Alternatives

Products that do what NightRun, bare metal LLM inference, no OS, boots from USB does

1. 1GT
   GuiLite – Tiny UI framework, runs on MCU without OS▲355

   2019 · github.com

2. 2AL
   A “living” Linux process with no memory▲312

   2020 · github.com

3. 3AS
   A simple Unix-like operating system that runs Doom▲233

   2019 · github.com

4. 4AN
   A new hobby OS from “scratch” in C#▲310

   2017 · github.com

5. 5H3
   Homemade 32-bit CPU and OS (2015) [video]▲253

   2016 · youtube.com

6. 6PI
   Pong in 512 bytes (boot sector)▲71

   2020 · github.com

7. 7VV
   Vmctl/Vmcli – Easily Run Linux VMs on M1 Macs▲198

   2021 · github.com

8. 8WM
   Wiser – minimal hypervisor boots Linux VM, written in C▲136

   2021 · github.com

9. 9XA
   xOS – a 32-bit OS for the PC▲115

   2016 · github.com

10. 10AG
    A Go unikernel capable of running GUI programs▲184

    2020 · groups.google.com

11. 11AM
    A miniature Linux distro for non-rooted Android devices▲94

    2013 · kevinboone.net

12. 12LE
    LoWe – Extending the functionality of Ubuntu running on Windows 10▲34

    2016 · github.com

13. 13LA
    liblorgnette – a dlsym for alien processes on OS X▲41

    2014 · github.com

14. 14AO
    An OS that installs in less than 2 seconds▲12

    2015 · urdesk.net

15. 15NA
    Nønos – a zero-state OS that runs in RAM▲9

    Dec 2025 · docs.nonos.systems

16. 16UR
    Using RAMBOOT to build a diskless home router OS▲8

    2013 · ramboot.org

17. 17IM
    I made a command line notebook with multi device sync▲18

    2020 · getdnote.com

18. 18GL
    GNU less for Win 10 and 11, stand-alone version with no dependencies▲5

    2024 · github.com

19. 19MW
    Mouse Without Borders for Linux (Go Client for the PowerToys Protocol)▲5

    Jul 2026 · github.com

20. 20WA
    Waterbear, an Assembler/Disassembler for the Dreamcast VMU▲16

    2020 · github.com

21. 21AT
    A tiny mips 4kc emulator (boots linux)▲5

    2014 · github.com

22. 22DO
    Developments on the Star Trek / Jarvis computer▲13

    2013 · github.com

23. 23NO
    Nix on Windows –- proof-of-concept demo▲9

    How puffnfresh, my coworker, made a single command to download, assemble, and boot the VM image is arguably as cool as the port itself!

    Mar 2026 · github.com

24. 24MH
    My humble little side project to support OSS and developer happiness▲16

    2011 · rubypair.com

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