The boot up sequence of an Apple Mac is an iconic thing. Everyone knows what that white screen and grey Apple logo means, and when that OS X wallpaper pops up you can even guess which version of the operating system you are using. Use Microsoft's online emulator to discover what you can do with Windows 10. Special OS Distributions with Linux online like Windows online emulators or MACOS online emulators that can be run with a web browser for free in OnWorks. Arch Linux 12 MB: A complete Arch Linux restored from a snapshot, additional files are loaded as needed: Damn Small Linux 50 MB: Graphical Linux with 2.4 kernel, Firefox 2.0 and more.
Full Linux Terminal
CoCalc offers a full, collaborative, real-time synchronized Linux Terminal in your browser.
Take a look at our terminal documentation to learn more about it!
Check all the installed software
Made for teaching a course: students just have to sign in to CoCalc to get started!
Benefits of working online
- You no longer have to install and maintain any software.
- It is possible to collaboratively use the same terminal in real-time.
- You can also edit shell script files and run the script.
- A side-chat next to the Terminal let's you discuss your commands with others.
- Automatic backup keeps your files safe!
- You can copy/paste between your local desktop and the online terminal.
Online Os
What you can do ..
- Learn Bash scripting
- Learn how to use the Linux command line
- Run Python, R, etc. scripts
- Compile C/C++, Java, etc. programs
- Process and store datafiles
- Collaborate, ..
.. what you cannot do.
Root: due to how CoCalc works, you cannot have root rights. However, there is a wealth of software, both systems utilities and packages for specific language environments, already installed! Regarding Python and R environments, you can install them in your project. If something is missing, please tell us.- Communicate with the internet as a free user: if you want to run code to download data from another server or checkout a Git repository – or just want to support CoCalc – you need an internet upgrade applied to your project. Learn more about Trial Projects!
Online Os Emulators
The same terminal can be opened by two or more users. Both see the same view, which adaptively resizes to a common size.
Additionally, open a side chat panel to exchange thoughts and ideas.
Operating System Emulator online, free
This is ideal for getting advice by a colleague or helping a student of yours.
script.sh file (left), bash -f script.sh to run (right)CoCalc's frame editor supports editing script files side-by-side with a terminal.
To get started, create a file with a suitable ending, e.g. .py, .sh, .r, .. Then open that file (via {filename.ext}) and you can edit it with syntax highlighting. Finally, split the frame and select the Terminal, like you can see it in the screenshot. Execute python3 script.py, bash -f script.sh, .. to run it.
A lot of popular applications are included. Git to e.g. interact with GitHub, VIM, Emacs, various programming shells like IPython, R shell, and SageMath.
There is also support for many programming languages and compilers. Python, JAVA, C/C++ via GNU GCC or Clang, Ada, Haskell, Smalltalk, Rust and many more.
Look at our list of executables to check what is available!
The CoCalc terminal is ideal for teaching/learning Linux, because in case you make a mistake it has your back!
Everything runs remotely on CoCalc's servers! This means you do not have to worry about messing up your own computer, deal with setup and installation issues by yourself, or fear of losing or corrupting your own files when you make a mistake.
Ips file opener. Snapshots are consistent read-only views of all your files in a CoCalc project. Restore your file(s) by copying back the one(s) that were lost or got corrupted.
Therefore, this is ideal to learn basic shell commands or more about Linux online.
- Windows 〉
- Mac 〉
- Ubuntu 〉
- Tablets 〉
- Kindle 〉
- Nexus 7 〉
- Galaxy Tab 2 〉
- iPad 〉
- Email 〉
- Outlook 〉
- Windows Mail 〉
- Web Mail 〉
- Outlook Express 〉
- Thunderbird 〉
- IncrediMail 〉
- Eudora 〉
- Browsers 〉
- Microsoft Edge 〉
- Internet Explorer 〉
- Firefox 〉
- Safari 〉
- Chrome 〉
- Opera 〉
- Security 〉
- Norton 〉
- McAfee 〉
- Microsoft 〉
- F-Secure 〉
- Avast 〉
- AVG Free 〉
- Kaspersky 〉
- Bitdefender 〉
- Networking 〉
- Router Emulators 〉
- D-Link 〉
- Asus 〉
- Router Emulators 〉
- Smart Phones 〉
- Windows Phones 〉
- iPhone 〉
- Samsung 〉
- HTC 〉
- Blackberry 〉
- TVs 〉
- Roku 〉
- Game Consoles 〉
- Misc 〉
- How Do I? 〉
- Helpful Links 〉
- Free Time? 〉
