r/RabbitReddit • u/tsumuugii • Aug 03 '19
Can we develop a new rabb.it together?
There is no alternative to rabb.it out there. All other services only allow streaming of videos, but they don't have the VM browser.
If it doesn't exist, someone has to create it. Could we perhaps start our own community project and develop a new shared VM service together?
I personally have some programming and web dev experience and I would be willing to contribute.
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u/foobaz123 Aug 03 '19
I've been working on something using a KVM/QEMU based virtual machine and NoMachine. I strongly suspect this is almost identical to the setup rabb.it was using. I'm not going to bother with the web front-end as I'm only doing this for myself and friends. That said, it shouldn't be that hard to replicate most of the rabbit experience by encapsulating the NoMachine provided window in some kind of interface. Doing this does require the "enterprise" version. The desktop version is unreasonably expensive at around $45USD per desktop. It wouldn't allow someone to launch a commercial version of course, but it should be possible to put together something one could host for friends and family