adriancable/8086tiny
Official repository for 8086tiny: a tiny PC emulator/virtual machine observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4598
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1456
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1113 stars · 221 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
8086tiny is a tiny, MIT-licensed PC XT-compatible emulator/virtual machine written in C, with fully-commented source under 25K. It emulates an 8086 CPU plus XT peripherals (keyboard, floppy/hard disk, clock, audio, Hercules/CGA graphics) and is portable to nearly any little-endian machine.
Use cases
- emulate an old PC XT to run DOS-era software
- run legacy PC games like Alley Cat on modern hardware
- run Windows 3.0 or AutoCAD in an emulator
- embed a tiny x86 emulator on a microcontroller or Raspberry Pi
- study a small, readable x86 emulator codebase
- extend an emulator with new instructions or peripherals
When to choose
- you need an extremely small, portable 8086 emulator
- you want to run classic DOS/XT-era software or games
- you want a minimal codebase to learn or fork for custom emulation
When to avoid
- you need modern x86-64 emulation or newer instruction sets like Pentium
- you need high performance or modern peripherals like mouse support out of the box
- you want a polished, feature-complete VM with active feature development
Facets
application · maturity maintenance
simulation developer-tools operating-systems cross-platform windows cross-platform cli pc-emulator 8086 virtual-machine retro-computing tiny-emulator linux macos android ios
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/adriancable/8086tiny · fetched 2026-08-28 · 28475064cf59
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| adriancable/8086tiny | main | 32 |
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