SamyPesse/How-to-Make-a-Computer-Operating-System resource
How to Make a Computer Operating System in C++ observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4660
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1721
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
22411 stars · 3455 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
An online book and course teaching how to build a simple UNIX-like operating system from scratch in C/C++, covering x86 architecture, memory management, multitasking, syscalls, drivers, and filesystems. The repository includes step-by-step source code for the OS being built.
Use cases
- learn how to write an operating system from scratch
- understand x86 boot process and GRUB
- study memory management and virtual memory implementation
- learn how syscalls and userland work
- build a hobby OS in C++
- understand interrupt handling GDT and IDT
- implement a simple filesystem like EXT2
When to choose
- you want a guided, step-by-step introduction to OS development
- you prefer learning by reading a book alongside working source code
- you are a beginner to intermediate developer curious about low-level systems programming
When to avoid
- you need a production-ready or modern OS kernel
- you want coverage of ARM, RISC-V, or modern 64-bit architectures
- you need an actively maintained course with recent updates
Facets
learning-resource · maturity maintenance
documentation developer-tools operating-systems tutorials education cpp c operating-system osdev x86 tutorial online-book gitbook unix-like linux
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/SamyPesse/How-to-Make-a-Computer-Operating-System · fetched 2026-08-28 · ab59dbf451ab
- homepage: https://samypesse.gitbook.io/how-to-create-an-operating-system · fetched 2026-08-29 · 0f115fc25d48
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| SamyPesse/How-to-Make-a-Computer-Operating-System | main | 23 |
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