KolibriOS
Operating system · x86 (full GUI) · v86
An entire graphical OS that boots in about a second — from a single floppy.
Tip: click inside the screen to capture mouse & keyboard; press Esc to release. For v86 systems (FreeDOS, KolibriOS, Tiny Core), the first boot downloads the disk image, so give it a moment.
Details
- Category
- Operating system
- Platform
- x86 (full GUI)
- Year
- 2004
- Emulator
- v86, client-side WASM
- License
- GNU GPL — free and open source
- Source
- https://kolibrios.org/en/
About
KolibriOS is an open-source operating system hand-written in x86 assembly. The whole graphical desktop — windowed apps, a file manager, even small games — fits on a 1.44 MB floppy and boots almost instantly. It stands in here for the graphical-OS experience of the Pentium years (Windows 3.x/95) that we can't ship for licensing reasons — and it's arguably more fun to show off.