I made my own OS from scratch because I was bored

In plain words

A 16-year-old developer built a basic operating system from scratch after five years of programming work. The OS has minimal functionality but represents a complete personal project created independently. It is designed for hobbyist programmers and developers interested in understanding how operating systems work at a fundamental level.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

• 3Y
  3 years and 1M users later, I just open-sourced my "Internet OS"2024 · github.com · ▲1,274
• IM
  I made an open-source laptop from scratch2025 · byran.ee · ▲3,237

  Hello! I'm Byran. I spent the past ~6 months engineering a laptop from scratch. It's fully open-source on GH at: https://github.com/Hello9999901/laptop

• VB
  Very basic Unix-like operating system built when I was younger2013 · github.com · ▲150
• MS
  My self-written hobby OS is finally running on my vintage IBM ThinkPad2025 · github.com · ▲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!

• AN
  A new hobby OS from “scratch” in C#2017 · github.com · ▲310
• IW
  I wrote an OS in 1000 lines of ZigSep 2025 · github.com · ▲151

• TL
  The load-bearing vocabulary of Claude▲703

  Life & fun · 10d ago · louisabraham.github.io

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  Articos▲385

  Launch with confidence, not gut instinct

  Life & fun · 12d ago · articos.com

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  Nex▲351

  Claude Cowork for high-volume GTM workflows

  Life & fun · 3d ago · nex.ai

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  iPhone app takes simultaneous images from 2 lenses, fuses into 1 photo▲329

  Photosynthesis fires two of your iPhone

  Life & fun · 29d ago · photosynthesis.camera

• CC
  Creatium Coach▲320

  Your multimedia mentor that takes you from mid to great

  Life & fun · 11d ago · producthunt.creatium.info

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  SoloUno▲310

  Take control of hair pulling, nail biting & skin picking

  Life & fun · 28d ago · solouno.io

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  Screen Studio 3.0▲1,833

  Beautiful screen recordings with instant shareable links

  Growth · 2025 · screen.studio

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  Tana▲1,666

  Put your notes to work with voice and AI

  AI · 2025 · tana.inc

• IG
  I got laid off from Meta and created a minor hit on Steam▲1,581

  I was at FB/Meta from late 2013 to early 2023, mostly working in the compiler/runtime spaces. I got hit in the spring 2023 layoff wave. I immediately started making games in my newfound free time (a lifelong interest, and I even worked in AA(A?) back ca. ~2000), and in October 2023 I stumbled upon the idea of a roguelike pachinko/plinko game inspired by Luck Be A Landlord. Things snowballed quickly, I started talking to publishers, then worked like crazy through all of 2024, almost the hardest I've ever worked in my career, and launched the game in December 2024. It's sold…

  Work · 2025

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  Tanka▲1,410

  AI Messenger with smart reply & long term memory for teams

  AI · 2025 · tanka.ai

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  Tool Finder▲1,327

  Your shortcut to better software

  AI · 2025 · toolfinder.com

• IB
  I built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass▲1,203

  i wanted to change the habit of reaching for my phone in the morning and doomscrolling away an hour so i built an app to help me. now i have to literally touch grass before accessing my most distracting apps the app is built in swiftui, uses the screen time apis provided by apple and google vision to recognise grass or not i'd love to get your thoughts on the concept.

  Life & fun · 2025 · touchgrass.now