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24 alternatives to Avremu – An 8-Bit Microcontroller in Pure LaTeX

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Avremu is an AVR microcontroller emulator implemented entirely in LaTeX, the document preparation system. It allows users to simulate 8-bit AVR microcontroller behavior within LaTeX documents, making it useful for… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Avremu – An 8-Bit Microcontroller in Pure LaTeX launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   An AVR based 8-bit Microcomputer▲43

   DAN64 is a open software and open hardware project to build an 8-bit microcomputer using an AVR microcontroller.

   2015 · usebox.net · its alternatives →

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   My x86 emulator written in JavaScript▲765

   Run KolibriOS, Linux or Windows 98 in your browser

   2013 · copy.sh · its alternatives →

3. 3AA
   Atmel AVR 8-bit Emulator in Rust and React▲41

   2015 · realscout.github.io · its alternatives →

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   Vaev – A browser engine built from scratch (It renders google.com)▲233

   We’ve been working on Vaev, a minimal web browser engine built from scratch. It supports HTML/XHTML, the CSS cascade, @page rules for pagination, and print-to-PDF rendering. It even handles calc(), var(), and percentage units—and yes, it renders Google.com (mostly). This is an experimental project focused on learning and exploration. Networking is basic (http:// and file:// only), and grid layouts aren’t supported yet, but we’re making progress fast. We’d love your thoughts and feedback.

   2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   8bitcn/ui▲403

   8‑bit UI components that work in any framework

   Dec 2025 · 8bitcn.com · its alternatives →

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   I built a handheld CHIP-8 game console to teach myself embedded systems▲128

   A while back I wrote a CHIP-8 emulator (which is considered the Hello, World! of emulators and is more accurately a virtual machine since historically CHIP-8 was an interpreted language running on top of the COSMAC VIP to make game programming easier). But a few months ago I got really interested in embedded software, so decided it would be neat to port my emulator to a STM32 MCU and design a console around it as a learning experience, since CHIP-8 never existed as a physical system. I didn't know much about embedded software when I began, and even less about electronics, but I managed to…

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7QA
   Q8, an In-Browser VM for Learning and Visualizing Bytecode Programming▲145

   2017 · anchovieshat.github.io · its alternatives →

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   micro-gl▲101

   Run vector graphics on any computer (without GPU or FPU)

   2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   We built an 8-bit CPU as 2nd year EE students▲108

   Hi! me and my friends together built an 8 bit CPU implemented in Logisim purely from scratch. The control unit of this system does not implement the generic microcode ROM or any kind of RAM. This was made purely from discrete logic gates and coded the system to run different programs. key features: Custom 16-instruction Harvard ISA, 8-bit fixed format, 4 general purpose registers Hardwired control unit built entirely from AND/OR gate logic matrix Dual-phase clocking to eliminate race conditions Bootstrap Control Unit that cold-boots via ROM-to-RAM transfer Early-exit conditional…

   Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A simple GUI Notepad using C++ natively made in my high school in 2015▲87

    A GUI Notepad completely made from scratch using C++ native library and Graphics library coupled with mouse events as part my 12th Grade Project in 2015 - vibhoothi/CNotepad

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A (marginally) useful x86-64 ELF executable in 466 bytes▲85

    Battery info program for x86-64 Linux laptops in 307 bytes of machine code - meribold/btry

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    microvm – a minimalist machine type for QEMU inspired by Firecracker▲145

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13IC
    Interactive Calculus via LaTeX▲114

    Ximera provides the backend technology for online courses

    2018 · ximera.osu.edu · its alternatives →

14. 148C
    8Bit Computers Book▲83

    Hi everybody! Due to Covid 19 pandemic I was forced in my home, so I revamped my book https://8bit.gioorgi.com It is a huge collection of information about the 8bit comnputer era (1980-1985) up to the NES console. I collected information from various source including “The 8bit Guy” videos and specific site (like C64 wiki, nesdev etc). I am using docusaurus to give a pleasnt look to the whole site. Please give me you feedback (and happy new year btw)!

    2021 · its alternatives →

15. 15TM
    Typograms, Markdown-like renderer for ASCII diagrams▲140

    2022 · code.sgo.to · its alternatives →

16. 16RP
    R8 Processor▲96

    2017 · hasaranga.com · its alternatives →

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    Chip-8 emulator written in JavaScript▲35

    A Chip8 emulator written in JavaScript. Contribute to victorqribeiro/Chip8js development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Confidential computing for high-assurance RISC-V embedded systems▲103

    Dear HN community! Looking forward to hearing your feedback on ACE (assured confidential execution), technology that implements VM-based trusted execution environment (TEE) for embedded RISC-V systems with focus on a formally verified and auditable firmware. We target high-assurance systems that can benefit from compartmentalization and hardware-backed isolation. The key ingredient called security monitor (firmware) is implemented in Rust. The formal specification is defined as annotations directly in code and gets translated to Coq using RefinedRust automation. ACE design is now part of the…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Program Microcontrollers from Your Headphone jack▲107

    Espruino is a JavaScript interpreter for microcontrollers. It can fit into devices with as little as 128kB Flash and 8kB RAM.

    2014 · forum.espruino.com · its alternatives →

20. 20LA
    L88 – A Local RAG System on 8GB VRAM (Need Architecture Feedback)▲12

    Hey everyone, I’ve been working on a project called L88 — a local RAG system that I initially focused on UI/UX for, so the retrieval and model architecture still need proper refinement. Repo: https://github.com/Hundred-Trillion/L88-Full I’m running this on 8GB VRAM and a strong CPU (128GB RAM). Embeddings and preprocessing run on CPU, and the main model runs on GPU. One limitation I ran into is that my evaluator and generator LLM ended up being the same model due to compute constraints, which defeats the purpose of evaluation. I’d really appreciate feedback on:…

    Feb 2026 · its alternatives →

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    CHIP-8 console implemented in FPGA▲120

    CHIP-8 console on FPGA. Contribute to pwmarcz/fpga-chip8 development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22YA
    YAKC – a KC85 emulator (East German 8-bit)▲6

    portable KC85 emulator written in C++

    2015 · floooh.github.io · its alternatives →

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    High speed graphics rendering research with tinygrad/tinyJIT▲31

    I saw a tweet that tinygrad is so good that you could make a graphics library that wraps tg. So I’ve been hacking on a gtinygrad, and honestly it convinced me it could be used for legit research. The JIT + tensor model ends up being a really nice way to express light transport all in simple python, so I reimplemented some new research papers from SIGGRAPH like REstir PG and SZ and it just works. instead of complicated cpp its just a 200 LOC of python.

    Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A Chip-8 disassembler in Python▲30

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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