HamNet is a free browser for supported classic computers. It opens plain HTTP sites, ProtoWeb, local help, favorites, history, and cached pages without an account.
HamNet+ is an optional paid service inside the same app. It uses hosted secure rendering to open modern HTTPS and JavaScript pages that old hardware cannot handle alone.
Plain HTTP and restored classic sites through ProtoWeb
Local pages, help, history, favorites, cache, and settings
No account, subscription, or first-launch sign-in
The same native app can be upgraded to Plus at any time
Optional subscription
HamNet+ service
Modern HTTPS and JavaScript pages rendered upstream
Encrypted device activation and up to two Classic Computers
Monthly or yearly renewal with account cancellation controls
Expiration returns the app to free HamNet; local data remains
Included with HamNet
HamChat now comes with HamNet
Chat with friends from every supported HamNet computer using one free Mean Hamster account. HamChat includes conversations, emoji, audible SQUEAKs, collectible HamCards, and game invitations.
HamChat is free and does not require a HamNet+ subscription.
HamChat keeps friends, conversations, HamCards, audible SQUEAKs, and game invitations together in one classic-friendly app.
Free on every platform
Three native browsers. One optional Plus service.
HamNet is free now for HamsterOS, AmigaOS 3.x, and Classic Mac OS. Browse plain HTTP, ProtoWeb, local pages, history, favorites, and cached content without a subscription.
When you want modern HTTPS and JavaScript pages, choose Activate + in the same native app. HamNet+ supports the free browsers; it does not replace them.
HamsterOS — available now
AmigaOS 3.x — available now
Classic Mac OS — available now
Free HamNet
Free HamNet on AmigaOS browsing FrogFind over plain HTTP. The Activate + button adds the optional HamNet+ service.
HamNet+ activated
HamNet+ on AmigaOS rendering a modern Amazon page over HTTPS. This demonstrates public browsing only; do not use HamNet+ for sign-in, checkout, or other sensitive account activity.
Service pricing
Choose your HamNet+ plan
Subscribe here from a modern computer, or choose Activate + and then Subscribe to HamNet+ Now inside HamNet. Both methods create the same portable HamNet+ account. Every paid plan uses the same complete Chromium-assisted rendering service; the plans differ only in their monthly page-load allowance. Hamster Extras is a separate permanent product and is not required. Buying Extras includes one month of HamNet+ with no automatic renewal.
Lite Monthly
$5.99
per month
Up to 500 modern web page loads each month using the complete HamNet+ hosted rendering service.
Automatic indexed 256-color display on Color QuickDraw Macs, with monochrome fallback.
Connects directly from the Macintosh—no Windows relay or companion application.
Settings include Set Current Page as Home, display controls, gateway reset, and Clear History.
Successful HamNet+ sign-in opens an Enhanced Home with account management and shortcuts to Google, Amazon, CNN, and Wikipedia.
Windows 95
Planned
A native Windows 95 client follows the current three-platform work.
A practical privacy boundary
HamNet+ is intended for public browsing such as search, articles, documentation, and reference pages. Do not use the hosted browser for banking, medical portals, or other sensitive accounts. The special Mean Hamster signup and PayPal approval route is isolated from normal browsing and is not counted as browsing usage.
