Apps missing from the App Catalog!
appcatalog.webosarchive.org
November 22, 2025 at 8:43 PM
There's a new tool for webOS archival! The App Scanner checks apps on your device to see if they're on the Wanted list of apps missing from the Palm/HP App Catalog.
If you've got an old webOS mobile device laying around, run a quick scan to help out!
appcatalog.webosarchive.org/app/webOSApp...
If you've got an old webOS mobile device laying around, run a quick scan to help out!
appcatalog.webosarchive.org/app/webOSApp...
In the early 00s Dieter Bohn, et all, made the definitive podcast for Palm users.
First the content disappeared; we restored most files, and brought the PalmCast back.
Recently the feed disappeared; for the 2nd time PalmCast has been restored! Find it at podcasts.webosarchive.org?search=palmc...
First the content disappeared; we restored most files, and brought the PalmCast back.
Recently the feed disappeared; for the 2nd time PalmCast has been restored! Find it at podcasts.webosarchive.org?search=palmc...
Retro Podcast Directory
Simplified podcast feeds for retro devices.
podcasts.webosarchive.org
November 27, 2024 at 6:07 PM
In the early 00s Dieter Bohn, et all, made the definitive podcast for Palm users.
First the content disappeared; we restored most files, and brought the PalmCast back.
Recently the feed disappeared; for the 2nd time PalmCast has been restored! Find it at podcasts.webosarchive.org?search=palmc...
First the content disappeared; we restored most files, and brought the PalmCast back.
Recently the feed disappeared; for the 2nd time PalmCast has been restored! Find it at podcasts.webosarchive.org?search=palmc...
Lots of changes for webOS Archive to close out the year, read about them here:
forums.weboslives.eu/d/71-webos-a...
forums.weboslives.eu/d/71-webos-a...
webOS Archive Changes
The pace of discovering lost apps has slowed to a crawl, and I haven't had time to do much new development for the past couple years -- and likely won't in t...
forums.weboslives.eu
November 23, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Lots of changes for webOS Archive to close out the year, read about them here:
forums.weboslives.eu/d/71-webos-a...
forums.weboslives.eu/d/71-webos-a...
www.webosarchive.org has a new old homepage. Ripped from 2012, thanks to archive.org, then re-factored for a more modern and responsive era, hopefully it feels familiar to those who pine for the good old days!
webOS Archive
webOS Archive is the officially unofficial repository of everything related to Palm/HPs legacy mobile webOS for Palm, Pixi, Pre, Veer and TouchPad devices. Find documentation, apps, games and an activ...
www.webosarchive.org
November 22, 2024 at 8:19 PM
www.webosarchive.org has a new old homepage. Ripped from 2012, thanks to archive.org, then re-factored for a more modern and responsive era, hopefully it feels familiar to those who pine for the good old days!
VCF East was such a blast! Great to see our talk online:
youtu.be/3bepc7x73EA
youtu.be/3bepc7x73EA
Palm's WebOS - the mobile platform that almost was – Jon Wise
Palm’s webOS was their attempt to reinvent the once-great PalmOS for a more connected era, and briefly gave Apple and Google a run for their money as a more open alternative to their mobile duopoly. Based on a remarkably accessible Linux environment, with a beautiful and fluid user interface written in purely web technologies, webOS pioneered many of the user interface paradigms that we use today. Learn more about the architecture and development patterns from the legacy platform, as well as some of the apps and services that have been built to keep webOS alive and useful in 2024 — and beyond!
youtu.be
July 2, 2024 at 5:07 PM
VCF East was such a blast! Great to see our talk online:
youtu.be/3bepc7x73EA
youtu.be/3bepc7x73EA
Reposted by webOS Archive
What they took from us.
June 15, 2024 at 1:04 AM
What they took from us.
The newest app for legacy webOS lets you follow this feed (and other legacy webOS news sources) right from your TouchPad!
Grab it at the App Museum:
appcatalog.webosarchive.org/app/webOSLives
Grab it at the App Museum:
appcatalog.webosarchive.org/app/webOSLives
webOS Lives on webOS App Museum II
News from the world of legacy webOS!
appcatalog.webosarchive.org
May 4, 2024 at 6:50 PM
The newest app for legacy webOS lets you follow this feed (and other legacy webOS news sources) right from your TouchPad!
