littleosbook/littleosbook resource
Source for the little book about OS development observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases no_license
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: 5299
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1230
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2664 stars · 285 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
The source for 'The little book about OS development', a free book teaching x86 operating system development from boot to paging and user mode. Content is written in Pandoc Markdown and built to HTML or PDF with Make and pdflatex.
Use cases
- learn how to write an operating system kernel from scratch
- understand bootloaders, GDT, and interrupts
- tutorial on paging and virtual memory
- build a hobby OS with GRUB and Bochs
- study material for OS development course
When to choose
- you want a concise, hands-on introduction to x86 OS development
- you prefer a short book over massive OSDev wiki coverage
- you need a guided walkthrough from boot sector to user mode
When to avoid
- you need modern UEFI/ARM or 64-bit OS development coverage
- you want a production-grade OS codebase rather than a tutorial
- you need actively maintained content - the book dates from 2015
Facets
learning-resource · maturity maintenance
documentation developer-tools operating-systems tutorials education developer-tools cross-platform operating-system-development book pandoc osdev kernel tutorial linux
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/littleosbook/littleosbook · fetched 2026-08-28 · 3d67d666158b
- homepage: http://littleosbook.github.io/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 219337bf91b1
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| littleosbook/littleosbook | main | 32 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="littleosbook/littleosbook")
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