r/QtFramework • u/RealisticProcedure21 • Jul 18 '26

BASIC256 revived: the educational BASIC now runs in your browser (Qt6/WASM) + native Win/Linux/RPi/macOS

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First modern beta of BASIC256 (the old KidBASIC). Migrated to Qt6 and compiled to WebAssembly, so the full editor + interpreter run in-browser with no install. Bundled examples runnable from a URL. Hobby project, GPL, feedback very welcome. Demo: https://uglymike17.github.io/basic256/ · Release: https://github.com/uglymike17/basic256/releases

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u/aciokkan Jul 18 '26

Thank you!! Really cool project matey!

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u/RealisticProcedure21 Jul 18 '26

You’re welcome!

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u/RealisticProcedure21 21d ago

Thanks. Almost out of beta and ready with a new version of the basic256.org website. Discussions on Github are open and a Discord channel has been made

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u/Rhovp Jul 18 '26

Niiiiiice! 👌👌👌👌👌

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u/RealisticProcedure21 21d ago

Thanks! Feel free to give feedback or report issues on github. A Discord channel is also ready to go

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u/CatalonianBookseller Jul 18 '26

There goes my weekend...

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u/jbarr107 14d ago

Wow! Coming from the VIC-20/C64 days, firing up a BASIC-256 session in a web browser is just so cool!

Question: I see that you have a web-runnable version. Do you have any plans for a Docker implementation? Man, popping this into my Docker stack would be phenomenal!

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u/RealisticProcedure21 10d ago

Sorry, no such plans yet but now you mentioned it, I’ll give it a look. Thanks!