--- title: Why our website looks like an operating system | daily.dev description: PostHog redesigned their website to function like an operating system, featuring window management, keyboard shortcuts, and multitasking capabilities. The... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/why-our-website-looks-like-an-operating-system-bbsm1htqb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Why our website looks like an operating system | daily.dev og:description: PostHog redesigned their website to function like an operating system, featuring window management, keyboard shortcuts, and multitasking capabilities. The... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-our-website-looks-like-an-operating-system-bbsm1htqb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/bbsM1hTQb.png og:image:alt: Why our website looks like an operating system og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Why our website looks like an operating system **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 5 min read · 857 upvotes · 73 comments ## Summary PostHog redesigned their website to function like an operating system, featuring window management, keyboard shortcuts, and multitasking capabilities. The design addresses the common problem of managing multiple tabs on technical websites by allowing users to open and arrange multiple pages simultaneously within a single browser window. The implementation includes OS-inspired UI elements like file explorers, PowerPoint-style presentations, and spreadsheet layouts, built using TypeScript and Tailwind CSS with a JSON-driven content architecture. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@koas** · 22 upvotes > Can't agree more with this! Twenty years ago we went the same way for our custom apps. > > https://github.com/koas/my-second-pc > > (Sorry for the auto-link 😅) **@thr4sher** · 7 upvotes > very cool! **@jkdeguzman** · 6 upvotes > Wow, I was genuinely surprised at first, but the idea behind it is truly amazing! I really hope it can be developed into a CMS with customizable themes that would be incredible. Honestly, it's just fantastic! **@danirichestmaninbabylon** · 4 upvotes > very nice website :D **@kyuubikenpachi** · 3 upvotes > this is the coolest shit i seen in awhile. A.I would never. --- Tags: [#frontend](https://daily.dev/tags/frontend), [#typescript](https://daily.dev/tags/typescript), [#ux](https://daily.dev/tags/ux), [#ui-design](https://daily.dev/tags/ui-design), [#tailwind-css](https://daily.dev/tags/tailwind-css) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/why-our-website-looks-like-an-operating-system-bbsm1htqb) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Why our website looks like an operating system","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-our-website-looks-like-an-operating-system-bbsm1htqb","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-our-website-looks-like-an-operating-system-bbsm1htqb"},"datePublished":"2025-09-12T03:19:53.726Z","dateModified":"2025-09-12T03:20:20.238Z","description":"PostHog redesigned their website to function like an operating system, featuring window management, keyboard shortcuts, and multitasking capabilities. 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