Grab it at the App Museum:
appcatalog.webosarchive.org/app/webOSLives
Grab it at the App Museum:
appcatalog.webosarchive.org/app/webOSLives
While at#VCFEast, I got to meet the author of one of the original books (one of the ONLY books) on webOS Development. Here's what he had to say the community...
forums.weboslives.eu/d/52-meet-th...
forums.weboslives.eu/d/52-meet-th...
April 20, 2024 at 5:21 PM
While at#VCFEast, I got to meet the author of one of the original books (one of the ONLY books) on webOS Development. Here's what he had to say the community...
forums.weboslives.eu/d/52-meet-th...
forums.weboslives.eu/d/52-meet-th...
#VCFEast is less than 3 weeks away, and #webOS will be there! Come learn about the Linux and web-based Mobile platform that almost changed the world:
vcfed.org/events/vinta...
vcfed.org/events/vinta...
March 25, 2024 at 1:50 PM
#VCFEast is less than 3 weeks away, and #webOS will be there! Come learn about the Linux and web-based Mobile platform that almost changed the world:
vcfed.org/events/vinta...
vcfed.org/events/vinta...
Flixnet is the latest app for Legacy webOS -- free (public domain) movies for retro devices. Written in cross-platform Enyo. Grab it from the App Museum:
appcatalog.webosarchive.org/app/Flixnet
appcatalog.webosarchive.org/app/Flixnet
March 7, 2024 at 10:16 PM
Flixnet is the latest app for Legacy webOS -- free (public domain) movies for retro devices. Written in cross-platform Enyo. Grab it from the App Museum:
appcatalog.webosarchive.org/app/Flixnet
appcatalog.webosarchive.org/app/Flixnet
We were delighted to get a mention in MrMobile's thoughtful, and entertaining retrospective of webOS:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8UJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8UJ...
February 27, 2024 at 5:18 PM
We were delighted to get a mention in MrMobile's thoughtful, and entertaining retrospective of webOS:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8UJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8UJ...
Syncing iMessage and webOS Messages is now possible, thanks to OSS...
Message Bridge runs on a Mac and makes your messages available via REST:
github.com/dremin/messa...
The first new Synergy connector for webOS in >10 years syncs messages into your Messaging app:
github.com/webOSArchive...
Message Bridge runs on a Mac and makes your messages available via REST:
github.com/dremin/messa...
The first new Synergy connector for webOS in >10 years syncs messages into your Messaging app:
github.com/webOSArchive...
February 19, 2024 at 9:19 PM
Syncing iMessage and webOS Messages is now possible, thanks to OSS...
Message Bridge runs on a Mac and makes your messages available via REST:
github.com/dremin/messa...
The first new Synergy connector for webOS in >10 years syncs messages into your Messaging app:
github.com/webOSArchive...
Message Bridge runs on a Mac and makes your messages available via REST:
github.com/dremin/messa...
The first new Synergy connector for webOS in >10 years syncs messages into your Messaging app:
github.com/webOSArchive...
LuneOS has a stable release -- Eiskaffe! The best of the legacy webOS mobile platform plus freshbits from the opensource webOSE project, now available for Touchpads, PineTab 2, and more! Get the details from @pivotCE at pivotce.com/2024/02/15/l...
February 16, 2024 at 1:18 AM
LuneOS has a stable release -- Eiskaffe! The best of the legacy webOS mobile platform plus freshbits from the opensource webOSE project, now available for Touchpads, PineTab 2, and more! Get the details from @pivotCE at pivotce.com/2024/02/15/l...
webOS Archive now has TouchPads for sale! Check out our Tindie store for a great deal on an awesome retro tablet!
www.tindie.com/products/web...
www.tindie.com/products/web...
February 9, 2024 at 6:13 PM
webOS Archive now has TouchPads for sale! Check out our Tindie store for a great deal on an awesome retro tablet!
www.tindie.com/products/web...
www.tindie.com/products/web...
I guess that makes it official, Palm/HP's mobile webOS is now vintage. Come to VCF East and learn about the mobile alternative that ALMOST made it, how to develop apps, and how to keep your Palm Pre or HP Touchpad useful in 2024 and beyond!
vcfed.org/events/vinta...
vcfed.org/events/vinta...
February 8, 2024 at 5:15 PM
I guess that makes it official, Palm/HP's mobile webOS is now vintage. Come to VCF East and learn about the mobile alternative that ALMOST made it, how to develop apps, and how to keep your Palm Pre or HP Touchpad useful in 2024 and beyond!
vcfed.org/events/vinta...
vcfed.org/events/vinta...