Ask HN: What Single File Web Apps do you know of?

I'm trying to get a Wikipedia page for Single File Web Apps approved (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Single_File_Web_Apps), and I'm trying to find good examples of Single File Web Apps (web apps that are just a single HTML file). Please comment if you know of any.

10 points | by calebm 1 day ago

7 comments

jermolene 4 hours ago
Two more that I've come across:
https://hyperclay.com/ and https://feather.wiki/
Thanks for mentioning TiddlyWiki btw.
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- calebm 2 hours ago
  Hyperclay involves a node js server. Feathre.wiki looks like a legit SFWA.
anon1395 1 day ago
Copyparty. https://github.com/9001/copyparty
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- calebm 1 day ago
  This is a valid Single File App (though not a Single File Web App)
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  - anon1395 1 day ago
    What's the difference? It's going through the web.
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    - calebm 1 day ago
      A "web app" must run in a browser (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_application).
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      - anon1395 7 hours ago
        Copyparty runs in a browser...?
runjake 1 day ago
I like simonw's: https://tools.simonwillison.net/
I vibecode a bunch of similar tools I use, inspired by Simon, and have them stashed where I can get to them.
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- calebm 1 day ago
  Some of these are indeed Single File Web Apps (though a few of them contain links to external js and such, which would disqualify those from being a SFWA).
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  - runjake 1 day ago
    Sure, but that stuff could easily be embedded into the file itself. I think the spirit is still there.
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    - codingdave 1 day ago
      If you count the scripts that could be embedded, any React app could be a single file. I don't think that matches the spirit, though.
    - calebm 1 day ago
      Agreed.
al_borland 1 day ago
Adminer
https://www.adminer.org/en/
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- calebm 1 day ago
  I guess this would qualify as a Single File App (though maybe not a Single File Web App).
austin-cheney 1 day ago
This is my current personal project.
https://github.com/prettydiff/webserver
The backend is multiple files but the frontend is a single file SPA. It loads with state restoration and LCP in about 105ms.
calebm 1 day ago
Also feel free to add them to this list: https://github.com/calebmadrigal/Single-File-Web-Apps (just submit a PR)
tene80i 1 day ago
Tiddlywiki!
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- calebm 1 day ago
  Thank you. That's one of the few that I found.