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Is there any service that can be selfhosted that is similar to the old rabb.it site? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by boothin@kbin.social to c/selfhosted@kbin.social

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For those that don't know, rabb.it was a site where you basically had a chatroom and a virtual pc that was shared to everyone in the room. It was used to get together and watch youtube/plex/netflix/whatever together, and everyone was able to control the browser on the virtual PC. I don't even think you needed to have an account to join a room, but it's been so long I don't remember anymore.

So I'm looking for something like that, just a virtual PC/browser + chatroom that people can join and watch/control, ideally without even needing to make an account. Does something like that exist?

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[–] sneakyninjapants@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think Neko might fit the bill. I used it for a couple years on a VPS and it was perfectly adequate for my needs. Keep in mind that it's a resource hog and has no arm64 support the last time I checked. It's hosting an X11 session with a chrome browser window (by default) and streaming it over webrtc.

[–] boothin@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

This is precisely what I was looking for, thanks. Seems like the dev was inspired by the old rabb.it site as well and created it once it was shut down

[–] FermatsLastAccount@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I hadn't thought of using it like this, but webtop should fit the bill? It's a full virtual pc you can use in your browser.

They also have an image for just a browser if you want that instead.