Aether OS runs a full desktop environment inside a browser and connects natively to the AT Protocol, giving it direct access to Bluesky accounts and public decentralized records.
The project ships 42 apps in alpha: text editors, task management, a video editor, a DAW, and a chiptune tracker. Documentation is nearly nonexistent, and rough edges are everywhere. The cyberpunk aesthetic pulls hard from The Matrix, which is either a selling point or a warning.
The reason to read the full piece is not the app count. It is the question of what a browser-based OS built on an open social protocol actually means for how people own and interact with their data going forward.
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