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An operating system written from scratch: boot sector, FAT filesystem, DOS-compatible interrupts, sound, a 32-bit runtime and a graphical desktop

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GITHUB · launched Sep 13, 2026 · 137 upvotes (top 6%) · 3 views

Niche: experimental and embedded operating systems · 142 launches, 10 in the last 7 days ▼ -23% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags
  • Horizontal
  • Dev tools
  • Developer
  • Not AI
  • Hobby / open-source project

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Could you build this?

No Building an operating system from scratch with custom boot sectors, FAT filesystems, DOS interrupt compatibility, and GUI drivers requires deep low-level computer architecture and assembly expertise that AI cannot substitute for.

What it would actually take: Development requires x86 assembly and freestanding C/Rust compiled via bare-metal cross-compilers and tested in QEMU. The core challenge is handling the 16-bit real mode bootloader, configuring GDT/IDT tables for protected mode, implementing DOS INT 21h emulation, and writing custom hardware drivers for storage and VESA graphics. This demands specialized knowledge of low-level computer architecture and kernel development.

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 4074 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #263 of 4075 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 317 days after the earliest competitor.

  • LiberNT · github · 2026-10-14 · 14 upvotes · similarity 0.76
  • xdos · github · 2026-11-07 · 38 upvotes · similarity 0.74
  • flappy-512 · github · 2026-10-13 · 20 upvotes · similarity 0.73
  • Vanilla OS 3 Reunion · hn · 2026-08-24 · 33 upvotes · similarity 0.72
  • Nønos · hn · 2025-12-23 · 9 upvotes · similarity 0.72
  • elixos · github · 2026-10-10 · 17 upvotes · similarity 0.72
  • WonderBox · github · 2026-09-20 · 181 upvotes · similarity 0.70
  • moxnox · github · 2026-10-22 · 20 upvotes · similarity 0.70

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