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24 alternatives to Vintageterminals.io – a bootable museum of vintage OSes (13 so far)

Experience authentic vintage operating systems in your browser. From Unix v4 (1973) to MS-DOS, explore the foundations of modern computing on emulated hardware.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

1
The Virtual OS Museum▲197
Relive vintage operating systems right on your desktop
Jun 2026 · virtualosmuseum.org · its alternatives →
2
A zoomable, searchable archive of BYTE magazine▲423
A while ago I was looking for information on a obscure and short lived British computer. I found an article[1] in the archives of BYTE magazine[2] - and was captivated immediately by the tech adverts of bygone eras. This led to a long side project to be able to see all 100k pages of BYTE in a single searchable place. [1]: https://byte.tsundoku.io/#198502-381 [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17683184
2025 · byte.tsundoku.io · its alternatives →
3
My self-written hobby OS is finally running on my vintage IBM ThinkPad▲575
Finally got my hobby OS up and running on real hardware. I love the old IBM thinkpads, so thought it was the perfect machine to get it working on. Been working on it for quite some time now, but this has been a big milestone!
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
4
Sacred OS▲155
Retro OS in your browser
2024 · sacred.neocities.org · its alternatives →
5
GentleOS – A pair of hobby OSes for vintage 32-bit and 16-bit PCs▲132
Hello HN, I've been working on a simple OS for tinkering and running bare metal apps on vintage PCs. Since I couldn't quite decide whether to target pure 16-bit, or slightly more capable 32-bit machines, I ended up with two separate versions: - GentleOS/32 (https://github.com/luke8086/gentleos32) works on i386+, requires 4MB of RAM and VGA display supporting 640x480x16 mode or any 256-color VESA mode. - GentleOS/16 (https://github.com/luke8086/gentleos) works on 80186+, requires less than 192KB of RAM and a CGA display supporting 320x200x4…
Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
6
Illustrated History of OS X▲253
An illustrated history of Mac OS X
2015 · git-tower.com · its alternatives →
7
Archive OS▲70
Archive of operating systems
2018 · archiveos.org · its alternatives →
8
I wrote a "web OS" based on the Apple Lisa's UI, with 1-bit graphics▲516
https://lisagui.com/info.html This is a web OS I wrote in vanilla JS that looks like the Apple Lisa Office System (1983-85), with other contemporaneous influences and additional improvements and features. It's currently in alpha and isn't remotely bug free. I had been holding off on posting this here until it was somewhat presentable and useful. Please note; the Lisa conforms more literally to the desktop metaphor than most modern GUIs - some of the important differences are mentioned in the readme. This is a complete recreation of the UI in JS; it all renders to a single…
2025 · alpha.lisagui.com · its alternatives →
9
3 years and 1M users later, I just open-sourced my "Internet OS"▲1,274
🌐 The Internet Computer! Free, Open-Source, and Self-Hostable. - HeyPuter/puter
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
10
A DOS-like hobby OS written in Rust and x86 assembly▲207
To try it out, simply build the project yourself from source, or use attached bootable ISO image of the system (in Releases on Github) and run it in QEMU. https://blog.vxn.dev/rou2exos-rusted-edition
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I made my own OS from scratch because I was bored▲224
I've wanted to make my own OS since I started programming. Now, 5 years later, I did it (kind of). Sure, it is really basic, has very little functionality, but I made it and I'm proud of that. Oh, and I'm just 16 btw.
2025 · jotalea.com.ar · its alternatives →
12
A simple Unix-like operating system that runs Doom▲233
A Simple Unix-like operating system. Contribute to ozkl/soso development by creating an account on GitHub.
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
13
Homemade 32-bit CPU and OS (2015) [video]▲253
2016 · youtube.com · its alternatives →
14
Banan-OS, an Unix-like operating system written from scratch▲333
This is my operating system that I've been working for the past 2 years. All of the code is written exclusively by me except from ported software. banan-os has a monolithic kernel targeting x86 (i686) and x86_64 architectures. The project consists of bootloader, kernel and userspace libraries (libc, libGUI, libFont, ...). It also uses my custom C++ standard library partly based on stdc++. Currently I have basic TTY and GUI environment with some of the basic UNIX utilities like cp, ls and stat. I have basic support for USB (keyboard/mouse/storage), disks (NVMe, AHCI), custom…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
15
Windows 98 in browser▲356
Run KolibriOS, Linux or Windows 98 in your browser
2016 · copy.sh · its alternatives →
16
Windows 95▲405
Windows 95 app that runs on macOS, Windows, and Linux
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
17
Very basic Unix-like operating system built when I was younger▲150
(Very) basic UNIX-like operating system built when I was younger - SamyPesse/devos
2013 · github.com · its alternatives →
18
WePlayDOS▲205
Play classic DOS games in browser
2024 · weplaydos.games · its alternatives →
19M4
My 486 Server▲255
Hello. I wrote a multitasking 16-bit real mode "operating system" that works on every IBM PC compatible computer, and a TCP/IP stack for it. Then I wrote an HTTP server for it.
2022 · 486servu.dy.fi · its alternatives →
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My microkernel-based OS built from scratch now has basic Unix commands▲69
This project contains no code from Linux, BSD, Minix, or any other OS. Everything up until this point is written entirely from scratch, including a pure microkernel (that only implements multiprocessor priority scheduling, memory management, and interprocess communication), a work-in-progress implementation of the standard C library, and a variety of servers that provide drivers and other essential OS functionality. At the time of writing this post, the servers provide drivers for the keyboard, NVMe SSDs (that works on real hardware), a Unix-like virtual file system (with a single root…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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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 →
22RA
Reviving a 20 year old OS X App▲73
2025 · andrewshaw.nl · its alternatives →
23
Vintage▲94
Vim text editor for MacOS
2023 · celestialteapot.com · its alternatives →
24
The operating system I built as my high school project (2016)▲220
A pretty simple Operating System for my High School Project - aswinmohanme/ultronOS
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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