GoKawiilremote-df — Dwarf Fortress in the Browser
Play Dwarf Fortress (Classic or Steam edition) in a web browser with audio. DF runs as a Docker container on a remote x86-64 Linux host at full native speed, streamed to your browser over noVNC with audio via HTTP.
Classic Steam (Premium)
Architecture
Your machine Remote x86-64 Linux host (ssh <remote>) ┌──────────────────┐ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Browser │ │ Docker container │ │ noVNC <canvas> ─┼── SSH tunnel ──▶│ nginx :6080 │ │ <audio> src= │ (loopback) │ ├─ / → custom index.html (VNC + audio) │ │ /audio │ │ ├─ /websockify → websockify → Xvnc :5900 │ │ localhost:6080 │ │ ├─ /audio → Icecast ◀─ ffmpeg (internal) │ │ │ │ └─ /saves /backups /logs → browse/download │ └──────────────────┘ │ PulseAudio (virtual sink) ◀─ dwarfort │ │ saves → host dir (bind mount, on disk) │ │ backups → host dir (periodic save tarballs) │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Nothing is exposed publicly: the container binds to 127.0.0.1 , and you reach it through an SSH tunnel.
Prerequisites
A remote x86-64 Linux host you can SSH into (e.g. a VPS or cloud instance)
Docker installed on that host
SSH client on your local machine
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