Free software · classic and modern clients

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Browse the web on classic hardware, then chat across decades. HamNet and HamChat are free. A HamNet+ subscription is never required for HamChat.

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HamsterOS

Amiga

Classic Mac

HamChat · Classic Mac

HamNet and HamChat across classic and modern systems

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Choose HamNet and HamChat.

HamsterOS, Amiga, and Classic Mac downloads include both applications.

386 / 486 PC

HamsterOS

.77.18

HamNet 1.0.6HamChat 0.6.5

One bootable 1.44 MB image with HamsterOS, HamNet, and HamChat already installed in Programs.

✓ Free classic web browsing
✓ Cross-system HamChat
✓ Boots in QEMU or Real Hardware

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AmigaOS 2.04+

Amiga

HamConnect 0.6.6

HamTCP 0.7.0HamNet 1.0.10HamChat 0.6.5

HamConnect-Amiga includes HamTCP 0.7.0, a free beta replacement for Roadshow and Miami, together with HamNet Browser, HamChat, setup, diagnostics, and updates.

✓ bsdsocket.library compatibility and SANA-II drivers
✓ DHCP/static IPv4, DNS cache, mDNS, and ZeroConf
✓ Preserves Roadshow/Miami and restores it on uninstall
✓ One installer with 68000-compatible and 68020-optimized choices
✓ AmigaOS 2.04+, 1 MB Chip + 4 MB Fast
✓ PiStorm compatible

Download HamConnect LHA ZIP

System 6 – Mac OS 9

Classic Mac

68K

HamNet 1.0.10HamChat 0.6.5

One 800 KB HFS transfer disk containing HamNet and HamChat, plus individual MacBinary copies.

✓ Native Toolbox applications
✓ MacTCP-first networking
✓ Monochrome and color systems

Download HamNet + HamChat

Modern companions

Just HamChat, please.

Modern Windows and macOS do not need the retro browser. Download HamChat by itself and talk to every supported system.

Windows 10 / 11

HamChat

v0.6.5

Ready-to-run Windows application with encrypted saved sign-in and the Mean Hamster icon.

Download Windows EXE

Modern macOS

HamChat

v0.6.5

Ready-to-run Apple silicon app with dedicated conversation windows, emojis, HamCards, profile controls, update checks, Aqua menus, and Keychain sign-in. Requires macOS 11 or later.

Download macOS app

One account · every machine

Make a free Mean Hamster account.

Your account keeps HamChat friends and conversations available on every released HamChat client. It also keeps up to eight HamNet favorites synchronized across HamsterOS, Amiga, and Classic Mac.

No HamNet+ subscription. No Hamster Extras purchase. Just one free account.

Coming later

Gaming like it's 1995.

We're planning a couple of old-school online games built for the same cross-system network—so a Classic Mac, an Amiga, a HamsterOS PC, and a modern computer can meet in the same game.

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HamsterCommand in-game view with units, terrain, base, and command bar — HamsterCommand · in-game development build

A note about HamNet+: HamNet is the free browser and HamChat is free chat. HamNet+ remains an optional paid service inside HamNet for rendering modern HTTPS and JavaScript pages on classic hardware.