On Stompstart by 12 February 2016 · Palo Alto · United States

rollApp.

A Palo Alto service that ran desktop programs like Inkscape inside a web browser, now winding down after its makers' January 2026 notice.

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Timeline

12 February 2016
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5 January 2026
Discontinued
rollApp announced it would wind down its operations over the course of 2026, with no exact shutdown date yet; new annual subscriptions ended and users were promised at least three months' notice.
Discontinued · Announced
blog.rollapp.com
29 September 2026
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“Desktop Applications on Any Device”

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Page 'Open any file with ease' with a cartoon character and a drag-and-drop file area. — The listing image as preserved by the Wayback Machine on 12 February 2016.

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“Desktop Applications on Any Device”

rollApp builds an online application virtualization platform, which allows to run any application on any device with just a web browser. When running on rollApp applications behave the same way as if they were installed locally. Having hundreds of applications available on-demand from the cloud in just one click enables use cases, which were unthinkable before: compatibility is not an issue – use the application you need on a device you have open any file at any time – all necessary apps are instantly available in the cloud run heavy workloads from mobile devices

Topics: Cloud computing
Platforms: Mobile
Location: Palo Alto · United States

rollapp.com ↗youtube.com/user/rollappinc ↗blog.rollapp.com ↗facebook.com/rollApp ↗twitter.com/rollapp ↗angel.co/rollapp-1 ↗

In our words: The listing described rollApp as an application virtualization platform that let any application run on any device through a web browser, behaving as if installed locally. It pitched hundreds of cloud apps on demand for Chromebooks, mobile devices and heavy workloads.

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