# plbrault/youre-the-os

A game where you are a computer's OS and you have to manage processes, memory and I/O events.

Repository: https://github.com/plbrault/youre-the-os
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/youre-the-os
Homepage: https://plbrault.github.io/youre-the-os/
Language: Python
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: game, os, pygame, python, webassembly
Last push: 2026-07-05T06:56:56+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 88/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 91, release rhythm 79, longevity 99
- inputs: {"age_days": 1386, "days_push": 59, "days_rel": 61, "gap_med": 83, "n_releases_24m": 4}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2684, forks 92 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:10.121456+00:00)

## What it is
You're the OS! is a game where the player acts as a computer's operating system, managing processes, memory, and I/O events to keep the user from rebooting. It is built with Python and Pygame, playable in the browser via WebAssembly or as a desktop app with an API for automation scripts.

## Use cases
- learn how operating systems schedule processes
- play a game about managing memory and I/O
- teach OS concepts like process scheduling interactively
- experiment with automation scripts against a simulated OS
- play an educational game in the browser

## When to choose
- you want a fun, hands-on way to learn OS concepts like scheduling and memory management
- you want a browser-playable educational game with no install
- you want to script or automate gameplay via its API

## When to avoid
- you need a real operating system or OS-level tooling
- you want a general-purpose OS simulator for research
- you need a polished commercial game experience

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: game, simulation
- domain: operating-systems, education
- platform: browser, python, wasm, cross-platform
- tags: pygame, educational-game, operating-system-simulation, process-scheduling, memory-management, itchio, game-development, desktop

## Member repositories
- plbrault/youre-the-os (main) score 88

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:10.121456+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 2026-08-30T02:17:51.637085+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/plbrault/youre-the-os (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:10.121456+00:00, sha 26db8d7a9059)
  - homepage: https://plbrault.github.io/youre-the-os/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:59:59.116364+00:00, sha 08216f96e7aa)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.