Alternatives

Products that do what An HelloWorld x86-Bootloader does

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A “living” Linux process with no memory▲312
2020 · github.com
2XA
xOS – a 32-bit OS for the PC▲115
2016 · github.com
3AM
A minimal C runtime for Linux i386 and x86_64 in 87 SLOC of C▲172
2015 · github.com
4ZZ
Zectl – ZFS Boot Environment Manager for Linux▲119
2020 · ramsdenj.com
5XA
Xmake, a modern C/C++ build utility▲186
2019 · github.com
6H3
Homemade 32-bit CPU and OS (2015) [video]▲253
2016 · youtube.com
7VQ
Vas-quod – A minimal Linux container runtime written in Rust▲110
2020 · github.com
8MA
Monolinux – A tiny embedded Linux distro▲69
2019 · github.com
9MF
Minimal freestanding C runtime for bare-metal/embedded PC projects▲97
2015 · github.com
10WM
Wiser – minimal hypervisor boots Linux VM, written in C▲136
2021 · github.com
11TA
Thaum, a simple boilerplate and templating command line utility▲79
2017 · flaque.github.io
12SA
Sysdig, a tool for Linux system exploration▲171
2014 · github.com
13SV
Simple virtual machine, assembler, and C compiler▲99
2016 · github.com
14G0
GoboLinux 016 featuring Runner, a filesystem virtualization tool▲80
2016 · gobolinux.org
15NN
Nixar – New design of Linux command line▲130
2015 · nixar.work
16AC
A compiler for a small language into x86-64 assembly▲74
2020 · github.com
17LE
LoWe – Extending the functionality of Ubuntu running on Windows 10▲34
2016 · github.com
18MO
Minoca OS – A new lightweight kernel, completely from scratch▲168
2016 · minocacorp.com
19JA
Jetpack, a FreeBSD Jail/ZFS-based container runtime▲96
2015 · github.com
20BA
Bake – A modular build system and package manager for C/C++▲132
2018 · github.com
21AA
An Aesthetically Pleasing Arch Linux Distro▲76
2020 · archcraft-os.github.io
22AM
A minimal stack based VM in C▲60
2020 · github.com
23TC
Tiny C runtime Linux (rt0), HelloWorld 0.6k (i386), sbrk example added▲49
2015 · github.com
24FA
FSSB – A filesystem sandbox for Linux▲43
2016 · github.com

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