Live data from Hacker News

Show HN: Neko – Self hosted virtual browser that runs in Docker and uses WebRTC

github.com

41–50 of 61 posts

Re: Show HN: Neko – Self hosted virtual browser that runs in Docker and uses WebRTC

#41
post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> UserLAnd Hmm that's cool I was not aware of this thing, not surprising but still cool to find out now.

“userland” is a UNIX term that roughly means “apps” but in ancient sense. UserLAnd is just an app for Android using that word stylized as its name.

oh okay so they're not the same gotcha

Re: Show HN: Neko – Self hosted virtual browser that runs in Docker and uses WebRTC

#43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's also a 30-year-old X app that draws a cat which chases your cursor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neko_(software)

Obviously less relevant.

Sakura-chan(catgirl skin) chasing my mouse feels offended. She is very energetic and relevant all day.

Re: Show HN: Neko – Self hosted virtual browser that runs in Docker and uses WebRTC

#44
post #6

Neko is a fantastic project, I love telling people about it. It does so much more then the title says :) Being able to watch videos with someone in perfect sync is a great experience. It's not the same to just sync two video elements, but you actually can scroll the page and feels like you are sharing the same screen. This and https://github.com/giongto35/cloud-morph I think have the chance to really inspire/change t…

sorry if this sounds dismissive, but I'm curious - how is this different than using google hangouts or facetime or zoom and doing screen sharing?

Re: Show HN: Neko – Self hosted virtual browser that runs in Docker and uses WebRTC

#45
post #6

Neko is a fantastic project, I love telling people about it. It does so much more then the title says :) Being able to watch videos with someone in perfect sync is a great experience. It's not the same to just sync two video elements, but you actually can scroll the page and feels like you are sharing the same screen. This and https://github.com/giongto35/cloud-morph I think have the chance to really inspire/change t…

sorry if this sounds dismissive, but I'm curious - how is this different than using google hangouts or facetime or zoom and doing screen sharing?

afaik those don’t let both parties control the mouse. I thought that’s what this does.

Re: Show HN: Neko – Self hosted virtual browser that runs in Docker and uses WebRTC

#46
post #24
post #6

Neko is a fantastic project, I love telling people about it. It does so much more then the title says :) Being able to watch videos with someone in perfect sync is a great experience. It's not the same to just sync two video elements, but you actually can scroll the page and feels like you are sharing the same screen. This and https://github.com/giongto35/cloud-morph I think have the chance to really inspire/change t…

Seems like you could also use it as an alternative to Twitch where you watched someone play a game, or Picaro.tv which you watch people draw stuff

picarto.tv *

And thanks, I didn't know it

Re: Show HN: Neko – Self hosted virtual browser that runs in Docker and uses WebRTC

#47
post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's exactly what this would solve.

Keyloggers?

And screen loggers.

And MitM network traffic loggers.

That said, I guess everyone's threat model is different and maybe a remote browser like this solves some problem for them despite those constraints.

Re: Show HN: Neko – Self hosted virtual browser that runs in Docker and uses WebRTC

#48

Hi all, after glancing at the comments it seems that a few people are confused about Neko and what its purpose is. Neko is a self-hosted shared browser, which was built in response to a product called Rabb.it shutting down. Rabb.it had ~4 million MAUs and raised a series B before shutting down due to investors pulling out last-minute during their series C fundraising. Rabb.it was focused on watch parties. There are a…

Yep!

Outside of the points that Scotty made, not everyone has access to a computer, or don't have good enough ones to handle streaming as smoothly. In fact, there are multiple use-cases for this technology, considering it can work as a "cloud browser", either storing information or being completely disposable (as in, the whole browser activity/session/data gets destroyed after usage or on-demand). That said, for what we're used to, a lot of people use it for watch parties so they can share "a bit of the Internet" between friends, family, and even completely strangers!

And I say "we're" because I work on a similar, open-source, "Rabb.it alternative" (or VM-sharing platform, however you prefer to call it): https://cryb.app

That said, that requires self-hosting, so feel free to check out Hyperbeam if fiddling up with configuring Node.js applications and Docker apps is not your thing! But if you wanna give yourself an adventure for this use-case, go ahead :)

Re: Show HN: Neko – Self hosted virtual browser that runs in Docker and uses WebRTC

#49

That’s quite a logo.

It's pretty tasteless tbh and makes me definitely not want to use this app or share it with anyone whose opinion of me I care about

Japanese plushies and toys of cats/dogs/others have buttholes all the time lol

Re: Show HN: Neko – Self hosted virtual browser that runs in Docker and uses WebRTC

#50
post #37

Wow! So there is the possibility of having remote screen control using the WebRTC for the stream and then other trick for the mouse coordinates and keyboard! I hope to be able to integrate it also in https://github.com/miroslavpejic85/mirotalk that would be great! Thank you so much for sharing! Maybe I can try to do it looking from: https://github.com/maxogden/screencat Keep it up!

There are no APIs in WebRTC about remote screen control. You can share a screen, but that's it.

Yes, I know that, I mean someone mentioned here screencat, I’m not tried but seems with the addition of robot and electron it is possible I’m searching something to implement it in addition of WebRTC.
Post reply on HN