Alternatives

Products that do what Pong in 512 bytes (boot sector) does

1AL
A “living” Linux process with no memory▲312
2020 · github.com
2XA
xOS – a 32-bit OS for the PC▲115
2016 · github.com
3H3
Homemade 32-bit CPU and OS (2015) [video]▲253
2016 · youtube.com
415
1.5kb Microkernel for Ben Eater's 6502 Computer▲230
2020 · github.com
5S2
Slim 2: Create VM from Dockerfile, boots in seconds (+macOS M1/Hyper-V)▲59
2022 · github.com
6RD
RAM Disk Backed by GPU Memory(VRAM)▲37
2016 · github.com
7CD
Compressed directories on Linux▲70
2017 · excamera.com
8ZZ
Zectl – ZFS Boot Environment Manager for Linux▲119
2020 · ramsdenj.com
9G0
GoboLinux 016 featuring Runner, a filesystem virtualization tool▲80
2016 · gobolinux.org
10A1
A 16-bit Forth machine written in VHDL▲80
2014 · github.com
11MA
Monolinux – A tiny embedded Linux distro▲69
2019 · github.com
12UB
Use BIOS ram hacks to make an SSH server for MS-DOS, INT 10 13h OS's▲65
2014 · github.com
13BG
bofied – Go network boot server with a WASM PWA▲8
2021 · github.com
14AO
An OS that installs in less than 2 seconds▲12
2015 · urdesk.net
15AH
An HelloWorld x86-Bootloader▲5
2022 · github.com
16UF
Unzip from 500MB remote archive in 400ms or less▲10
2017 · npmjs.com
17AF
A FUSE Filesystem on Noms▲16
2016 · dtrace.org
18MM
Mmm – manual memory management for Go▲72
2015 · github.com
19FA
FSSB – A filesystem sandbox for Linux▲43
2016 · github.com
20MW
MainMemory – Wannabe Main Memory Database and More▲21
2017 · github.com
21LE
LoWe – Extending the functionality of Ubuntu running on Windows 10▲34
2016 · github.com
220X
0asm: x86 assembler in 512 bytes of x86 machine code▲7
2019 · github.com
23IM
I made a command line notebook with multi device sync▲18
2020 · getdnote.com
24MS
Material SPA in Lisp with 500ms TTI and 11k gzipped▲12
2017 · github.com

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