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A classic Visual Basic for Applications (VB6) IDE that runs natively in a web browser.

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Briefings

A browser-native classic Visual Basic VB6 IDE was released in 2026, allowing users to run VB6 applications directly in a web browser. The project, authored by Wiesław Soltes, is currently a preprint with 334 comments and 110 discussion points on Hacker News, indicating active community interest in the technology.

Key points

• The project, authored by Wiesław Soltes, enables running Visual Basic for Applications (VB6) code directly within a web browser environment.
• As a preprint, the source code and documentation are available online but lack formal peer review or publication in a journal.

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