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Running a Website Inside a Website

Running a Website Inside a Website

by Anonymous · July 15, 2026

I stumbled upon a WASM linux terminal emulator that runs inside your browser called linuxontab. I am not affiliated with the site, but I naturally found this very interesting. What could I test I asked myself?

Could I perhaps run a website inside a website?

With a bit of tinkering, I was able to get Torum, a small forum, working from inside this virtual linux box. Good Fun.

I booted the alpine image with networking and quickly cloned the repository.

Next, the installation, Torum needs just a few packages to run.

## Requirements

DependencyPurpose

Python 3Application runtime<br>TorHidden service networking<br>SQLCipherDatabase encryption<br>OpenSSLKey generation (openssl-tool on Termux)<br>torsocksRouting HN API requests through Tor (macOS only)<br>curl (Homebrew, macOS only)Non-SIP-protected curl binary for torsocks compatibility

I pressed 1, the packages start flooding in.

I pressed 2, the server started.

I entered the address into the tor browser. It lives. Amazing.

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