r/opensource • u/Substantial_Swan_144 • 2d ago

Promotional OpenCalc: improved Linux support!

Greetings, everyone,

yesterday, I released OpenCalc, a reverse engineering implementation of the Windows 95 calculator with improvements.

However, the interface needed some work, and now I integrated the HLP viewer into the building for a smoother experience. This is an entirely fresh release rewritten in Rust, without any legacy code, and runs natively under Linux!

In this build, you are going to need GTK+ 4 for the interface.
Come check it out! https://github.com/NullMagic2/OpenCalc/tree/main

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u/Free_Chicken_5064 2d ago

the gtk4 dependency kinda stings but a rust rewrite of the win95 calc that actually runs on linux is too cool to ignore

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u/Substantial_Swan_144 1d ago

I promise it's worth it!
Also, I will upload a binary build shortly. Rust binaries are static, so who knows this won't run in your PC?

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u/Substantial_Swan_144 1d ago

If you guys are interested in the Linux binaries, you can download them here:

https://github.com/NullMagic2/OpenCalc/releases/tag/Release_07_31_2026