# geohot/fromthetransistor

From the Transistor to the Web Browser, a rough outline for a 12 week course

Repository: https://github.com/geohot/fromthetransistor
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/fromthetransistor
License Family: other
Last push: 2021-10-12T02:53:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3671, "days_push": 1786, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6769, forks 536 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:48.422424+00:00)

## What it is
A 12-week course outline by George Hotz teaching the full computing stack from transistors to web browsers, building a CPU, compiler, and OS from first principles. It is a rough educational roadmap rather than usable software.

## Use cases
- learn how computers work from first principles
- build a CPU in Verilog
- write a C compiler from scratch
- self-study low-level systems programming
- understand the full stack from transistor to browser
- find a structured computer engineering curriculum

## When to choose
- you want a project-based path through hardware, compilers, and OS fundamentals
- you prefer self-directed learning with concrete milestones
- you already know some programming and want to go low-level

## When to avoid
- you need polished course materials, lectures, or graded exercises
- you want a maintained tool or library rather than an outline
- you are a complete beginner needing step-by-step guidance

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: experimental
- function: compiler, interpreter, programming-language, developer-tools
- domain: education, tutorials, computer-vision, operating-systems, compilers, programming-languages, hardware
- platform: cross-platform, python, cpp
- tags: curriculum, computer-architecture, verilog, fpga, cpu-design, operating-systems, compilers, low-level-programming, course-outline

## Member repositories
- geohot/fromthetransistor (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:48.422424+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:42:31.932193+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/geohot/fromthetransistor (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:48.422424+00:00, sha cb4445c2d5a8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.