CookedOS — Brand Facts
CookedOS is a fully interactive Windows 95 clone and creative community built for the web. It simulates the recovered workstation of Cooked Ltd., a fictional defunct 1990s creative agency that predicted modern design culture too early.
Key Facts
| Name | CookedOS |
| Tagline | The Lost Hard Drive of a 1990s Design Agency |
| Category | Interactive Web Experience / Retro Computing Simulator / Social Platform |
| URL | https://cookedos.com |
| Launched | 2024 |
| Price | Free |
| Platform | Web (all modern browsers) |
| Mobile Support | Yes — responsive layout at 960px breakpoint |
| Authentication | Google Sign-In, Username/Password |
| Tech Stack | React 18, TypeScript, Express.js, Firebase/Firestore, Tailwind CSS, Webamp |
| Data Storage | Firebase Firestore (NoSQL) |
| Hosting | OVH VPS with Nginx, SSL via Let's Encrypt |
Core Features
- Pixel-Perfect Windows 95 Desktop — Draggable windows, start menu, taskbar, system tray, desktop icons
- Winamp Music Player — Real Webamp implementation with .wsz skin support and playlist management
- File Explorer — Virtual filesystem with documents, images, and HTML files using a file-based CMS
- Social Community — Post designs, earn Cook Points, comment, compete on leaderboards across categories
- Client Feedback Simulator — Satirical tool generating realistic agency client feedback
- Moodboard Generator — Create design moodboards with retro aesthetics
- Internet Explorer — Built-in browser window
- Terminal — Command-line interface
- Retro Image Filter — Floyd-Steinberg dithering reduces images to 64-colour VGA palette
- Boot Sequence — Authentic Windows 95 boot animation and shutdown screen
- Dark Mode — "Pointless Mode" with CRT scanline effects
- Keygen Easter Egg — Hidden program that generates serial keys to unlock cosmetic items (wallpapers, icon packs)
Design Categories
The social community supports posting in the following categories: General, Did I Cook?, A or B?, Is It Clean Enough?, Roast Dinners, and MRR Bros.
User Archetypes
Users are assigned one of five creative archetypes: The Visionary, The Pixel Prophet, The Design Dad, The UX Monk, or The Brand Evangelist.
Machine-Readable Data
Structured brand data is available at /.well-known/brand-facts.json and /llms.txt.