nuta/operating-system-in-1000-lines resource
Writing an OS in 1,000 lines. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
60/100
- Activity 92
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 81
Flags: 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: 1135
- days_rel: 585
- days_push: 48
- n_releases_24m: 1
Adoption not part of the score
3616 stars · 299 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
An open-source educational book and reference implementation that teaches how to write a minimal operating system in 1,000 lines of C. It is available as a multilingual website with accompanying source code.
Use cases
- learn how operating systems work from scratch
- write a toy kernel in C
- understand bootstrapping and bare-metal programming
- study memory management and context switching basics
- find a hands-on OS development tutorial
When to choose
- you want a short, approachable introduction to OS development
- you prefer learning by reading a guided tutorial with reference code
- you want a multilingual educational resource
When to avoid
- you need a production-ready operating system or kernel
- you want comprehensive coverage of drivers, networking, or filesystems
- you need an OS for commercial deployment
Facets
learning-resource · maturity stable
documentation developer-tools operating-systems tutorials education embedded-systems windows cross-platform operating-system tutorial book c bare-metal risc-v kernel linux macos
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/nuta/operating-system-in-1000-lines · fetched 2026-08-28 · f57fe133adf5
- homepage: https://1000os.seiya.me · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6439633122d8
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| nuta/operating-system-in-1000-lines | main | 60 |
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